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Sport, 1922

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 5

Horasby District C.C. easily defeated Leura on onday, the scores being : Hornsby, 163; Leura, 42. Competition cricket will not be…

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At the Golf Links a Happy Season

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 1

Many waters could not drown the ardent spirit and festive instincts of Leura holiday-markers during the Christmas and New Year…

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Ten Years Champion Tabrett's Tennis Record

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 3

Saturday was not a good day for tennis, but a big crowd assembled to see the final of the captaincy contest decided. "The game had been long…

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Cricket Chatter Continuation of Competition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 6

In dismal weather, the Leura cricketers journeyed to Springwood on Saturday for the continuation of the competition after a delay of six…

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Competition Cricket Katoomba Outplayed

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 5

In no branch of sport can excellence be obtained without solid practice. This rule holds good with top-notchors, and it is doubly applicable…

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Races at Megalong for Church Benefit

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 5

It seems a case of extremes meeting, but be that as it may it provided a rattling good day's sport in glorious sunshine, and kept hundreds on…

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Golf Links Katoombans Moving at Last!

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 2

It was a solid gathering, and a decidedly encouraging one, that responded to the invitation to the public meeting last Saturday afternoon…

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Cricket Chatter One Live Engagement

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 3

Wentworth Falls forfeited to Katoomba on Saturday—more's the pity. "Skying the towel" because the other follow appears a bit better…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 4

The match Katoomba Council v. the Katoomba Club will commence first Saturday in March. Lou Kearney has donned the…

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Leura Tennis Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 1

A social club has been formed in Leura, the initial meeting being most enthusiastic. In the election of officers, Mr. R. Mendell was appointed…

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Live Tennis Club Annual Meeting Record Year Reported

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 February 1922 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Wentworth Falls Lawn Tennis Club took place on Friday night. The president, Mr. A. R. Woodhill, was in the chair…

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St. Alban's Tennis Club New Court Opened

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 3

Quite a happy afternoon was spent by about a 100 residents and visitors on Wednesday at the official opening of the court of St. Alban's tennis…

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Great Minds Differ Hunt and Huie on Tennis Trees

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 6

The following letter from Mr. Percy Hunt, general manager of refreshment rooms, N.S.W. Government Railways, was received at the…

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Tennis Notes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 3

The new club house is a boon, and caterer Goode's good goods are proving a blessing. Mrs. Smythe gave, her shoulder a…

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Cricket Chatter Evening Up

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 4

Bob Dwyer is at a loss to know whether the season should be styled cricket or water polo. Nearly every match has been marred by rain. The…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 5

The final of the B.M.C.A. commences to-morrow. The match is to be played to a finish on Blackheath's Sports Ground. The umpires will be…

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Making a Tennis Court Dispute Over Contract

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 2

In the Parramatta District Court, Frederick Edward Johnson, of Lurline-street, Katoomba, sued Mariah Kate Gardiner, of Leura, for £124…

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Katoomba Golf Links Some Legal Hurdles Rights of the Public

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 March 1922 · page 3

Recently, the Katoomba Golf Club asked Council for the terms and conditions upon which Council was prepared to hand over the control of the…

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Katoomba Golf Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 17 March 1922 · page 6

Things are in train now for an early start with the golf club. Soon the final arrangements will be confined whereby Council will invest a…

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Belvedere Golf Links Move to Purchase

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 5

The Belvedere Golf Links are situated within easy walking distance of Blackheath; they are readily and conveniently accessible by train and…

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