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Sport, 1922

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The Cricket Season Third Annual Meeting the Camp[?]n Cup

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 5

Mr. A. S. G. Henderson presided at the annual meeting of the B.M.S. Association on Saturday last. A representative attendance responded…

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Woodford Tennis Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 8

The Tennis Club had a perfect day for the opening of the now courts on Saturday, when a large gathering assembled for the function. Mr. J. F…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 5

Six clubs have joined up for the senior competition and, on paper the Wanderers road well, Blackheath seeming scarcely as strong as of yore…

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Mountain Tennis

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 4

The Blakheath Tennis Club is making a big bid for honors this season. Already the 'Health has beaten Leura in two matches…

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Brainless Vandals Damage Cricket Ground

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 1

At Tuesday's Council meeting, the engineer submitted a complaint against vandalism on the cricket ground (admittedly the best on the…

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Motor 'Bus War Lasts Nine Months Still Racing

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 1

The motor 'bus trouble at Blaok-heath still continues. In December last a properly licensed motor 'bus service commenced…

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Cricket Notes

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

Sec. Beon, of Blackheath, notifies that he has arranged a cricket match with Mt. Wilson, to be played on the holiday. The Heath team will…

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Cricket Season Springwood in Form Leura's Big Tail. Katoomba v. Springwood

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 October 1922 · page 3

The match, Katoomba v. Springwood, set down for the former's pitch, had to be transferred to the east end, owing to the rain of the…

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Football on the Rhine

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 2

"The Athletic News," a live sporting paper printed in Manchester, gives an account of the tour of the Glasgow Celtic football club to…

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Night Tennis Electrically-Lighted Courts Ambitious Aldermen

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 8

Ever a champion for local tennis. Ald. W. Laws, at Tuesday's meeting of the Blackheath Council, suggested that at least one court ought to be…

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Cricket de Luxe Civic Fathers at Play

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 4

The historical meeting of the Civic Fathers and the Katoomba cricketers on the reserve was the only event worth watching on the…

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Competition Cricket. Easts and Wests Score Remainder Mediocre

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 October 1922 · page 3

There is little to add to last week's record of the match, Blackheath v. Waratahs. The 'Tahs were in a bad position, and on resuming their…

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Tennis

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

Anent a one-time Katoomba, who filled the presidential chair of the local tennis club for one year:—On Monday last the captain of the…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 5

Katoomba and Wanderers met on the local reserve on Saturday, and it looks as if the off-shoot is carrying too many guns of the old trunk…

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Competition Cricket Springwood's Big Score Against Cup Holders

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 October 1922 · page 8

On Saturday, the Springwood willow-wielders journeyed to Blackheath, to engage the premiers and holders of the Joyntons-Smith Cup, in…

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Cricket Chatter

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

Saturday's fixtues: Wanderers v. Blackheath, at Katoomba; Katoomba v. Leura, at Leura; Springwood v. Wentworth Falls, at Springwood…

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Competition Cricket Springwood Leads Competition Table

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 3

Club. P. W. L D. Pts Springwood...2 2 0— — 7 Leura ... 2 2 —— 6 Blakheath ... 2 1 1 — 5…

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Going Strong Katoomba Tennis Club a Virile Institution

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 1

Katoomba Tennis Club held its annual meeting in the School of Arts on Wednesday night. Considering that the memebership exceeds 40, the…

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Our Girls Graceful and Athletic Katoomba Proud of Them

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 6

Undoubtedly, the Katoomba Physical Culture Class has gone a long way towards unravelling the problem of What to Do with our Girls…

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Katoomba Tennis Club Auditor Congratulates

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 3 November 1922 · page 1

At the annual meeting of the Katoomba Tennis Club, the auditor (Mr. A. M. Soper) reported:—"I have made a complete check…

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