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Sport, 1924

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Tennis

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

Many inter-town matches played by Lithgow and Katoomba, but never has the mountain team gone down so badly as it did when…

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Sporting Gossip CRICKET

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 5

Thanks to the good bowling of Joe Harris and Max Beleher, Katoomba cake-walked Blackheath on their own ground in the final of…

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Football Blackheath's First Win Hard Game at Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 4

League football was advanced another stage on Saturday, when Blackheath won their first match against Leura. On the Katoomba Reserve…

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Football Keen and Close Finishes Rugby Rivals Meet

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 5

So far, the Rugby competition has been remarkable for close finishes, showing that teams are more equally matched this year than for several…

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Football Keen, Sparkling Rugby Soccer at Blackheath

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 2

Last Saturday's Rugby games on the Katoomba Reserve, provided an interesting afternoon's entertainment. The weather was perfect—…

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Katoomba Tennis Courts Suggested Loan of £2,500

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 5

Town Clerk Ayling, in compliance with a request by Council, submitted a decided report on a suggested loan for the completion of the…

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Football Holiday Match at Katoomba Mountains Reps. Win

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 3

South Sydney Warrigals, a high team, occupied the attention of a Mountains' rep. combination on Monday at the Reserve. Having regard…

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Football Holiday Match Hitch

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 4

Since the notification wan printed in our football column that two matches were arranged for Monday afternoon at Katoomba, the hon…

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Football An Off Day Play in Mud and Rain

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 June 1924 · page 3

Saturday, from the weather standpoint, was a disastrous day (or football. There was every promise of further rain, and It was not until…

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Football Exciting Rugby Match Katoomba Scores at Soccer

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 June 1924 · page 3

Federals and Blackheath played their deferred match at Blackhealth, on Saturday, thus completing the second round in the completing the second round in the competition, and…

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Rugby Mountaineers Win

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 2

A Mountains team met and defeated the Kensington Rovers on the Katoomba reserve during the week-end. Owing to the shortness of…

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Golf at Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 5

On Wentworth Falls Golf Links, on Monday afternoon, an interesting competition took place, in which thirteen ladies participated. The…

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Rugby and Soccer Visitors Hold Their Own Knock-out Test To-morrow

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 July 1924 · page 2

Rugby players hud a quirt week-end, owing to the competition being deferred to enable local men to see the second tost match the Sydney. On…

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Football (Continued from page 3) FLASHES

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 5

Final of the Knock-Out cup will be played on Saturday afternoon at the Katoomba Reserve. As both teams are keen on the result, the…

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Strenuous Rugby First Round of Knowk-out Mountains Lose to Sydney Club

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 3

Rugby football swung into the spotlight again lust week-end, utter the spell when matches were declared off on account of the…

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Football Flashes

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 5

The third round of the Rugby competition starts to-morrow. Blackheath v. Rovers, at Blackheath, Mr. Mackenzie, referee…

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Distances Olympic Swimming Records

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 1

In reply to "A.C." we might state that 1500 Meters equal 1640 yards. 4O0 Meters equals 487 yards…

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R.S. and S.I.L. Good Progress Is Being Made with Tennis Courts Ladies Auxiliary

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 19 July 1924 · page 1

Keen satisfaction was expressed by members of the R.S.L. at their' meeting on Thursday night at the, excellent progress which is being…

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Local Golf Links

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

The following appeared in last week's issue of "Smith's Weekly." There is ail element of truth in the statement…

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School Football High School Competition Moves Forward Another Stage Ox Thursday Last

The Katoomba Daily · Wednesday 23 July 1924 · page 4

On Thursday last, the remaining matches under the existing, arrangements in connection with the boys' football competition were played…

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