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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1928

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Mountains Golf

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 5

At Wentworth Falls, the Easter programme is as follows:—Easter Saturday, the Wentworth Falls Shield, a 27 holes Bogey Handicap,…

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Premiers in Cricket Leura's Fine Finish

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 April 1928 · page 4

"Lucky Leura" was claimed by more than one good judge of cricket, when Subrubia finished in front of Mountains cricket. Saturday…

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Rugby League What of the Season?

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 April 1928 · page 5

In all other towns of any Importance, many with not a tenth of the population of Katoomba, preliminaries are well under way for the…

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Mountains Golf KATOOMBA

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 5

The play-off for tho beautiful Cup, presented by Mayor Hawke, in the name of his galiant son, who fell in the Great War, is a week-end fixture…

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On the Football Field

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 4

On Thursday the first games of football were played. Rugby enthusiasts are loss this season than last, owing to a number of the boys taking on…

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Cricket Chatter Blackreath's Braves

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 5

Now that the season's activities have slipped to deeds of yesterdate, haver slipped to deeds of yesterdate, the respective Sccretaries have time to check records, and ascertain the…

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League Football

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

Wednesday of next week, May 2, has been fixed for the annual meeting of the Blue Mountains District Rughy League, The Executive…

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Golf Notes KATOOMBA

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 3

"Luckless Dean" no longer, though a more fraction robbed him of the title. The final of the Club Championship was decided over the…

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Amended Rules for Rugby League

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 1

It League football is to be played this season, ON the Hills, it will be under slightly different rules from those which governed the game in…

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Golf Gossip Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 April 1928 · page 2

Beginners at Golf have a friend in Dr. E. P. Dark. The Medieo has donated a thophy for the most improved player over the year…

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District Rugby League Annual Meeting

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 2

It was regrettable that only active footballers, and not too many of them, attended the annual general meeting of the Blue Mountains…

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The Football Season Opening Picnic Match

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 2

The football season opens this week-end, between the Old Brigade and the Men-o'-Now. On paper, the Old Boys read well; on the field they…

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Show Society Football Arrangements Poultry Show in June

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

Attendance of committeemen at the special meeting of the Blue Mountains Show Society, on Friday night, included Messrs. G. Shaw…

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Leura Cricket Club the Trophy Winners. (Continued from page 1)

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

W. Lee topped the batting average for Laura, in competition matches, with the fine average, 49.42. His highest score was 106 not out, made…

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Football Season Opens In Bright Sunshine Receipts to District Ambulance Record Attendance

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 1

Every field sport has its supporters, but nothing appeals to the grout army of barrackers—from 7 to 77—like League football. The Blue Mountains season opened on Sunday, under the…

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Thrice Throned Premiers Leura Cricket Club Annual Festivity held on Friday Night Trophies Presented

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 1

the ladies' committee. Those people The Leura, Cricket Club, thrice premiers of the Blue Mountains district, held its annual euchre party…

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Big Project Hotel at Golf Links Novel Architecture

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 1

At the regular monthly meeting of Katoomba Chamber of Commerce, on Monday night, Dr. E. P. Dark and Mr. C. Davidson produced plans of…

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The Football Season

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 2

Football post mortems are just as humorous as those in rifledom, and, for that matter, any other sport. before the season opened, "Echo"…

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Mount Victoria Golf Club a Welcome Addition

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 1

At a well-attended meeting held at the imperial Hotel, it was decided to form a Golf Club in connection with the links recently set down by…

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The Football Season

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 2

A feast of football for sport lover's will be staged during the week-end, when in addition to the premiership matches, local combinations will…

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