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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1928

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Week-end Sport Bockey and Football

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 21 September 1928 · page 2

An outertaining mixed programme has been arranged for this week-[?]d, At 2.36 p.m. Katoomba Dovils will ouguge the Blackheath…

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Golf Gossip Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 25 September 1928 · page 3

Refus Stewart. Just returned from a world's golfing tour, paid a [?]…

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Golf Gossip Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 5

Owing to the big demand on Katoomba's nine-hole course, the Club is refraining from holding any competitions until after the holiday…

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Early Cricket

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 28 September 1928 · page 5

The Leura v. Scholastics will be resumed to-marrow afternoon. Opening first on Saturday last, Suburbia hit up 133, of which total Tremble…

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Blackheath Boxing Interesting Bouts

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 4

The main ten-round bout at the Arcadia. Blackheath, on Thursday night, was between Johnnie Dundee (8.0) of Bathurst, and Albert…

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Finish of the Football Season Second-grade Blue Ends in Victory for the Leura Waratahs Old Boys Unlucky

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 2 October 1928 · page 1

Hard play marked the final game of the second-grade competition, between Leura and Old Boys, the former wining by 7 points to 6…

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Football

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 5

"Echo" is in receipt of several complimentary letters from visiting football teams, on the fairness of its reports of inter-town matches. The…

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Cricket

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 4

Katoomba School of Arts Cricket Club made a trip to Lawson on Sunday, and engaged the Easterners in a friendly match. Lawson battled…

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Golf Gossip Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 5 October 1928 · page 8

The following team has been selected to represent Katoomba Club in the inter-club Match Competitions which will start this week-end:—H…

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Golf Gossip Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 3

As the week-end winds were calculated to blow golf balls from here to eternity, and golfers with their spheres, the inter-club match with…

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Blackheath Boxing Dundee Does Better

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 9 October 1928 · page 4

Johnnie Dundee, of Bathurst, after being hopelessly heaton by Albert Loronze, of Lithgow, during the previous week, put up an…

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Golf Gossip Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 2

Speaking at Health Week, on Tuesday afternoon, Dr. Harvey Sutton gave some "points" to men over 40. He said "few of them were…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 October 1928 · page 3

The Arncliffe Wanderers' cricket team defeated katoomba School of Arts on the Showground over the week-end. Boisterous weather…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 3

The match with St. John's, Glebe, was cancelled owing to the wet weather. Katoomba School of Arts made 207…

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Stratford Fete for Tennis Court

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 16 October 1928 · page 3

On Saturday last, a most successful fete was held on the grounds of Stratford Church of England School for Girls, Lawson…

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Rugby League Wind-up Social

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 19 October 1928 · page 1

A meeting of the B.M.D. Rugby Football League was held in the Casino on Wednesday night, to make arrangements for the wind-up social…

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Golf Gossip Katoomba

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 2

Katoomba greens and fairways are in wonderful condition. The recent rains have given new life to the grasses, and the season never…

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Football Finale Dinner and Social

The Blue Mountain Echo · Tuesday 23 October 1928 · page 2

A special meeting of the sub-committee, appointed by the Blue Mountains Rugby League to organise a fitting wind-up for the season, was…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 October 1928 · page 2

Showmen and cricketers will foregather at the Society's office, next Tuesday night, to discuss important business…

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Cricket Chatter

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 3

School of Arts carried its score to 174 against Blackheath on Saturday. Leaving the latter a def[?]t of 76 to wipe off in the second innings. The…

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