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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1929

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CRICKET B.M. District Team

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 2

The following will represent the Blue Mountains District team against H. Lee's St. George team at the Show Ground on Sunday…

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Shall I Get My Cricket SET?

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 6

One day my mother said she would buy me a cricket set, if I would clean the fowl-yard out. So off 1 ran as happy as could be. I soon…

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Dance and Euchre Party Leura Cricket Club

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 1

The Leura Cricket Club's dance and euchre party, held in the Masonic Hall on Monday evening was hampered, by the unpleasant…

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CRICKET B.M. District Team v. St. George, Cambridge

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 4

Playing together for the first time, this season, the district team put up a fine performance in defeating a St. George team. It is the first…

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This Week's City and Mountains' Sport Cricket Win for Blackheath

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 4

The Lithgow School teachers and municipal employees combined Cricket Club journeyed to Blackheath on Sunday last to play the local team…

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Western Cricket Benefit of Turf Wickets. Country Players Have Natural Ability

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 2

Interesting comment on the recent tour of the western district by the New South Wales Association cricket team is made by C. G. Macartney, who captained the team, in which him deals with several features of country cricket which struck…

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Jaunt to Colombo Didn't Miss Golf Up in the Skies Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 9 November 1929 · page 3

Mr. Mrs and Miss Proud have recently returned from their holiday jaunt to Colombo, and are again living in their fine cottage,…

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Golf a Strange Grip

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 4

Reminded of the peculiar style adopted by Harold Went, of Katoomba, Mr. H. ("Nune") Bursill sends the following clipping from an…

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Blue Mountains District Meeting Proposed New Golf Association Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 3

At the meeting of the delegates to the Blue Mountains District Golf Association, held during the week-end, the suggested memorandum and…

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Good Racing Stories How Fortunes are Won and lost on Melb. Cup

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 5

Do you know how much money is lost and won in the 3½ minutes it takes to run the Melbourne Cup?…

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Censored Letters From Bondi and Katoomba Diggers Forthcoming Cricket Match

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 2

Right throughout the period of the Great War the Australia Digger was noted for the manner in which he saw the funny…

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Week-End Cricket Blackheath Narrowly Defeated on First Innings McCAULEY'S Fine Performance

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 16 November 1929 · page 4

Requiring only seven runs to have a first innings lead, the Katoomba Council resumed their innings against Blackheath last Saturday. Crowley and Mays, the opening batsmen, continued against…

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CRICKET Leura v. Canterbury

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 November 1929 · page 2

On Sunday last Leura Cricket Club played Canterbury A Grade on Leura Memorial Cricket Ground. Canterbury arrived in force,…

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Council Races Municipal Stakes Distance Unlimited -- Valuable Prizes Conditions and Tips

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 November 1929 · page 9

The racing season is not over by long chalks. We have had the Epsom, Metropolitan, Derby, and Cups…

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Presentation of Cup School of Arts Cricket Club What of Present Season?

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 23 November 1929 · page 4

During the meeting of the School of Arts committee on Monday night last, Mr. Witte, president of the Blue Mountain…

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Inter-club Golf Match Katoomba "B" Meets Waller. a Wang This Week

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 30 November 1929 · page 10

At a Ktoomba links this week-end the third round of the inter-club series will be played. Katoomba "B" will meet Wallerawang, and the…

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Golf Notes Katoomba Associates Busy

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 10

A meeting of the Associates will be held at the Council Chambers, on Wednesday, 11th December, at 8 p.m. A nine hole competition will be…

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Tennis Woodford V. Lawson Woodford

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 3

On Saturday last a most enjoyable game of tennis was played on Wood for courts by a team representing Lawson and Woodford…

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This Week's Mountains' Sport Cricket Leura v. Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 7 December 1929 · page 3

Leura had a field day at Went worth Falls on Saturday. Sent in they stayed there nearly all day and finished with the fine total of 243…

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Golf

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 14 December 1929 · page 1

The Associates are reminded that Mr. F. Juergen's trophy will be played for on Saturday (to-day). Miss Long, Associate secretary, is…

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