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Sport, 1929

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Football Dressing Room B.m.r.l

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 8

Extra facilities to be used as dressing sheds, are needed by the B.M. Rugby League Football Club. This was made clear when a letter…

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Audacious Thief Makes Good Haul Golf Club House Wentworth Falls

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

On Saturday night while the guests were at dinner at the Wentworth Falls Golf Club House, a sneak thief ransacked the rooms…

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Football Flashes

The Chronicle · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 7

During the match between Blackheath and Leura, on Sunday, one of the Leura boys had his trousers rip ped off. The game was held up until…

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Football Sparks Some Cadid Comments

The Chronicle · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 3

Herb. Peacock, the Mountains full-back, played a fine game on Sunday, handling and kicking well. A bit more sting into his tackling would have a good effect. If…

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Sunday's Football ORANGE v. Blue Mountains

The Chronicle · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 6

Sunday's rugby league match, on the Katoomba Showground, is expected to be one of the best games of the season. The Orange team is captained by Harry…

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Sparkling Football Win for Blue Mountains Team

The Chronicle · Thursday 15 August 1929 · page 4

Football enthusiasts who visited the Katoomha Showground on Sunday saw a fine display of football in the match between Combined Tramways and the…

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Tennis

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 17 August 1929 · page 7

Wentworth Falls Tennis Club played Lawson on the Falls courts this week. The local team proved too good and Lawson was defeated…

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Football Sparks

The Chronicle · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 7

The Blackheath footballers intend holding a big euchre party and dance in the near future. A great game is expected at Katoomba…

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Sparkling Football Pretty Play by Mountaineers. Orange Beaten

The Chronicle · Thursday 22 August 1929 · page 4

What was undoubtedly one of the finest matches of the season was played on Katoomba Showground on Sunday, when the Blue Mountains…

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Football Thrilling Game Locals Defeat Orange

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 8

Thrilling and most exciting is the most appropriate term which one would use in describing last Sunday's football match, when the Blue…

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Open Golf Championship Mountain Representatives a Long Way Back C. Campbell Well Up

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 24 August 1929 · page 1

The Open Golf Championship of Australia, the qualifying rounds of which were played at Adelaide on Wednesday and Thursday, attracted…

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"Easy Money." Racing Identity's Story

The Chronicle · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 8

"It is anything but a pleasant sensation to find oneself on one's last sixpence, and with no chance of making a recovery."…

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A Cricket Score. Old Boys' Runaway Win

The Chronicle · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 7

Did Boys can all over Leura in the match on Katoomba Showground on Sunday, winning by 34 points to two. This was the early match of the…

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The Big Knock-out Football All Day

The Chronicle · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 5

The big knock-out football competition, organised by the Blue Mountains Rugby League, will take place on Sunday, on the Katoomba Showground…

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Tennis Lawson

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 3

Lawson Tennis Club played the Wentworth Falls Club on the former's courts, turning the tables this time by defeating Wentworth Falls…

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Tennis Match Wentworth Falls

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 3

On Saturday a team of mixed tennis players from the Wentworth Falls Club journeyed to Lawson and played a friendly match there…

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Tennis Tournament Ye Olde Milroy

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 7

A tennis tournament, under the direction of Ald. W. Bailey, of Ye Olde Milroy, was played by the guests at the tennis court attached…

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Misty Football Old Boys Win

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 8

Sunday, August 25th, will always be remembered at Katoomba as the worst day for many months. Raining and the temperature low, caused…

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Week-end Golf Four-ball Best-ball v. BOGEY

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 8

The first competition for some weeks was played on Saturday afternoon, at Katoomba links. There were only a dozen players, and the…

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Exciting Football Rovers' Victory Over Federals. the Irwin Cup

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 31 August 1929 · page 8

The Blackheath-Mt. Victoria Rover Football Club, in defeating the Katoomba Federals last Sunday, on the Katoomba Showground, won the…

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