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Blue Mountains · Sport

Sport, 1930

184 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 7 of 10

FOOTBALL (The following report was unavoidably crowded out last issue) Blues Go Down to "Evening News."

The Independent · Wednesday 17 September 1930 · page 4

There were two matches sot down for decision at the Katoomba Showground on Sunday last, but Springwood was unable to get its side…

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Tennis Tourneys "Clarendon" Victories

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 20 September 1930 · page 8

The house tennis tournament which took place at the "Clarendon" tennis courts on Wednesday proved a very close contest, but the…

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Golf Stories a Scotchman's Gift

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 20 September 1930 · page 2

The Prince of Wales achieved what most golfers had thought impossible when at the dinner to players in the British Empire tournament, he told…

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Lawson Beats Katoomba at Tennis

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 27 September 1930 · page 5

On Sunday last a team of tenuis players organised by Mr. Alec Brown, of Katoomba, travelled to Lawson to play a picked team of…

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Golf Under a Roof Katoomba Gets a "Miget" Course a Craze That Has Become the Rage

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 27 September 1930 · page 1

Katoomba golfers, good ones, bad ones, "has beens" and "never wasers" are deeply interested in the enterprise of the Blue Mountains Amusement Company in putting down a "Midget" golf course in Mullany's Buildings, Main Street, Katoomba,…

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Blue Mountains Cricket Season Opens Next

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 4 October 1930 · page 1

At the meeting of the Blue Mountains Cricket Association held at the School of Arts, Katoomba, on Thursday night under the…

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Midget Golf

The Independent · Wednesday 8 October 1930 · page 2

The new game, midget golf, has started its career in Katoomba, and already one course in Main Street is in full swing. In Sydney it has become…

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Swimming Gloves

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 3

Duck's-foot swimming gloves are the latest accessories for the "Not-so-Good" swimmer. They give one the confidence of an old…

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Blackheath Intends to Go Gay Bright Lights and Swimming Baths Not Forgetting the Tennis Courts Aldermen and Traders in Progress Combine

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 1

Blackheath is out to go gay and the aldermen and business people seemed to have formed a league to help intensify the gayness. Bright Lights and Swimming Baths and…

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Golf Wentworth Falls Club The Palmer Cup

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 6

Thirty-one hit off in the Palmer Cup competition on Saturday. It was a twenty-seven holes handicap. Ted Davies and W. Mitchell tied…

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B.m. Cricket Starts Four Teams for Action Goldsmith Cup

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 11 October 1930 · page 1

Blue Mountains Cricket opens today with matches at Blackheath and Lawson. In the former case Wentworth…

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Cricket Season Good Weather Needed To-day

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 1

The adverse weather prevented play last Saturday -- the opening day of the Blue Mountains Cricket Association when the Goldsmith…

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Lawson Has a Great Asset Huge Natural Swimming Pool Shire Presidents Good Move

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 18 October 1930 · page 1

The finest natural swimming pool in Australia is at Lawson, and Cr. Percy Wilson, of the Blue Mountains Shire, and his colleagues on that Council intend that It shall be adequately dressed to play the big. part as a Mountains attraction that…

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The Cricket Season

The Independent · Wednesday 22 October 1930 · page 4

The cricket season in New South Wales (says a correspondent) has opened under new auspices—a bold attempt to prevent players from…

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Social & General Cricket

The Independent · Wednesday 22 October 1930 · page 2

School of Arts Cricket Club registered a win on the first innings in its opening game against Lawson, on Saturday afternoon last. The game was…

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Golf

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 25 October 1930 · page 2

Competitions he'd at Wentworth Falls links resulted:-- Bogey: Dr. Hoets (6), 1 up: C. H. Fawcett (plus 3), 4 down: E. A…

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Page Members Contributions "Miget" Golf

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 25 October 1930 · page 6

I was very glad to learn how Katoomba loves miniature golf. I myself think It is so nice, and it makes our town very busy. One thing is that…

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The Two Bowls

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 4

Bobby was ill, so everyone Was busy. May was given the wrong bowl with bread and milk and she wanted her own bowl with a cat on…

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Page Members Contributions "Star" Cricket Match Ross Clarke Tries Bradman's Tricks

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 4

The "Star" Children's Club has proved a very successful sports club. for on Saturday last, after an interesting meeting in which Ross…

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Lawson Swimming Club Remarkable Enthusiasm

The Blue Mountain Star · Saturday 8 November 1930 · page 5

Lawson's wonderful swimming pool-- perhaps the finest-- Australia-- is to be built into one of the big attractions of the Blue Mountains. The pride of the people of Lawson in the pool was…

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