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Central Coast · Sport

Sport, 1921

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Gosford Races

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 6

There was a large attendance at Gosford Races, held on Tuesday last. Exceptionally good fields faced the starter, and the Novice Handicap had…

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School Cricket

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 6

On Wednesday, August 17, a team representing Woy Woy Public School travelled to Gosforcl to try conclusions with the boys of Gosford District…

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Wyong and District Cricket Association

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1921 · page 9

The prospects for next season's Competition are very bright, additional teams coining into both grades. Next week's issue will' put forward…

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Football Fumblings

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 5

Kind Lady: "Did you lose anything in that serum, my boy?" Centre-forward: "Of course I did, I lost me — balance."…

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Cricket. Wyong & District Association

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1921 · page 6

Rule 14, which reads: "The Premiership shall be decided on points at the completion of the second round," is the cause of more discussion than all…

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Football. Wyong & District Rugby League. Knock-out Competition. Last Saturday's Results

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 15

1st Grade Knock-out Competition Final.—Ourimbah beat Erina, 10—0. 2nd Grade Knock-out Final.—Gosford II beat Erina II, 2—0…

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Cricket

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Ourimbah Cricket Club was held in the School of Arts on Monday evening. Mr F. D. Burns occupied the chair. The…

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Ourimbah. Football

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 9

Ourimbah was quite deserted last saturday, as almost everyone journeyed to Wyong to witness the last match of the season between Ourimbah and…

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Football Fumblings

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 6

A local sporting enthusiast once saw in advertisement over the footpath, loading: "Buy your football guernsey at the local-store and save half…

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Racing 50 Years Ago

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1921 · page 2

The Hawkesbury Spring meeting in 1871 was held in August. A Southern racing writer has been digging into the newspaper files of that year, and he…

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Cricket

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1921 · page 15

The annual meeting of the Gosford Cricket Club was held in the School of Arts on Wednesday, September 7th, and was well-attended, which augurs…

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Wyong Park Races

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 12

The above races were held on Wyony course on Tuesday last, before a largo attendance. Investments amounting to £398 passed through the totalisator…

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Gosford Races. Entries for Tuesday Next

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 12

Maiden Handicap, 6 fur:—Little Peter, Volution, Princess Eudorus, Lord Visto (imp.), Loupat, Ever Green, Raid, Abernethy, Top Price, Witt, Edmund,…

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Cricket. Make the Game Brighter. Bosanquet's Views

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 19

Many people will say that cricket his all right as it is, but all the same, no game is perfect, and complaints do arise from time to time. I venture to…

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FOOTBALL. Wyong & District Rugby League

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 10

The final curtain of the League's work for the 1921 season will drop to-morrow (Friday) night, when the A. C. Frew Cup and Walters & Rose Shield…

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Gosford Races

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 17

The attendance at Gosford Races on Tuesday was well up to the average, and although the weather in the morning was dull and threatening, the…

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Cricket Match

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 17

The newly-formed Cricket Club at The Entrance played a match on Sunday, 25th instant, against a second eleven from Tuggerah. The game, was…

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Cricket Notes. GOSFOED & District Association

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 9

The annual meeting was held on Saturday afternoon, and was attended by two delegates from the following Clubs:—Gosford, Narara, Ourimbah,…

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Bank Humbug. Re Drinking and Horse Racing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 3

Referring to paragraph recently published in the "Times" regarding Sir Conan Doyle's opinion of Australia, a correspondent writes:—…

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Brisbane Water Regatta. To the Editor

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 6 October 1921 · page 10

Sir,—Not a single person attended a duly advertised meeting to be held for the purpose of forming a Regatta Club at Gosford. and to arrange, for another…

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