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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Sport

Sport, 1903

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Regatta at Newcastle. Newcastle

National Advocate · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 2

Delightful weather prevailed for the holiday and about forty thousand persons were out holiday making, the majority witnessing the Annual…

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Mandurama Races

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 2

Boxing Day proved to he one of the hottest we have had this summer, but not withstanding this fact the attendance at the Mandurama Race Meeting…

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Lyndhurst Races

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 2

A very successful day's racing was he1d at Lyndhurst yesterday, when the Lyndhurst jockey Club's Annual Race Meeting took place The entries…

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Carcoar Races

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 2

The Aunnal Race Meeting of the Curcoar Jockey Club has been fixed, for Wednesday, February 4th. The prize money is the largest that has…

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Races at Wallerawang

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 4

The annual race meeting of the Wallerawang Jockey Club was held on New Year's Day on the racecourse in Mrs. Kiernan's paddock. The weather was anything but pleasant, the temperature being…

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Interstate Cricket. South Australia v. Victoria. Sydney, Thursday night

Leader · Friday 2 January 1903 · page 3

In their first innings Victoria made 348 for the loss of nine wickets…

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Cricket

Leader · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 5

A match, Springhill and Millthorpe combined v Orange, will be played this (Saturday) afternoon…

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Cricket Match at Garra

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 7

At Garra the same day the home team defeated a Cumnock eleven by 52 runs. Cumnock were minus the services of G. J. Black, while Garra were without Sid Rubie and A…

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Cricket Match at Manildra

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 7

A team of 8 players from the Molong C.C. journeyed by train to Manildra in the morning and there sustained a defeat by 16 runs, with a solid two hours' leather hunting to…

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Mr. Dooley on College Football

National Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 3

'I see that football science in over, said Mr. Donney. Yale last night Harward west again on that there bistorie field [?]…

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Suicide of a Clerk. Losses on Horse Racing. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 3

Lionel Walter Patchett, aged 24, clerk in the A.M.P. office, Perth, West Australia, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head…

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Bowls

Leader · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

The last of the first round of the present bowling compettin[?] was played off on Saturday afternoon at the local green. Mr. J. B[?]nnor (27)…

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Races

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

A days horse racing will be held on the Mudgee racecourse on Monday, December 26th. The programme will be a very liberal one, about £20 being…

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Saturday’s Sporting. Metropolltan[?] Cricket

Leader · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

Waverley made [?] their [?] innings against [?] syndey yesturday, U. Gregory [?] Puddington [?]…

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Interstate Cricket. South Australia v. Victoria Melbouene

Leader · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

In the above match [?]Australia made 317 in their first innings, and Victoria li[?]ve 3 wickets down in their second innings for 102…

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Cricket

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

The following have been selected to represent West Bathurst in the match against All Saints' College, to-morrow, at 2.30 p.m., on the latter wicket…

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Cricket. O'connell v. Wiseman's Creek. [From Our Own Correspondent.]

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

A match between the O'Connell and Wiseman's Creek clubs came off on the letter's ground or New Year's Day, resulting in a one innings victory for Wiseman's Creek, Appended are the scores:…

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Bathurst District Cricket Union

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 2
Also in Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

The weekly meeting of the delegates of the Bathurst District Cricket Union was he d last, evening at the Oddfellows' Hall. Mr. W…

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Sale of a Racing Stud. London

Leader · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 2

Barton Howard DeWalden has purchased the racehorses which belonged to the late Colonel McCalmont…

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