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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1867

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Queanbeyan Annual Races

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 19 June 1867 · page 2

THE efforts of the sporting community of this district to revive the annual race meet has this year been a success. The programme advertised for some weeks previously was a very liberal one, and had the…

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Athletic Sports at Murrumbateman

The Yass Courier · Saturday 3 August 1867 · page 2

ON Wednesday last a house-warming was given by Mr. Francis Forbes at the inn he recently opened at Murrumbateman. The weather was fine, and there was a good attendance of visitors. The…

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Randwick Races. Derby Day—saturday—august 31

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 4 September 1867 · page 4

THE interest in the races of this meeting was not so manifest for some days prior to the Derby Day as that displayed before the last autumn races. This is attributable to various causes, the principal one no…

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The Cricket

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 21 September 1867 · page 2

The cricket on the hearth is the sentimental and poetical favourite of a good many people who are not obliged to be his near neighbour, while he is the nuisance…

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Athletic Sports

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 9 November 1867 · page 4

ON Wednesday evening last a meeting was held at Mandelson's Hotel for the purpose of establishing a club for the promotion of athletic sports. There was a good attendance, chiefly of young men. Mr…

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Cricket Match at North Yass

The Yass Courier · Wednesday 13 November 1867 · page 2

THE third match between our local clubs-- the Union and Albert-- was played on Saturday last, the Prince of Wales' birthday, which for the second time between those clubs resulted in the victory of…

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Athletic Sports

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 23 November 1867 · page 4

ON Wednesday evening last a meeting was held at Mandelson's Hotel, for the purpose of establishing an athletic sports club. There was a large attendance, and much interest appeared to be taken…

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Young Local News. Wombat Races

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 28 December 1867 · page 2

THIS annual meet, which has now become quite a local “institution,” came off on Boxing Day, near the old-established course, distant about two miles from Wombat. In tho good old…

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Local & General Intelligence Races at Waroo

The Yass Courier · Saturday 28 December 1867 · page 2

THE race meets that periodically take place at the Waroo course have always attracted a numerous assemblage of spectators, and considerable interest has been evinced in their success amongst the…

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