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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1875

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Manton's Creek Races

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 March 1875 · page 2

The following are the nominations for the handicaps at Manton's Creek races: -- Publicans' Purse of 15 sovs. E. Goodin's br. h. The Colonel, 5 yrs…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1875 · page 4

FOR years past no contest in the cricket-field between picked representatives of New South Wales and Victoria has created greater interest than the which was commenced yesterday at the…

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Cricket-match.—gunning V. Collector

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 10 March 1875 · page 4

THE return match mentioned in your issue of the 3rd inset., between Collector and Gunning, was played on Saturday last. The Collector team evidently took the advice of "a Gunning correspondent" (though…

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Victorian Racing Club Races From the S. M. Herald's Telegram. First Day, Saturday, March 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1875 · page 3

The weather to day was very line, and the attendance on the course, particularly at the stand and on the hill, was good. Hurdle Race. —A handicap sweepstakes of 5…

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Manton's Creek Races

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 March 1875 · page 2

MARCH 9. -- I sent you the weights for the handicaps in the coming races on Monday, but as they did not appear in your last, I send them again. The handicappers were Messrs. Carroll,…

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The Intercolonial Cricket-match

The Burrowa News · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 2

FOR years past no contest in the cricket-field between picked representatives of New South Wales and Victoria has created greater interest than the match which was commenced yesterday at the…

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Cricket.—gunning and Collector. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 13 March 1875 · page 3

SIR,—As one of the members of the Gunning Cricket Club, I beg to offer a few remarks on a letter appearing in your last issue. I very much deprecate anything approaching a wrangle, as the game of cricket…

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Burrangong Turf Club Annual Races

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 March 1875 · page 2

THE following were the entries made last night for the various events of the above club’s annual meeting of 1875 :— FIRST DAY, THURSDAY…

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Cricket.—gunning and Collector. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 17 March 1875 · page 3

SIR,—I would not have troubled to reply to a letter signed Fair Play, which appeared in your issue on Saturday last, had not my veracity been called into question. Fair Play says, "now, all I have to say…

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On Boat Races. (From On Babies and Ladders,)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 March 1875 · page 4

Boat Races consist of a river, Boats, flags and a lot of people. The Boats are on the river, the flags are in the air, and the people are on quays, walls, roofs of houses,…

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Manton's Creek Jockey Club Races

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 March 1875 · page 2

YESTERDAY and the day previous, the Manton's Creek Jockey Club held their first meeting on their new course, situated about four miles and a-half from Yass. and about a mile and a-half…

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Burrangong Turf Club Annual Races. Young, Thursday, 7.30 p.m

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 March 1875 · page 2

The annual race meeting of the Burrangong Turf Club commenced to-day. The weather was fine, the attendance large, and the racing good. The following was the result of the…

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Burrangong Turf Club Annual Races

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 March 1875 · page 2

THE number of visitors to the town and the course to witness our annual race meeting this year would barely come up to that of previous years, notwithstanding that the prizes have been…

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The Burrangong Turf Club Races

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 2

THESE races passed off very satisfactorily. The Burrangong Chronicle says: -- "The arrangements on the ground were equal to those of last year in many respects, but the want of a suitable…

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Cricket. Goulburn C. C. V. Bungonia C. C.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 March 1875 · page 1

THE one day’s match between the two above named clubs took place at the Victoria Recreation Ground on Saturday last. The day being unexceptionally fine, there was a fair attendance of admirers of the…

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Bungendore Annual Races

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 March 1875 · page 5

THE promoters and patrons of these old-established races held their annual meeting on Monday and Tuesday, on the course in Mr. Rutledge's paddock, which the owner—one of the most enthusiastic racing…

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Cricket. Albert C. C. V. Goulburn C. C.

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1875 · page 2

ON Saturday last a match was played on the Victoria Recreation Ground between the second eleven of the Goulburn club and the first eleven of the Alberts, which resulted in a victory for the Alberts…

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Local and General. the Yass Jockey Club Races. First Day--easter

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 30 March 1875 · page 2

YESTERDAY, the Yass Jockey Club held the first day of their annual meeting on their new course, situate some five or six miles from Yass, on a portion of the Terry estate, kindly leased to…

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The Yass Jockey Club Races. Second Day--march 30

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 April 1875 · page 2

The racing on Easter Tuesday was very well attended, there being a greater number of people on the course than on the previous day. At about half-past two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon…

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Randwick Autumn Races

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 April 1875 · page 4

THE following is an account of Thursday's racing. First Race—the Flying Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added; ¼ mile. Mr. J. Eales's ch.g. Wombo, 6 yrs., 8 st. 8lb. ... ... ... ... ... 1…

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