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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1876

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Cricket Challenges. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 22 April 1876 · page 4

SIR,—Will you permit me to have a small space in your journal on the above subject? In your paper as well as other papers we constantly notice cricket matches having been played between certain clubs,…

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Goulburn Football Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1876 · page 2

LAST evening the annual meeting of the Goulburn Football Club was held in the Belmore Chambers ; and the attendance was fair. Mr. G. Gray was voted to the chair, and opened…

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Goulburn Football Club

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 April 1876 · page 4

ON Wednesday evening the annual general meeting of the above club was held at B[?]lmore Chambers. There was a fair attendance of members, Mr. G. Gray was voted to the chair, and in a few…

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Cairo Races Described

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 April 1876 · page 8

THE correspondent of the Times, writing from Cairo, under date January 15, says:—This is always a week of festivity in Cairo. The 18th is the anniversary of the accession…

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Crookwell Jockey Club Annual Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1876 · page 2

OUR correspondent writes :—These races came off to-day, May 4th, under most favorable circumstances, if the weather and a numerous attendance of spectators and horses entered for the various…

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Yass Racing Club

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 May 1876 · page 2

THE following are the weights declared in the Birthday Gift handicap, to be run on the Queen's birthday:-- M. Mineban's b. g. Standard, aged, 9 st. 4 lbs…

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Maitland Races

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 May 1876 · page 2

It was raining. Maiden Plate.—New Holland. Two Year-Old Stakes.—Rose. Cup.—Sunny-side, Victor, Miss…

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Queen’s Birthday Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post, and Southern Counties General Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1876 · page 2

THESE races came off in Brooke’s paddock yesterday. The weather was all that could be desired; and notwithstanding the various counter attractions the attendance was fair. Refreshments, both solid…

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Local and General. Yass Racing Club. On Wednesday, the Queen's birthday, the above

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 May 1876 · page 2

[?] held a race meeting on their course in Sampson's paddock. The weather was charming, and the ground in admirable order for running. The attendance was tolerably good, there having…

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Queen's Birthday Races

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 4

THERE races came off on Wednesday last on the course in Mr. Brookes's paddock. The day was beautifully fine, and the course was in splendid order, the late rains rendering it soft and springy…

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Yass Queen's Birthday Races

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 4

THESE races, which were held under the auspices of the Yass Jockey Club, came off on their new course in Sampson's paddock on the 24th May, The new club has been but a very short time in existence and…

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The Goulburn Cricket Club. Review of the Season

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 27 May 1876 · page 3

THE cricket season which has recently concluded has been one of the most successful as far as this district is concerned that we recollect for many years past. The knights of the willow have gone…

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Cricket. to the Editor

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 31 May 1876 · page 2

SIR,—I wish to correct a mistake made by Rusticus in his review of the G. C. C. during the past season per your issue of the 27th: Rusticus has it that I played in 5 matches, got 87…

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An Athletic Villain

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 29 July 1876 · page 8

AN ATHLETIC VILLAIN.—Charles Godfrey, a negro from Baltimore, was sentenced to fifteen years' transportation for manslaughter at Marseilles, France, on the 4th September…

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FOOTBALL. [?] v. GOULBURN

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1876 · page 2

ON Saturday last the first financial of th[?] in the re[?] ground to-day their return match Prier to the announcement of be[?] the sky torned carkly and during the game a smart shower…

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Cricket

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 8

There is great activity in the cricket field. On the 9th June, after three day's play, Gloucestershire heat Surrey by 10 wickets. The three Graces were in the winning team,…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. (Through Greville’s Telegram Company). Hawkesbury Races. Hawkesbury Station, Friday, 4.20 p.m

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 19 August 1876 · page 2

Trial Stakes—Speculator, Toile, Luna. Guineas—Tocal, Cardinal, Queens-head. 6.50 p.m. Handicap—Sunlight, Valentia, Nemesis…

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Extraordinary Cricket.—match

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 26 August 1876 · page 3

One of the most remarkable matches in the annals of cricket was recently brought to a conclusion at Prince's Ground, England. The…

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Football. University V. Goulburn

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1876 · page 2

THE first trail of strength between those clubs took place on the local football-ground on Saturday last the day being a most dis[?]ble one for football owing to a high westerly wind blowing right across…

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Randwick Spring Races. Derby Day, Saturday, September 2

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 6 September 1876 · page 4

A BRIGHT and almost cloudless sky with a genial temperature marked the opening of the first day of the Australian Jockey Club Spring Meeting, and served to increase the interest specially centred in the…

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