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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1878

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Football Team from Home

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 December 1878 · page 7

A NUMBER of English football players contemplate coming to Australia next winter, and sub-committee has been formed in Sydney to secure the co-operation of the…

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Cricket for the Ladies

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 December 1878 · page 3

THE success of the Australian team in England gave a wonderful impetus to the game in Sydney and the provincial towns, and even the young ladies of some districts have caught…

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Cricket. Melbourne

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 14 December 1878 · page 4

THE match between the Australian eleven and fifteen of Victoria commenced to-day on the East Melbourne ground. The weather was fine, and there was an immense attendance daring the afternoon,…

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Accidents in Cricket

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 December 1878 · page 6

“A MOTHER” writes, giving a series of accidents wh[?]ch have recently occurred to cricketers one young man, a few weeks ago, was struck by a stray ball during practice in Sydney and died. Bailey…

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Cricket

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 December 1878 · page 6

A MATCH was commenced on Saturday afternoon last, on a vacant piece of ground in Cowper-street, between the second eleven of the Young Australian Club and a like…

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Cricket-Match for

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 December 1878 · page 4

ON Saturday next a match will be commenced on the Garroorigang ground between j the first elevens of the Goulburn and Young Australian Cricket Clubs : the object being…

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Catherine Creek Races

The Yass Courier · Friday 20 December 1878 · page 2

THROUGH the instrumentality of Mr. E. Hines and several others, a day's good sport was got up at Catherine Creek, near Jerrawa, on last Monday. The weather was glorious and the…

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Boxing-Bay Athletic Sports

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 December 1878 · page 6

ON referring to our advertising columns, the reader may find an announcement of athletic sports, to be celebrated on Boxing-Day in Victoria Recreation Ground. Pony races,…

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Boxing Day Sports

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 December 1878 · page 3

THE grand display of fireworks which is announced to take place on the Victoria Recreation Ground in the evening of Boxing-day, after the athletic sports, reminds us that six years have elapsed since…

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Another Cricket Accident

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 December 1878 · page 4

DURING a cricket match on Saturday at Bannaby, near Taralga, one of the umpires named Mr. Bogg of Longreach, was struck under the ear by the cricket ball, and immediately fell dead. Mr. Bogg…

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Waroo Races

The Yass Courier · Friday 27 December 1878 · page 2

THREE races, which always takes place at Waroo on the 26th of December (Boxing Day), came off yesterday. The weather was most delightful, and the person must indeed have been…

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Boxing-day Sports

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 28 December 1878 · page 2

ON Thursday last a variety of sports came off on the Victoria recreation-ground. The weather was pleasantly cool and the attendance was numerous, at one time over six hundred persons being present…

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Cricket

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1878 · page 6

THE return match between the Goulburn and Wagga Wagga Clubs came off on the Gurourigang ground on Boxing Day. The weather was delightful, and consequently a good number of spectators…

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Cricket. Wagga Wagga V. Goulburn Club

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 28 December 1878 · page 2

THE return match between these clubs came off on Boxing-day on the ground at, Garroorigang. The day was all that could be desired for out-door sport, a nice cool breeze blowing from the west throughout…

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Goulburn Athletic Sports

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 December 1878 · page 3

ON Boxing-Day, in the Victoria Recreation Ground, athletic sports and pony races attracted a large number of people, probably 700, of whom about half had assembled when…

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Cricket Match

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 December 1878 · page 4

A MATCH has been arranged to come off in Goulburn to-morrow (New Year’s Day) between the Gunning and Union clubs. It is expected that the match will be played on…

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Cricket Match at Gunning

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 31 December 1878 · page 2

LAST Thursday a match was played on the cricket ground at Gunning between eleven of the Gunning Club and a similar number of the Sydney Commercial Cricket Club. The…

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