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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1881

278 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 14

Football

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 23 July 1881 · page 4

AT a meeting of the Yass Football Club on Tuesday evening, it was agreed that the return match with Goulburn should be played on Saturday the 20th August next…

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The Turf. Races to Come

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 23 July 1881 · page 4

A YOUNG horse called Mistake won the Sapling Stakes at Randwick on Saturday; and the circumstance of his being victorions in the first event the started for is rather singular, considering how his…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1881 · page 2

A SCRATCH-MATCH was played by the Goulburn club on Saturday afternoon in Brook's paddock, and as the day was fine a large number of players and spectators were present. On Saturday next a return…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1881 · page 2

THE ALL-ENGLAND ELEVEN.—All arrangements have been completed for the visit of a team of English professional cricketers to Australia during the next cricket season. Mr. John Conway, their agent in…

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Yass Football Club

The Yass Courier · Thursday 28 July 1881 · page 2

A MEETING of members of the Yass Football Club was held at Mr. Mote's Yass Hotel last Tuesday evening. There were present Messrs. J. R. Colls (in the chair), H. S. Godfrey (hon…

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Local and General News. Football

The Yass Courier · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 2

ON next Monday afternoon, the Burwood and Yass football clubs will meet for the first time in Sampson's paddock. The match, which will doubtless be a very exciting and well…

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Local and General News Football

Southern Argus · Monday 1 August 1881 · page 2

The indefatigable captain of the Goulburn footballers has at length the satisfraction of seeing that the Goulburn Club's matches are looked for with much interest, and he is no…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 2 August 1881 · page 3

ON Saturday afternoon the return match between the Goulburn Club and combined schools took place in Brook's paddock. The attendance was not so good as usual, though the play on both sides was…

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Local and General News. Football Match.--yass Versus Burwood

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 August 1881 · page 2

YESTERDAY (Monday) afternoon the best football match ever played in Yass came off in Sampson's paddock, between the first fifteens of the Yass and Burwood football clubs, in the…

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FOOTBALL. Town v. Country

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 3 August 1881 · page 3

A MATCH, Town v, Country, came off on Friday afternoon on the recreation ground, Petticoat Flat, and notwithstanding the effects of the return ball held on the previous night, (which…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 4 August 1881 · page 2

A MATCH was played at Yass on Monday afternoon between the first fifteens of the Yass and Burwood football clubs. The game was played under Rugby rules, and the weather being beautifully fine, there…

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The Turf. Races to Come

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 4 August 1881 · page 2

A.J.C. Spring, September 3, 6, 8, 10. Hawkesbury, August 25, 27. Parramatta, August 30. Sydney Turf Club, September 17…

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Football Burrowa V. Burrangong

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 August 1881 · page 2

A match between those two clubs came off on Monday last at Burrowa, in the presence of a good number of spectators, and resulted in a win for Burrangong, by…

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Boxing the Ears

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 2

Professor Stanich, the eminent aurist, recently addressed a long letter to the Sydney press, pointing out emphatically the injuries arising from the habit of parents and…

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Yass Football Club

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 August 1881 · page 2

A MEETING of members of the Yass Football Club was held at Mr. W. Comins's Royal Hotel on last Saturday evening. Those present were-- Messrs. Howard, Godfrey (hon…

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Football. Goulburn v. BURWOOD

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1881 · page 2

THE first meeting of these clubs this season took place last Saturday on the ground of the latter at Burwood before a good muster of people. In consequence of Balmain (who this season…

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The Turf. Races to Come

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1881 · page 2

A.J.C. Spring September 5, 6, 8, 10. Hawkesbary, August 25, 27. Parramatta, August 30. Sydney Turf Club. September 17…

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The Faculty Upon Football

Southern Argus · Wednesday 10 August 1881 · page 2

The dangers of the football field are thus referred to in the "Australian medical Journal":—"If the number of serious accidents at football during the last…

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