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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1885

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Coursing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 July 1885 · page 4
Also in Goulburn Herald

THE thirteenth Waterloo Cup, run under the auspices of the Victorian Coursing Club, was concluded on Friday. It resulted in a win for Rhodanthe, Mr. H. E. Lords' Siesta being…

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Goulburn Coursing Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 July 1885 · page 2

THE committee of the Goulburn Coursing Club held a meeting last night at the Club House Hotel, when a programme for the approaching meeting, to be held on the 14th and 15th prox., was adopted…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 21 July 1885 · page 2

GOULBURN FOOTBALL CLUB.—None of the members of this club responded to the secretary's invitation to muster for a scratch match at Eastgrove on Saturday last, as practice for the forthcoming contest…

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The Turf. Races to Come

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 21 July 1885 · page 2

Deniliquin, July 21 and 22. Hawkesburry Spring, September 10 and 12. A. J. C. Spring, September 19, 22, 24, 26. V.R.C. Spring meeting, Oct 31, Nov. 3, [?], 7…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 23 July 1885 · page 2

THE VICTOR[?]AN COURSING CLUB. —The settlement over the recent Waterloo meeting, in connection with the Victorian Coursing Club, commenced on Monday. The betting was the heaviest on record, from…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 23 July 1885 · page 2

The following will represent the Goulburn Football Club against Orientals next Saturday :—Schefield Belcher, Furner (2), Tebbits, Gannon (2), Dayer, (2), Joplin, Sheppard, Garland, Barnes, if, Baker,…

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An Outsider on Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 23 July 1885 · page 4

IN search of a brand new sensation, I went to see the final coursing for the Waterloo Cup at Diggers' Rest. I had never seen a course run, either after hare, rabbit, or cat…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 3

SALE OF GREYHOUNDS AT WAGGA.—On Tuesday last a sale by auction took place at Wagga of gray-hounds belonging to Mr. Louis Gormly, when the following well known animals were disposed of :—…

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Regatta on Lake Bathurst

Southern Argus · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 7

On Wednesday evening a meeting was held at Horton's Hotel, Tarago, to make arrangements for holding another regatta on Lake Bathurst. Mr. John Cropper presided. It was resolved to form…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 4
Also in Goulburn Herald

A RETURN match was played yesterday afternoon between the Goulburn Mercantile and Bowral Football Clubs, and resulted in an easy win for the local men. The visitors were four men short, and…

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Deniliquin Races

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 3

THE Deniliquin races were concluded on Wednesday. The weather was fine, and there was a large attendance. The following are the results:— Maiden Plate, 25[?] 1 mile. Sir W.J…

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Sporting News. Football

Southern Argus · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 7

A match between the Bowral Football Club and the Mercantile Club of this city, came off on yesterday afternoon at Eastgrove. The Bowral team was incomplete, and obtained some assistance from…

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Goulburn Coursing Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 2
Also in Southern Argus

THE committee met last night at the Club House Hotel, Mr. WV. Davis, of Woodhouselee, being in the chair. The club received an accession of several fresh members, and the officers for the forthcoming…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

The match arranged for Saturday last between the Goulburn and Oriental clubs did not take place. The team chosen to represent the Goulburn club were all in attendance on the ground at Eastgrove,…

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Foot-Racing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last a few events were decided at Eastgrove in the presence of about 200 spectators. The first was a match between R. Ward and J. Nesbitt, 100-yards, for a small stake…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 28 July 1885 · page 2

AN AUSTRALIANN TEAM FOR ENGLAND.— The Melbourbo correspondent of the S. M. Herald says there is every probability that within a few days stops will be taken to organise an Australian team to visit…

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