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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1886

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Lawn Tennis

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon another series of interesting matches at tennis were played on the lawn in Victoria Park, Yass, between ladies and gentlemen from Goluburn and the ladies and gentlemen of the…

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Teachers' Cricket Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 2

WITH the object of forming a cricket club, a meeting of teachers of the city and district will be hold at the Salutation Hotel to-morrow (Friday) evening. With player like Ferguson, Kelly,…

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Hawkesbury Races. This Day. Spring Handicap

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 September 1886 · page 3

Pet Girl.....................................1 Victory.......................................2 Alma..........................................3 GUINEAS…

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Football

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 2

A SCRATCH match took place on Saturday between two teams representing the smokers and non-smokers of the Crookwell club; and, after a hard-fought…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 4

GOULBURN COURSING CLUB.—The programme for the final meet of the season of the Goulburn Coursing Club is now decided, and comprises the Southern stakes for sixteen dogs, winner 18, runner-up £8;…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 4
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A MEETING of the teachers of the city and district was held last evening at the Salutation Inn to consider the advisability of organizing a cricket club in connection with the "profession." On the…

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Cricket.—a County Club for Argyle. To the Editor of the Evening Post

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 6

DEAR SIR,—Knowing that the popular columns of "The Post" are ever open to correspondents treating not only on the mental and commercial, but also on the…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1886 · page 2

THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN IN ENGLAND.—The match between the Australian Eleven and Lord Londesborough's Eleven was continued at Scarborough on the 3rd instant. The weather was fine,…

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Hawkesbury Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 September 1886 · page 2

THIS meeting was brought to a conclusion on Saturday at Clarendon, when the attendance was much larger than on the opening day, and again included his Excellency the Governor and suite…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 16 September 1886 · page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN IN ENGLAND.—The Australians continued their match at Brighton on the 10th instant against an eleven of the South of England, in the presence of a moderate attendance…

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Football

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 17 September 1886 · page 2

A WELL-ATTENDED meeting of the committee of the Crookwell Football Club was held on Tuesday evening. After the minutes of the previous meeting had been…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 18 September 1886 · page 4

THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN IN ENGLAND.—The match at Scarborough between the Australians and Lord Londesborough's eleven resulted in a draw. A match was commenced on the 6th instant,…

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Accident at Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 September 1886 · page 3

A SAD accident, which is likely to terminate fatally, occurred on Saturday last at Moore Park to a cricketer belonging to the Clyde Cricket Club named Harry Sippel, better known as " Bonnor "…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 21 September 1886 · page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN IN ENGLAND.—The Australian Eleven played last week a match at Lords against a team under the captaincy of W. G. Grace, the proceeds being for the benefit of Murdoch, the…

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Yass Cricket Club

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 21 September 1886 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the members of the Yass Cricket Club was heldat Mr. Grants Commercial Hotel on Friday evening There were present-- Messrs. E. A…

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Cricket. by Long Stop

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 September 1886 · page 3

THE match between the Burrangonga and Mechanics was concluded on the cricket-ground on, Saturday afternoon when the weather was all that could be desired. It will be remembered that the…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 23 September 1886 · page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN IN ENGLAND.—The Australian eleven played a return match at Hastings last week against the South of England. The play was pretty even, and the game resulted in a draw…

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Racing the Rain

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 23 September 1886 · page 4

The valley of the Mac Mac, in the Transvaal, in South Africa, gets more than its share of wind and rain. It has been noticed that the rain and wind travel to and fro, up and down the valley, as if they…

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Shaw's Cricket Team

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 September 1886 · page 4

WE understand that the Goulburn Olympic Ground Company have made arrangements for a visit from the above team, who have just left England, for the colonies. A match will take…

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