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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1886

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The Turf. Races to Come

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 2

Binda Jockey Club (annual) April 26. M.T.C. Autumn (Wagga), April 26 and 27. A.J.C. Autumn, April 26,29,30, and May 1. Canterbury Park, May 15…

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Athletics

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 22 April 1886 · page 2

GOULBURN OLYMPIC SPORTS.—The handicaps for the principal events in connection with the sports to be held on the Olympic Ground on Monday night, have been declared, and will be found in…

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Binda Races

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 2

THE Binda Jockey Club races will take place on Monday next (Easter Monday), The following are the weights for the principal event, the Jockey Club…

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Easter Monday Races

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 April 1886 · page 2

THESE races took place on the old course in Sampson's paddock yesterday in the presence of about 250 persons, amongst whom was a fair sprinkling of the fair sex. The day was…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 2

A match has been arranged for Saturday next—1st Orientals versus 18 combined from Young Australian and Fitzroy C.Cs., on the oval. Players are requested to be on the ground sharp at 2 p.m…

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Athletics. Opening of the Olympic Ground

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 29 April 1886 · page 4

FOR some years past—since the subdivision of the old Victoria Recreation Ground—the absence of a suitable ground whereon to hold athletic and other out-door sports has been keenly felt, not only by…

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Binda Races

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 2

THE ninth annual race meeting in connection wich the Binda Jockey Club was held on Easter Monday, on the racecourse in Mr. Carr's paddock. The…

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Easter Monday Races

The Yass Courier · Friday 30 April 1886 · page 2

IN the race for the Forced Handicap on Easter Monday, three horses were entered, viz:-- Count, Queen, and Mascotte. Count was scratched, so that only the other two horses started, and [?]…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 4

GOULBURN FOOTBALL CLUB.—The first practice in connection with the newly-formed football club will take place at Eastgrove this afternoon, play commencing at three o'clock. Persons wishing to join…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 4

GOULBURN v. MOSS VALE.—A match between a team from Goulburn (including six of the Orientals,) and Our Boys came off on Easter Monday and resulted in a win for Our Boys by 33 runs. Scores:…

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Accident in the Cricket-field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 4

SOME time ago a young man named Thomas Sligo while playing cricket at Narrawa was struck in the back by the ball. The injury proved more serious than was at first anticipated, and he was admitted…

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Athletics

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 4

THE LATE SPORTS.—The stewards of the sports held on the Olympic Ground on Monday last; met yesterday to determine the protest lodged by J. Garland against J. Finlay the winner of the Amatour…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1886 · page 3
Also in Goulburn Evening Penny Post

The newly-formed Goulburn football club had their first practice at Eastgrove on Saturday last, but owing to a number of members being engaged in cricket matches, the muster was not large, only…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 May 1886 · page 2
Also in Goulburn Herald

THE match between the first eleven of the Oriental Cricket Club and a combined eighteen of the Fitzroy and Young Australian Clubs took place on Saturday afternoon, and resulted in an easy victory on the first…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 2

ON Saturday last a match was played at Bongongo between an eleven from Jugiong and the local team, resulting in an easy victory for the visitors. Bongongo in the first innings compiled 36, and in their…

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How a Cricket Match was Won

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 4

AN American paper contains an amusing account of a cricket match recently played in the State of Illinois, in which a large retriever dog seized the ball where it had been struck by a batsman, and…

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Athletics

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 2

The entries for the Sir Joseph Banks Seventh Grand Handicap closed on Saturday evening with the very large and unprecedented number of 264, this being the largest nomination ever received in…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 4

The Cootamundra coursing Club have further postponed their first meeting from the 7th to the 9th June to allow more time after the Goulburn meeting; and for the Farmers' Stake a Puppy Stake…

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