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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1887

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1887 · page 2

ON Saturday last the best contested match over witnessed in Goulburn took place on the Olympic Ground between St. Patrick's College and Goulburn Club in the presence of about 200…

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Cricket

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 10 May 1887 · page 2

A MATCH at cricket was played on the oval on Saturday, between the Yass Alberts and a team from Wargiela, which resulted in a victory for the latter by the first innings, there…

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Rosehill Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1887 · page 2

THE Rosehill Racing Club Bulli Relief Fund meeting was numbered with the past on Saturday, but although the weather was fine the attendance was not as largo as the object of the…

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Athletics

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1887 · page 3

An athletic sports meeting, comprising running and bicycling, took place on the Melbourne cricket ground on Saturday in the presence of many thousands of people. A strong…

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Lawn Tennis

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 11 May 1887 · page 2

ON Saturday morning Messrs. Cummings, Hardy Wood, and Mackay, four tennis representatives from Wagga Wagga, arrived in Young by mail train to engage in a lawn tennis match against four…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 12 May 1887 · page 2

FATAL OCCURENCE AT A MATCH.—The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a sad football accident occurred on Saturday in a match played on the Newington College ground, Sydney. Mr. George…

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Crookwell Football Club

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 May 1887 · page 2

THE inaugural meeting of the Crookwell Football Club for this season was held at Jamieson's Hotel on the 5th instant. There were present -- Messrs. O. Furner…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 4

YESTERDAY afternoon, at the Olympic Ground, a very interesting football match took place between the second fifteen of St. Patrick's College Club and the first fifteen of the Mercantile…

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Athletics

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 14 May 1887 · page 4

QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY SPORTS.—Pedestrians are reminded that the entries for the Queen's Birthday Handicap Footrace to be run on the show-ground in connection with the oddfellows' demonstration close…

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Another Death from Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 2

ALBERT PASCO, 20 years of age, received severe injuries recently while playing at football near Newport, V. He complained of pain in the loft side, and after suffering a fortnight, he died…

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Athletics

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 17 May 1887 · page 2

The final event for the Carrington Second Grand Handicap Foot-race was won on Saturday by P. Bowman, the Gundagai aboriginal, in 11 3.5 sec. Distance, 150 yards…

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Lawn Tennis

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 May 1887 · page 2

LAST week it was our pleasure to chronicle a brilliant victory for four representatives of the local lawn tennis club: now we have to announce, as a decided set-off against the lowering of the…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 May 1887 · page 2
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A FOOTBALL match will be played to-morrow afternoon on the Olympic Ground, commencing at 3 o'clock, between the Goulburn and Mercantile Clubs. Following are the respective teams:—…

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Another Fatal Football Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 20 May 1887 · page 2

ALBERT PASCOE, twenty years of ago, stepson of George Robertson of Ballarat, recently received severe injuries in a scrimmage at a football match at…

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Coursing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 May 1887 · page 4

WE would remind owners of dogs that the entries for the Queen's Birthday meet of the Goulburn Coursing Club close on Monday next. The draw will take place at the Post-office…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 May 1887 · page 2

THE match between the Goulburn and Mercantile Clubs yesterday afternoon was a most one-sided affair, the Goulburn Club winning. by 20 points to nil. The contest—if…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 2

GOULBURN COURSING CLUB.—The second meet of the season 1887 opens to-day on the club's plumpton ground at Gundary. Owing to a more attractive programme at Orange, two of the stakes have not…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 2

GOULBURN v. RANDWICK CLUB.—A team of football players from the Rand wick Club in Sydney paid a visit to Goulburn on Saturday for the purpose of trying conclusions with the Goulburn men. The…

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Football Match

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 2

A MOST exciting football match was played on Saturday afternoon in the presence of about 200 spectators between the Randwick and Goulburn Clubs. The play was very fast and even…

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