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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1888

403 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 21

International Cricket Match

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 4

THE match between Shaw's team and the New South Wales Eleven advanced an important stage on Saturday, and when the stumps were drawn for the day the result appeared to be…

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Goulburn Coursing Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the above club was held at O'Halloran's Post-office Hotel on Tuesday evening, about 20 members being present. Mr. T. F. Meyer was voted to the chair, and called…

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Coursing Out[?] O[?]

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 2

[?] of the Goulburn Coursing Club [?] of Mr. J. [?]Tuesday evening [?]. About…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 2

ON account of the inability of the secretary of the Oriental C.C. to obtain any home matches, a team selected from the ranks of that club intends proceeding to Taralga on Saturday next…

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The English Football Team for Australia. LONDON, Jan. 17

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 4

The Rugby Union consider that the payment of compensation to the football team which has been formed for the purpose of visiting Australia means professionalism…

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Boxing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 4

A new athletic hall, situated in Clifford-street, at the rear of the Rose and Crown Hotel, was opened on Thursday evening last, a fair number being present. The hall is very suited for the…

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Goulburn Coursing Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 3

THE committee of the above have fixed upon March 31, April 2 (Easter Monday), and May 24 as dates for the holding of coursing meetings…

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Tirranna Picnic Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Tirranna Picnic Race Club was commenced on Thursday last. The course, which is situated on Mr. Gibson's property at Tirranna, looked its best; and the…

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Tirranna Picnic Races. Second Day—friday

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 4

THE meeting of the Tirranna Picnic Race Club was brought to a conclusion on Friday. The weather was beautiful, and the attendance numbered about the same as the first day…

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The Turf. Tirranna Picnic Races. First Day.—Thursday

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 4

President, Mr. Andrew Gibson; Judge, Mr. E. R. Deane; Stewards, Messrs. A. Gibson, E. R. Deane, H. P. Andrews, F. F. Gibson, A. O. Moriarty, S. M. Morton, and F. D. Badgery; Starter, Mr. F. D. Badgery; Clerks of the Course, Messrs. W…

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Athletics

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

BOXING.—The new athletic hall in Clifford-street, for which Mr. Gould of the Rose and Crown Hotel recently received a licence, was opened on Thursday night last, by an exhibition of boxing. The hall is…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 2
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TARALGA v. ORIENTALS.—A match played at Taralga on Saturday between fifteen of the Taralga Club and eleven of the Orientals was won by the latter with eight wickets to spare. The Taralga…

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Braidwood Races

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 2

BRAIDWOOD RACES.—The following entries have been made for these races, to come off on the 7th and 8th February.—Town Plate: Kingcroft, Quickstep, Maud, Camperdown, Friction, Glencoe, Minstrel Boy, Virago,…

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Boxing Contest Between Burke and Foley

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 January 1888 · page 2

A six-round glove contest between Laurence Foley, of New South Wales, and J. Burke, of America, took place at the Carrington Grounds, Sydney, on Monday afternoon. It was…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 2

A TEAM selected from the employee of Charles Rogers and Company proceeded by Thursday's mail to Sydney to play a cricket match against the firm of Roberts, Chalmers, and Company;…

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Cricket at Queanbeyan

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 4

A two days' match has been arranged to take place at Queanbeyan on the 26th and 27th instant, between an eleven of the Yass Cricket Club and a like number…

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Boxing Match Between Bourke and Foley

The Yass Courier · Thursday 26 January 1888 · page 4

THE Sydney Herald, thus describes the result of the disgraceful affair:--Martin Costello the Californian champion, was the first to appear in the opposite corner, and the, gloves…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 4

THE INTERCOLONIAL MATCH.—NEW SOUTH WALES V. VICTORIA.—The fortieth intercolonial contest between these colonies was commenced on the Association Ground on Thursday. Owing no doubt to…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 January 1888 · page 2

THE intercolonial cricket match was continued on Friday, and the prophecies of a heavy score for New South Wales were duly verified. The commencement of the innings was not of a very…

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