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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1890

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 31 July 1890 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon last I had the pleasure of witnessing a scratch match between two teams, as picked by Mr. G. F. Allman of the Goulburn Club and Mr. A. H. Judd of the…

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Athletics

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 31 July 1890 · page 3

BOXING.—A packed house attended at the Academy of Music last evening to witness a boxing contest for the championship of the southern district between Cop. Sullivan of…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 2 August 1890 · page 4

The Cootamundra Coursing Club continued its meeting on Thursday last, when the third and fourth ties of the Cootamundra Cup, the second and third ties of the St. Leger, the…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 5 August 1890 · page 2

COOTAMUNDRA COURSING CLUB.—The concluding day's running of the Cootamundra Coursing Club meeting took place on Friday last. The weather was unfavourable and the attendance…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 5 August 1890 · page 2

AUSTRALIA v. LYSIC CLUB.—The match between the Australian Elven and an eleven of the Lyric Club, which was commenced at Barnes on Thursday, was concluded on the…

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An Exciting Football Match

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 August 1890 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The attendance at the football match between the South Melbourne and Carlton clubs, played on the Melbourne ground yesterday, was the largest ever known in…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 7 August 1890 · page 2

MOONEY VALLEY PLUMPTON.—We note that Mr. J. O'Halloran of Goulburn has two nominations in the Valley Cup and two in the St. Leger to be run on 13th and 14th August at…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 August 1890 · page 4

THE return match between the Boys of Waterloo (of Chain of Ponds)—captain, Mr. G. Russell—and the Yass Invincibles—captain, Mr. W. Sunderland—was played on Saturday last on the…

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Death of a Racing Mare

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 8 August 1890 · page 2

THROUGH disregard of the regulations for training on the track at Moore Park, Sydney, a serious accident occurred on Saturday forenoon. It appears that the…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 4

THE match played yesterday at Bowral between the Bowral and the Mercantiles resulted in a draw, both sides scoring 8 points each. The Bowral team were well represented and played a…

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International Cricket. LONDON, Aug. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 4

Shrewsbury has been interviewed on the subject of the advisableness of another English team of cricketers visiting Australia. He said he considered that it would be useless for him…

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Cable News. Cricket in England. LONDON, Aug. 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 4

A team representing the County of Surrey has beaten a representative team of the County of Nottinghamshire. Surrey won by seven wickets and has, therefore, virtually secured the…

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Football

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 12 August 1890 · page 2

On Saturday last a football match was played at Grabben Gullen between Crookwell and Grobbon Gullen, the game resulting in a draw, greatly in favour of…

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Football

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 14 August 1890 · page 2

GOULBURN v. BOWRAL.—On Friday last a match was played at Bowral between the Goulburn Mereactile club and the Bowral club and resulted in a draw. At half-time the…

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Coursing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 August 1890 · page 3

AT the Moonee Valley Coursing Meeting on Wednesday in the Valley Cup Gumsucker boat Fontenoy, Faugh-a-ballagh beat Killara, Lincoln beat Balsam, Loyalist boat Quality,…

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Melbourne Coursing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The postponed day's coursing of the Valley Cup Meeting took place to-day on Moon[?]e Valley Plumpton, Mr. H. Mawer being judge and Mr. Bignell slipper…

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Swimming from France to England. LONDON, Aug. 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 2

A man named Dalton has started to swim from France to Folkestone, in England…

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Football Match

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 August 1890 · page 3

ON Saturday a football match was played in the recreation ground between teams of footballers representing respectively Murr[?]ah and young. The former had a full team of 15 while…

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Coursing

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 21 August 1890 · page 2

MOONEE VALLEY CUT.—The deciding courses of the Valley Cup mooting w0ro run off on Monday last on the Moonee Valley plumpton, Victoria. The Cup was won by…

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Boxing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 August 1890 · page 2

THE Braidwood Dispatch says:—We understood that Ryan has challenged Sullivan, of Goulburn, to box to a finish for a stake of £25 or £50 and has placed £10 as a forfeit in the…

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