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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1897

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 January 1897 · page 2
Also in The Yass Courier

MESSRS. M. Moss AND Co., agents for the celebrated Wolfe's Schnapps, are making the following offer to cricketers taking part in the next intercolonial match:—Any batsman who…

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Crookwell Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 January 1897 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the Race Club will be held at Crookwell on Anniversary Day. With an Opening Handicap of £5, Hack Race of £3, Anniversary Handicap of £8, Hurry Scurry, Flying…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 2

THE Railway Ambulance and Marulan clubs met on the latter's wicket on Saturday. The game resulted in an easy win for the railway men, the Marulan club being short of several…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 January 1897 · page 3

Crookwell defeated Pejar at Pejar on Saturday last by 74 runs…

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Juvenile Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

THE return cricket match between the Cathedral choir boys and the Crookwell boys was played on Saturday, when the local boys won easily. The match was fifteen aside In their first innings…

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Local & General News. Cricket

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

The Yass Club having gone bung Mr. Nash is making a big endeavour to bring it to life by taking a picnic team to Gunning to play a match against that club. The team will…

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Intercolonial Cricket. Disappointing Batting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 January 1897 · page 2

THE fifty-nighth contest between New South Wales and Victoria was commenced on Saturday on the Sydney Cricket Ground, and when stumps were drawn the game stood :- Mew South Wales, 159,…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1897 · page 3

The Intercolonial cricket match, Victoria v N. S. W., was continued yesterday at the Sydney cricket ground in the presence of about 18,000 spectators. It will be seen that N. S…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 5

A TEAM from Goulburn visited Bowral on Tuesday last and played an all-day's match with the Bowral Association. The visitors were sumptnously entertained by H. E. Jones…

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Jerrawa. Cricket

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 2

With the advent of the new teacher at Jerrawa (who by the bye is a cricket enthusiast) cricket matters have become rather lively. On Saturday the first practice was…

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Cricket.-- Yass v. GUNNING

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 2

THE second match of the season, as far as the Yass Club is concerned, came off on Tuesday last (Anniversary Day), and resulted in a defeat for our representatives by 43 runs, only…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match. New South Wales V. Victoria. Great Batting by the Home Team

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 January 1897 · page 3

Garrett's experiment in altering the batting order of the New South Wales team in the second innings of the present match against Victoria seems to have been inspired. At any…

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Notes From Gininderra. Cricket.—bungendore v. Gininderra.—cup Match

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 January 1897 · page 4

SOME fortnight since the Bungendore cricketers, with commendable pluck, challenged our boys to play for the Hayes and Russell Cup. The challenge was promptly accepted, and as arranged the match…

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Cricket.--jerrawa V. Coolalie

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 2 February 1897 · page 2

The excitement had scarcely died at Sydney and in the country over the late intercolonial match, ere Coolalie was in an as against Jerrawa, in order to lower the colours of that club…

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Rhyanna Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the Rhyanna Pony and Galloway Club will be held on Saturday, 13th February. A programme of six events, including a time handicap trot, has been prepared, and a good…

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Cricket

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 2

The following have been picked to play in a cricket match against Waroo on the oval on Saturday, the 6th inst. Play to commence at 11 o'clock sharp. T. Rooney, J. Horton, M…

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Big Hospital Day. Cricket Meeting

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Yass cricket club was held on Tuesday evening last. Present-- Messrs. A. Wood (in the chair), Holmes. Willans, Bradford. Elworthy, Morris,…

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A Sydney Cricket Team for Yass

The Yass Courier · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 2

Mr. A. Wood said that a first class cricket team wanted to come to Yass at Easter time to play a two days' match, and he thought they should be got up. He knew that most of the Yass…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 3

Rose Cup Competition.—Irishtown defeated Crookwell at Irishtown by an innings and 41 runs.. Fullerton defeated Pejar at Fullerton by an innings and 50 runs…

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