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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1898

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Football Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 3

A BOY named Charles Knight, aged 13 years, met with an accident on Wednesday whilst playing football. He fell heavily on his right shoulder and fractured his right collar bone. He was brought to…

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Football Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 3

MR. A. E. Kimpton, secretary of the Football Union, announces in to-day's issue that a grand concert will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Friday, 20th May, on the occasion of the visit of the…

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H.H. Tennis Club Social

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

The Half Holiday Tennis Club held a very successful plain dress social in the Oddfellows' Hull on Thursday evening. There was a good attendance, about 40 couples taking part. Dancing was…

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Cricket

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 2

THE Yass half-holiday association defeated the Bowning Club last Thursday afternoon. Yass made 167, Horton making 54, Mead 24, Lucas 21, Brower 15, and Gately 15. Bowning…

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Football Union Meeting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 2

THE committee of the C.S.R.F. Union met at the Oddfellows' Hail on Tuesday evening. The president was in the chair and there was a full attendance of committeemen. A request was received from the…

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Sporting. Football

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 5

Two matches will be played on the deanery paddock to-morrow afternoon, the first commencing at 2.30, in aid of the funds of the Goulburn Hospital. The opposing teams will…

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Country Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

AN eleven of the Wyanglar C.C. journeyed to Reid's flat to play the return match with that team on 23rd of last month. The game resulted in no easy win for the home team by an innings and 10S…

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Football Match and Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 4

WE have been requested to draw the attention of our sporting residents and the public generally to the C.S.R.F. Union's fixture for Friday, May 20. At considerable expense they have invited the…

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Does Cricket Pay ? My Word, Handsomely

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

Perhaps it is not generally known (says a writer in a Melbourne paper) that the pay of the professional members of the English team was £300…

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Sporting. Football

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 2

THE Warrigals [?] a double victory on Saturday, the [?] defesti8ng the wallaroo B[?] in by is [?] and the…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 4

ALTHOUGH the Senior Competition matches of the Union have not yet begun, the season's football for '98 insinuated itself into the feelings of the Goulburn public from Saturday afternoon last,…

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International Cricket. London, May 4

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 4

Lord Hawke, the famous Yorkshire bat, condemns the practice of having intervals for tea in cricket matches. He has expressed the hope that cricketers will avoid the adoption of adjournments…

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The Test Cricket Matches in England. London, May 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 4

In connection with the next visit of an Australian cricket team to England, Lord Hawke, captain of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club, says that the Marylebone Club ought to select the players and…

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Sporting. Football

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 3

THE UNION.—Committee met last evening full attendance; Mr. Heath in chair. It was decided to write to secretaries of clubs stating that in future the committee would enforce…

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Football

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 2

THE scratch match announced in our last issue to take place here on Saturday next will not come off, as the secretary of the Rover Club informs…

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Sporting. Football

Goulburn Herald · Monday 16 May 1898 · page 2

A SORATCH match was played on the union ground on Saturday between players selected from the various local clubs for the purpose of enabling the union collection committee to…

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Football

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 17 May 1898 · page 2

The opening match of the season in this district was played in Crookwell on Saturday last, when the Crookwell Rovers defeated the Grabben Gullen…

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Sporting. Football

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 2

THE fixture arranged for Friday next between the Orange and Combined Goulburn has been abandoned, the former club-yesterday wiring their inability to make…

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Football Concert

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 May 1898 · page 3

WE would again remind readers of the Football Union Concert to be given in the Oddfellows' Hall to-morrow (Friday) evening. A most attractive programme has been published. Amongst those taking…

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Local Football Union

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 May 1898 · page 4

THE committee of the C.S.R F. Union met on Tuesday evening. Mr. J. J. Richardson, president, was in the chair, and there was a full attendance. The disappointing news that had been…

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