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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1901

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Inter-State Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 4

Launceston, Thursday—The inter-State cricket match, Victoria v Tasmania, commenced to-day. Victoria went first to the wickets. The first wicket fell at 16, second…

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A Point About Cycle Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 January 1901 · page 6

The result of the Austral and Lyne Wheel Races has supplied conclusive proof of tile fact that when the back markers help each other the second and third class riders have little…

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Bookham Races

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Bookham Jockey Club was carried out on Saturday with every evidence of all-round success. Certainly the weather was hot, but the…

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Coursing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 2

In consequence of the business promises being opened on Friday night the coursing meeting advertised for that date will be postponed until the following Wednesday. A good attendance is…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 2

A MEETING Of the Goulburn Cricket Association was held last night, Mr. Grovenor in the chair. The selection committee (Messrs. Roberts, Phillips and Grovenor) for the southern district team to…

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Murrumbateman Races

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 2

The above races took place yesterday, and were a great success. Opening Handicap -- Pattie Brown 1. Murrumbateman Handicap. -- Elmo 1,…

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Cricket. Rose Cup Competition

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 2

A TEAM representative of the Crook well Cricket Club will try conclusions against Kialla for the Rose Challenge Cup on Saturday next, second…

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Inter-state Cricket Match

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 3

Victoria defeated Tasmania in the inter-state cricket match by 5 wickets…

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Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 2

MATCH ABANDONED.—A telegram has been received from the Sydney Cricket Association to the effect that the match between the Southern District Country Team and…

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A Cricket Match for a Thousand Guineas

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1901 · page 4

Matches for heavy stakes in the earlier days of cricket were quite a common occurrence. The Leeds Intelligences of the 18th of August, 1800, contained the report of a…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 2

Mr. P. K. Bowden, secretary of the New South Wales Cricket Association, has written to Mr. W. C. Phillips, secretary of the Southern District Association, stating that the proposed match between…

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Murrumbateman Races

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 31 January 1901 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Club was carried out on Monday last, registering success all round. The appointments were complete, and Sunday’s rain made the…

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Cricket

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 2

WE understand on account of Saturday having been set apart as a day of national mourning, the match arranged to take place to-morrow between Kialla…

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Cricket Match

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

ON Monday last a team of cricketers came over from Young and easily defeated what might be called a combined Harden and Murrumburrah…

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Golf

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

GOULBURN GOLF CLUB.—A meeting was held on Friday evening at the secretary's office, Present Messrs. A. B. Chisholm in the chair, R. E. Conolly, Galloway, Shaw, and…

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Sporting. Cricket

Goulburn Herald · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

N.S.W. v. VICTORIA. — Beautiful weather favored the opening of the inter-state match on Friday at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and the wicket and the outfield were in…

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Goulburn Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

A clerical error was made in the programme of the Goulburn Racing Club published in our issue of Saturday. The distance of the Hack Handicap on the second day was given as 1 mile 50 yards. The…

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Novel Racing Point

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 4

The A.J.C. is to be asked to adjudicate on a novel question of racing law which arose out of the running of a hurdle race at the recent Tumberumba…

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Yass Annual Races

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Yass races commences to-day and if we are to judge by the number of horses in town the meeting must be a great success,…

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Picnic Races at Wargeila (Communicated.)

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

The one topic of the past week in and about Wargeila was the Picnic Races, held there Saturday, 26th January, which exceeded the expectations of all…

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