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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1903

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

The following will represent the Warrigals in the match with Cootamundra on Monday at 11 o'clock sharp:—Scott, Rawcliffe, Edwards, A. McDougal, Giddy, Roots, Grant, Mooney,…

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Football Extraordinary

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4

The chief event for Monday's holiday is the Football Carnival. No less than three visiting teams will try conclusions with three local teams. The first match will he played in the morning…

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Cootamundra Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 4

The second day's racing at Cootamundra resulted as follows:—June Handicap—Ruenol 1, Coolamon 2, Gilbert 3. Hurdle: Race—Golden Briar 1, Lorna I, Galtee More 3. Winter Plate…

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Football. BRITONS v. HARDEN

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

THE Britons journeyed to Harden last Wednesday and were successful in gaining another win. The local Rovers met them on the racecourse ground and from the kick off at 4 p.m. the game was very…

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Sporting. Football

Goulburn Herald · Monday 8 June 1903 · page 2

There was a fairly large attendance to witness the matches on the Deanery on Saturday afternoon. JUNIOR MATCH…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 2

Monday was a real gala day with the devotees of football, no less than three matches taking place during the day—Cootamundra v. Warrigals, Marcus Clark team v. Goulburn B team, and South…

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Tennis Tournamen

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 2

THE following [?] a result of the drawing for play in [?]tion with the tennis tournament to be played by the ladies of the Victoria [?] Tennis Club for a…

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Tennis Social

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 2

The annual social of the Half-Holiday Tennis Club was held in the Assembly Room, Oddfellows' Hall, on Monday evening. There was a large attendance, between 30 and 40 couples taking the…

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Saturday's Football. Junior Ball Final

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 4

Fusilier v. St. Patrick's College.—This was the play off of the tic which the teams played on the previous Saturday, when each team scored three points. The play was…

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Sporting. Football Crookwell Club v. LAGGAN

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 2

THESE teams met in a friend y game on Saturday on the former's ground, victory going to to home men. The day was wet and altogether un-uitabloe…

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Lawn Tennis

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

REWA CLUB.—A tournament for members was commenced on the club's court on Monday, but, owing to the unfavourable weather, it was impossible to finish the first…

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Tennis Social

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

THE annual social of the Goulburn Half-Holiday Tennis Club was held at the Oddfellows Assembly-room on Monday evening and was attended by between thirty and forty…

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Sporting. Football

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the bitterly cold weather, there was a large attendance on the Deanery on Monday afternoon to witness the football contests between two Goulburn teams and…

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Robust Vitality—football, Etc.—varying Temptations.—byron and Shakespeare.—every Man Has His Price.—resistance to Temptation.—[?]

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

THE exuberant vitality of youth and of robust manhood finds a safety-valve in football, cricket, and athletic sports, and later in hunting, in exploration and discovery, and on…

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Athletic Sports

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 2

A most successful evening was spent at the Elite Rink on Wednesday evening, the occasion being the opening of the new athletic hall. The sport comprised footracing and boxing, the…

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Sporting. Football. C. D. R. F. Union

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

A MEETING of the committee of the above was held at the Commercial Hotel on Tuesday night, Mr. T. V. Hughston (vice-president) occupying…

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Local and General News, Victoria Park Tennis Club. Euchre Party and Dance

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last a dance and euchre party was held in the Oddfellows’ Hall, promoted chiefly by the ladies of Victoria Park Tennis Club, and carried…

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Catholic Literary and Athletic Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 2

There was a large attendance of members at the usual weekly meeting of the above association, held on Wednesday night in the boys' schoolroom, Bourke-street. Captain McShane presided. A…

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Sporting. Football

Goulburn Herald · Monday 15 June 1903 · page 2

THE opening matches of the medal competions were played on Saturday, there being a fair attendance of spectators. In neither of the senior matches was the play interesting,…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 2

Four matches took place on the C.S.R.F.U. Ground on Saturday, when tile initial matches of the medal competition in each grade were played. The day was of the worst kind to view a match with…

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