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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1908

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Koorawatha. Athletic Reports

The Burrowa News · Friday 5 June 1908 · page 1

An Athletic Sports Meeting was held on the Koorawatha Recreation ground on Thursday,—28th May, in aid of the General Improvement fund of…

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Football. YASS v. Toxteth. a Drawn Game

The Yass Courier · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the Yass District Rugby Union team met the Toxteth representatives in the park. From start to finish the game was a…

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Reception to the Visiting Lacrosse and Football Teams

The Yass Courier · Monday 8 June 1908 · page 2

The visiting players and friends of the above teams were tendered a formal welcome to Yass at the Mechanics’ Institute on Saturday morning…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

Two junior matches were played on the Deanery on Saturday afternoon. There was a moderate attendance of spectators. As displays of football there is little to be said for both…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

There was a good attendance in the Deanery on Monday afternoon to witness two matches, Randwick Second Grade v. Goulburn second Fifteen and St. Albans v…

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Rough Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 4

Melbourne, Sunday.—The football match between Essendon and Fitzroy, on the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, was fast and oven, but rough, two players being disabled. After the match a…

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Correspondence. [We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondence.] the Football Ground. (To the Editor of the “ Burrangong Argus.”)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 3

Sir,— Kindly grant me sufficient space in your popular journal to ask whether the Young Cricket Ground is a recreation reserve for the benefit of the public, or a place to accommodate stockowners…

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Football

The Burrowa News · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 3

At the weekly meeting of the Harden Football Union Committee on Tuesday night, the Barrows protest against the first competition match…

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The Holiday at Yass. Football and Lacrosse

The Yass Courier · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 2

The Prince of Wales’ birthday was celebrated in Yass with football and lacrosse exhibitions in the park, the attendance of spectators being very,…

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Rugby Union Team for England

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 4

The country carnival this year had more than ordinary interest. On the three days' play hinged to a big extent the selection of the New South Wales contingent of the Australian team…

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Football. Young v. Sydney Railways

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1908 · page 7

On Monday last (Prince of Wales Birthday) a team from Sydney, representing the Railways, tried conclusions with the locals on the latter's ground, but were defeated,…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

A Collector correspondent writes:—A football match between Warrigal and Collector Juniors was played here on Saturday last, and resulted in a victory for Warrigals by five points to…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 4

There was a poor attendance at the Deanery on Saturday, when two matches were played, one junior and one senior. In the first match Pioneers beat Railway 17 to…

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The Boxing Championship of the World

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

London, Sunday.—The pugilistic contest for the championship of the world between “Bill” Squires (Australian) and “ Tommy” Burns…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] London, Sunday. County Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 1

In the match Notts versus Essex Wass took 16 wickets for 103 runs. In the match Yorkshire versus Leicester Rhodes took 9 wickets for 37 and…

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Football. YOUNG v. BINALONG

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2
Also in The Young Chronicle

THE Young-Binalong competition fixture was played on the local ground on Saturday, the game resulting in a draw. From a spectacular point of view, the game was the best and most exciting of…

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Fight on Football Field

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.—A football match at Toorak Park to-day between the unbeaten teams, St. Kilda and Prahran, of the Wednesday Half-holiday Association, was characterised…

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Football

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 1

In the Harden Centre competition matches on Saturday last Burrowa played Goondah a draw, neither side scoring; Binalong played Young a…

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Football. Gordon Cup Competition. St. Augustine’s Defeat St. Clement’s

The Yass Courier · Friday 19 June 1908 · page 3

What may be termed the proper opening of the football season locally were the competition matches for the Gordon Cup at Yass and Gunning on…

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