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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1908

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Goulburn Racing Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 2

The Goulburn Racing Club will hold its spring meeting on Thursday and Friday, September 24th and 25th. There are six events set down for each day. Handicap…

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Football

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 3

To-morrow, afternoon the last match of the second round of the Gordon Cup competition will be played, when St. Augustine’s will meet the United G[?]ild…

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The Boxing Championship an Exciting Contest

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 2

There was an attendance of 16,000 at the fight between Tommy Burns (America) and Bill Lang (Australia) in Melbourne on Thursday morning…

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Football. Inter-union Match

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 4

A match for the championship of the Southern District Unions was played on the Deanery on Saturday between the C.S.R.F.U. (Goulburn) and the…

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Football. United Guild Beat St. Augustine’s. an Exciting Contest

The Yass Courier · Friday 11 September 1908 · page 2

The best game of football seen in Yass for many a day was played in the park on Wednesday afternoon when the United Guild and St. Augustine’s…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 2

The final of the Friday competition was played between St. Patrick's College and Waratahs on Friday afternoon. The match resulted in a win for St. Patrick's by 19 to…

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St. Patrick's College. the Football Teams Celebrate the "Double Event."

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 2

The students of St. Patrick's College were in high glee on Friday, as they were the proud winners of both finals, viz., the Friday Half-holiday and the Schools premiership. The former, against…

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Golf

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 2

A match for a trophy took place on Saturday last. Owing to several members being on the sick list, only a few players took part in the contest, which…

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Athletics in England. Records Broken. London, Sept. 12

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 September 1908 · page 4

Forty-two, athletes, including, A. E. M. Rowland (N.Z.), started on Friday on a 24 hours' walk in the Stadium at the France-British Exhibition. T. E…

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Golf

The Yass Courier · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 2

The play off for a trophy, between Messrs. F. W. O’Brien, J, Bri[?]acombe, and C. Wood, on Wednesday afternoon, resulted in a win for Wood, who was in…

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Football

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 6

Tag last football match of the season was played in Burrowa on Saturday last between teams representing Burrowa and Marrumburrah, and resulted…

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The Tennis Lawn

The Burrowa News · Friday 18 September 1908 · page 4

Only to those who have tried it are the difficulties of attaining a smooth, well-kept tennis-lawn fully known. Every inch of the ground has to be…

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Tennis

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 4

Notwithstanding the fact that a good number of tennis players requested a meeting to be called to decide as to the proposed local and district tennis tournament, to be held on the 7th and 9th November,…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 September 1908 · page 6

The Rival Football Club hold a meeting on Wednesday evening, and prizes were presented to the following players:—Gold medal (presented by Mr. H. Beegling for the best back),…

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Golf

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

The match between Yass and Wagga was played on the local links on Saturday afternoon. On account of the difficulty Yass had in getting a full…

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Football

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2
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To-morrow afternoon the United Guild and St. Augustine’s football teams Will re-play the last match of the second round of the Gordon Cup…

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Olympic Boxing Contests

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 1

Fifty-nine entries have been received for the Olympic boxing contests. There will be five weights, viz., bantam, feather, light, middle, and heavy…

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World’s Boxing Championship

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

London, Thursday.—The colored boxer, Jack Johnson, has signed a contract with the London representative of Mr. Hugh Macintosh to fight Tommy…

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Goulburn Racing Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

The Goulburn Racing Club will reopen the season on Thursday next, when the Spring Meeting will be commenced. It will be continued on the following day, a start being made…

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