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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1920

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Bowls

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 2

The team selected by the Goulburn Bowling Club to proceed to Burwood to play for the Arnott shield will not undertake the trip for a few weeks…

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Tennis

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 2

A match was played at Exeter on Saturday between the local club and St. Nicholas' Club, North Goulburn. The Goulburn team won by one set…

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Drowned While Swimming a Horse

Young Witness · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 4

Charles Longmore, 20 years of age, who was sharefarming on Tilberoo, the property of Mr. John FItzpatrick, with two other young fellows, went…

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Tennis

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 4

On Saturday last team from the Baw Baw Tennis Club played a match against a Kingsdale team on the latter's court. A very enjoyable…

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Boxing Exhibitions. Goulburn Aldermen Criticised

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. W. F. Corbett, in the Referee of Feb. 18. after quoting remarks of Goulburn aldermen during the discussion on the application to permit boxing…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 2

A well attended meeting was held in Thursday last for the purpose of re-forming the North Goulburn Junior Football club. The following officials were elected…

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Boxing Exhibitions at Goulburn. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 2

Dear Sir—I read with considerable interest the article by W. F. Corbett, which appeared in your columns on Saturday. Still I am prepared to back…

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Football

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 2

A meeting of the Goulburn Rugby Football League was held in the Leader Rooms on Wednesday evening Mr. J. E. Southwell in the…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 4

In a match between Collector and Kenmore, won by the latter on the first innings, Collector scored 136 (W. A. Sheridan 72 not out) and 227 for…

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Cricket

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 2

The following have been chosen to represent N.S.W. against Queensland in the match to begin on Sydney Crircket Ground on Easter…

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Cricket

Young Witness · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 2

The locals were defeated by a visiting team on Sunday last by a narrow margin of 20 runs on the first innings, it being too late to conclude the…

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Morangorell Racing. Getting a Course

Young Witness · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 6

Racing at Morangorell wan keen 15 years ago, but somehow lapsed for a time. A new club has now been formed and yesterday wrote the…

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Killed by a Cricket Ball

Young Witness · Friday 27 February 1920 · page 6

HOBART.—Albert J. [?]out, aged 14, while playing cricket on Thursday received a hit on the forehead from a cricket ball, which rendered him…

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Goulburn Golf Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 2

The annual meeting was held at the club house on Friday afternoon, Mr. F. W. Hamilton presiding over a good attendance…

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Goulburn Racing Club Appeal

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 4

As the Goulburn Racing Club is holding a meeting to raise sufficient to complete the home It is building for a returned soldier it would be…

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Amateur Boxing. Permitted in Goulburn. Municipal Council Approves

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 28 February 1920 · page 4

A petition to allow boxing was the cause of at lengthy discussion at the Municipal Council meeting on Thursday night, and finally it was decided…

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PROFESSIONAL v. Amateur Boxing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 2

"That amusin' cuss" (as Artemus Ward would., say). Dr. Archibald Grubb, who figures so prominently in "The Moving Picture Show" column…

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Doctors and Drink [Published by arrangement.] Dominant Races Not The Teetotal Ones

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 2

The task of totally abolishing alcohol from the earth is like trying to abolish disease germs--[?]sk which science has given up, says a le[?]ding article in…

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Swimming Carnival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 2

The sixth annual swimming carnival of the Goulburn, High School will be held at the Municipal baths to-morrow (Friday) afternoon. Special…

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V.r.c. Races.—tuesday

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 4

The Elms—Alswick 1, Battlewrack 2, Well Off 3. Ascot Vale Stakes—Midilll 1, Gossine Hatan 2, Glenacre 3…

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