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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1928

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All Sport Cricket. Jerrara V. Bigga

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 6

Jerrara and Bigga met on the Jerrara wicket, the result being a somewhat easy victory for Bigga. The bowling of R. Ford and H. Tarrant…

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"Proud Of It." Our Inter-school Competition. Collins and Hammond Shields. Annual Meeting of Athletic Association

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Young and District Schools Athletic Association was held at the School of Arts yesterday…

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Swimming High School Championships

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 6

The High School 880 yards swimming championship was decided yesterday morning at the Municipal Deaths. The chief feature of the…

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Cricket Queries No Official Reply to Anonymous Letter

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 10

The Secretary of the Taralga and Crookwell District Cricket Association declines to give any official reply to the queries appearing in last…

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Cricket New Showground Wicket Black Soil to be Laid

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 29 February 1928 · page 6

At last night's meeting of the Goulburn Cricket Association, at which Mr. R. Long presided, the secretary. Mr. J. Murphy, reported that he had…

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League Football

The Yass Courier · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 1

At Edinburgh in ideal weather before 60,000, Ireland beat Scotland by 13 points to 5. A crowd of 50,000, including His…

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Tennis Notes and Comments

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 March 1928 · page 6

The R. W. Gray cup match played last Saturday between Buffalo and Argyle resulted in some splendid tennis undoubtedly the best seen in…

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Bowls

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 1

Referring to recent bowling match, both Young papers refer to the fact that Young was unfortunately without some of their best players. A…

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Cricket

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

The following team will represent the Federals against Boorowa on Sunday next, 4th March:—C. Bodmer (capt.), N. Maheney, J. Littlefield, W…

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Burrowa Races

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

The Borrowa Bating Club held a two-day's race meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday last, when the attendance was very fair on both days…

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Cricket Boorowa v. FEDERALS

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 11

The following players have been selected to represent Boorowa against the Federals, in competition cricket, on Sunday next:—R. Flannery, G…

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Cricket Umpires for Tomorrow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

Umpires for to-morrow's first grade cricket fixtures are as follows:—Vic. park No. 1: Murphy, Southwell and Gould: sportsground, Barnes and…

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Cycling Championship Races Will Benefit Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 8

The most prominent amateur cyclists of N.S.W., with the exception of Dune Gray and Jack Standen, who are in New Zealand, will…

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Cricket Yass District Association List of Fixtures for 1927-29 Fourth Round 4th, March, 1928

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 7

Yass United v. Binalong, at Yass. Boorowa v. Boorowa Federals, at Boorowa. 18 March, 1928…

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Bold Bid for the Best Tennis Carnival Big Trophies for Easter Tournament. Young Out to Make a Record

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 4

The Third Annual Southern Districts Championships will again be promoted by the Burrangong Tennis Club during…

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Schools' Athletic Association

The Young Chronicle · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 5

At a meeting of the Young and District Schools' Athletic Association on Monday Mr. F. Cahill suggested that a delegate be sent to…

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Football

The Yass Courier · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 4

“Chook” Fraser is evidently in great demand as a coach. He told the people at Gundagai that he had turned down no less than seven offers to accept the…

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Golf Hard Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 6

Measured on the basis of the energy expended, a man works about. as hard playing three rounds of golf as he does in ploughing an acre,…

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Boxing Tournament Lightweight Champion's Challenge

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 6

An exhibition by Herb McCoy, ex-lightweight champion of Australasia. will provide an additional attraction at Friday night's boxing…

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Bright and Active. Scenes at the Burrangong Tennis Club Opening. Training for Golf!

The Young Chronicle · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 1

Over two score alert and active young men and women made the scene a bright and vi[?]id one as they played tennis at the opening…

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