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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Sport

Sport, 1929

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North Richmond. Boxing Day Sports Successful Gathering

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 January 1929 · page 3

A SUCCESSFUL, picnic and sports meeting was held at North Richmond on Boxing Day; as a result of which between £70 and £80 was raised towards the object…

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Holiday Cricket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

DISTRICT Clubs are reminded that the return match with Mosman Cricket Club will be played in Windsor on Anniversary Day, Saturday, January 26…

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That Cricket Incident (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 14

Sir,—In answer to Umpire Sanday re no rule, he asks me to tell the truth and says there is a rule relating to obstruction. I can tell the truth just as well as your…

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Batsmen In Form Four Centuries in Hawkesbury Cricket Maroota's Fine Win Against Pitt Town Wilberforce Leads at End of First Round

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 13

BATSMEN had a glorious time on Saturday when the first round of Hawkesbury competition matches was completed. Four centuries were scored—D. Roberts (Kurrajong Heights) 118 not out, R. Brown (Pitt Town A) 111 not out, G. Baker (Oakville) 106 not out, and H. Case (Wilberforce A) 105—and no…

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Cricket Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

Mosman Cricket Club is sending a team to compete with an eleven selected from the A Grades of the H.D.C.A. on 26th instant. The visitors will be entertained at lunch…

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That Cricket Incident (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 14

Sir,—I am sorry to have to ask you again for space to reply to "Leg Stump." A pity my friend refuses to sign his proper name, as, if he did, I might have the pleasure of…

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Country Tennis Carnival Windsor's Great Effort Walker's Brilliant Display

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

FOLLOWING up last year's good performance Windsor men's team again went very close to annexing the country championship title, at the County Week tennis…

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Cricket Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 14

The second round of the C Grade will be completed at the conclusion of two more matches:—February 2 and 9…

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That Cricket Incident (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 14

Sir,—Your correspondent, Umpire Sanday, is trying to do a little mud slinging. He says I can tell the truth if I try. The truth is not foreign to me, and I will not go to him for…

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Hawkesbury District Cricket Association Monthly Meeting a Poor Roll Up

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 10

Only Cattai, Windsor, Maroota and Wilberforce were represented at the meeting of the above on Saturday last—just a bare quorum and no more…

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Sound Position Windsor Tennis Club the Annual, Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 6

THE annual meeting of the Windsor Tennis Club was held in the School of Arts on Monday night last when there was an attendance of fifteen members. The…

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Wilberforce Increases Lead Outright Win Against Pitt Town Oakville Shows Fight Against North Richmond Two Centuries in Hawkesbury Cricket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 13

AS a result of their outright win against Pitt Town on Saturday, Wilberforce have increased their lead in the A Grade competition table to 12 points ahead of their nearest opponents—North Richmond—and from present indications it would appear that the leaders will be the second club to have their name…

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What's Up? Is Hawkesbury Cricket Waning? Results of Only Six Games Hopeless Mix-up in C Grade

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 March 1929 · page 15

INTEREST seems to be waning in Hawkesbury cricket, especially in the B and C Grades, and this week we are only able to chronicle the…

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Cricket Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 14

Next meeting of the Hawkesbury District Cricket Association will be held on the fourth Saturday, March 23, not the third Saturday, March 16. Delegates of the…

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Hawkesbury District Cricket Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 16

Delegates to the above are reminded that a meeting will be held on Saturday night next, in Windsor, at the usual place and hour…

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Football New District Approved Wenty—richmond-penrith

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 14

The New South Wales Rugby League has approved of a new district being established, to include centres between Wentworthville and Richmond and Penrith, and it is…

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Hawkesbury Cricket Wickets Crash at Oakville J. Turnbull Skittles Windsor No Results of Two a Grade Matches

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 15

WHEN we praised, the A Grade Clubs a few weeks ago for the interest displayed in the Hawkesbury Cricket Competition, we apparently spoke too soon. This week no…

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Raequet Wielders Prepare for Coming Soon Is Tennis Deteriorating? Criticism at Association's Annual Meeting Headquarters Still at Richmond Attempt to Abandon Mixed Competitions

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 1

IS tennis deteriorating in the Hawkesbury District? Some of the delegates at the annual meeting of the Richmond District Tennis Association on Monday night were of the opinion that it is, and with a view to improving the standard of play an unsuccessful attempt was m ade to arrange separate competitions…

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Cricket Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 13

The meeting of the Hawkesbury District Cricket Association fixed for Saturday last lapsed for want of a quorum. Regarding the fiasco over the finish of the…

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Cricket Fixtures for

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 13

Following is the draw for Saturday, the matches to be played on the wicket of the first-named club:— A Grade…

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