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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Swimming Club Carnival

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 5

The first carnival conducted by the Condobolin Amateur Swimming Club, which now has 100 members took place on Saturday afternoon and was…

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Cricket

Forbes Times · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 3

On Saturday last South Forbes journeyed to Gunning, to play them in the third round of the competition. The match resulted in a win for South Forbes by one…

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Moonbie Races

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 5

The first race meeting under the Moonbie Jockey Club was held last Wednesday and, all things considered, was very successful, particularly as…

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Cricket Notes MALLES—WYALONG

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 3

The Mallee team visited Wyalong on Saturday last. Wyalong made 196 in their 1st innings, of which Sutherland contributed 88…

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W.d.r.a. Races

Forbes Times · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 4

The annual race meeting of the Western District Racing Association was opened on Friday, and concluded on Saturday. The attendance was very satisfactory,…

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Western District Racing Association. Delegate Meeting in Orange the Forbes Club and Allotment of Dates

Forbes Times · Wednesday 14 February 1912 · page 4

The meeting of delegates from affiliated clubs to the Western District Racing Association was held in Orange on Friday night. Mr…

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Current Topics. Australian Cricket

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

The poor Kangaroo lies on the cricket field with a badly twisted tail, the British Lion rampant above him (this is a suggestion for future…

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Cricket. Last Match Op the Competition

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 February 1912 · page 4

Forbes meets South Forbes to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, on the cricket ground, to play the last match in the last round of the district…

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Races to Come

Forbes Times · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 8

The Western District Racing Association has alloted the following dates for the 1912 season:—Wallerawang, February 17th…

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Boxing Champions. a Treat Eor Wyalong

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 5

No other prominent centre in Australia has ever had such an opportunity as that to be afforded Wyalong next Monday, when four great…

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The Final Cricket Match

Forbes Times · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 4

The final match of the Forbes Cricket Association competition is to be played to-day (Saturday) on the cricket ground, between the two…

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Racing Men Penalised by the W D R a

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 17 February 1912 · page 4

After the delegate meeting on Friday night week last a committee meeting was summoned, and the running of Arice in the Trangie Handicap inquired…

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The Sketcher Swimming

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 3

(By Joseph W. Spencer, holder of twenty-three American Records, 1000-Yard Metropolitan Championship, 1902.) The human body is not very well…

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Cricket

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 2

Roy Minnett, W. Bardsley, and W. Carkeek have accepted the invitation to accompany the Australian Eleven for England in March. M'Laren has…

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Cricket

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1912 · page 4

South Forbes went through the competition unbeaten. Competition final results:—South Forbes 28 points, Gunning 20, Forbes…

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Cricket

Forbes Times · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 2

South Forbes and Central Forbes met in the last match of the cricket competition on Saturday last, and the game resulted in a win for South Forbes by the narrow…

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Cricket Notes

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 2

THE match between the Mallee and Wyalong Clubs ended on Saturday last in an easy win for Wyalong, on the first innings. On resuming on…

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Self-defence. Boxing and the Law

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 February 1912 · page 3

The decision of the stipendiary magistrate at Birmingham on Monday (says the "Spectator" of November 18) to prevent the proposed boxing contest…

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Forbes Autumn Races

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 5

A reminder is timely concerning the autumn races of the Forbes Jockey Club, set down for March 7 and 8, and therefore only a fortnight…

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The Cricket Trouble. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 February 1912 · page 4

Clem Hill, referring to the cricket trouble, said he would send in a provisional acceptance to the invitation to make the trip, in the same terms…

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