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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Sport

Sport, 1917

389 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 13 of 20

Parkes Show and Races

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 2

Parkes show will be held on Wednesday and Thursday next, the committee having decided to go on with it, strike or no strike…

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Juvenile Football Match

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 2

The return match between Cowra and Canowindra Convent schools took place here on Wednesday, and resulted in a win for the visitors by 17 to nil. Rev…

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Football

Forbes Times · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

It takes a lot to damp the ardour of the "sports" of Forbes. Despite the full of over an inch of rain on Saturday night and its continuance on…

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Bowls. Singles Handicap

Forbes Times · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

The second round of the Wednesday section in the above competition must be finished by Tuesday next 28th August. Following is the state of the game…

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Football Competition Matches

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

Those who watched the foolball matches on Sunday morning were satisfied that the lads love the game. They played on a rain soaked ground…

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Parkes Races No Special Trains

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

The secretary of Parkes Jockey Club wishes us to make it clearly understood there is no possibility of special drains being run between…

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Football

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 2

The football match on the Temora ground on Wednesday between teams representing Temora and Wyalong attracted a large number…

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The Cowra Free Press Use Soft Words and Hard Arguments Wednesday, August 22, 1917 Local and General Football

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 2

A Sports Club football team visited Grenfell and defeated a local team on 19th instant, by 15 to 10…

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Football

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

The Derawong football team visited Bogan Gate on Saturday, and after playing for some time with the latter team, the match resulted in a…

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Bowls. Singles Handicap

Forbes Times · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

The second round of the Wednesday section in the above competition was further advanced on the local green during the week by the playing of the…

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Death at the Sydney Cricket Ground

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 2

FOLLOWING the brief intimation given in our telegraphic columns last issue, the DAILY TELEGRAPH says :—The sudden death of one of the volunteers…

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Football. the Local Competition

Forbes Times · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 3

The local-football competition was further advanced on Sunday last, when two matches were played during the day. In the morning The Rumblers beat…

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Football Matches at Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

On Sunday morning the competition match, between The Ramblers and Old Timers was played. The Ramblers rambled home by six points…

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The Totalisator at the Show Races

Western Champion · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 17

Mr. T. Medlyn has furnished us with the following interesting statement of the totalisator operations at the recent show races of the Parkes…

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To Revive Cricket

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 6

Local [?]siasts and lovers of the same of cricket are bent on making an effort to revive that universally popular and finest of outdoor games…

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Football. the Local Competition

Forbes Times · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 4

The following team will represent Forbes in their forthcoming mat[?] against the Old Timers:—Mura[?]cli Morris, T. Morris, Cosgrove, [?] B…

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Grenfell Races

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 2

The above meeting set down for Thursday and Friday was abandoned owing to the heavy rain making the track unfit to race on. Quite a…

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Bowls

Forbes Times · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

The final of the doubles handicap on the local green, for a trophy (pair of pipes) presented by Messrs Rath and Grinsted, was concluded last week, the…

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Football Competition Matches

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

In the competition matches on Sunday, Forbes beat the Mugs by 3 points to nil, after a very good game. The try for Forbes was obtained by a…

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Football. the Local Competition

Forbes Times · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

An interesting match in the local football competition was played on Sunday morning last, when the Forbes and Mugs teams met on the local…

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