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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Sport

Sport, 1918

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Cricket Sydney Team's Visit

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 March 1918 · page 3

Our Eugowra correspondent writes:- The big cricket match at Forbes at Easter, in which, at least four, and…

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Bowls

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

A pairs tournament has been arranged for the Easter holidays, play commencing at 10 a.m. on Friday. The handicap limit is 6, and the…

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Racing Fixtures W.D.R. ASSOCIATION

Forbes Times · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 1

Owing to the Royal Sydney Show having extended its dates for this year the dates allotted to race clubs in the West for show meetings have…

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Cricket

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 6

The personnel of the Mosman District cricket team that will be seen in action against our District Eleven on Forbes cricket ground on…

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GOOLAGONG. (From Our Own Correspondent) CRICKET

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 6

On Sunday last the Goolagong team visited Holmwood, to contest thw Holmwood Cup. The match, which was very exciting, resulted in…

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200ft. Dive. New Swimming Record

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 4

Alec Wickham, of Sydney, dived 200 feet at the Deep Rock Swimming Carnival on Saturday afternoon in presence of nearly 7000…

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Parkes Races

Forbes Times · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 2

The following are the results in connection with the Parkes patriotic race meeting, held on Tuesday and Wednesday in fine weather, but in…

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The Easter Races

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 2

The annual Easter meeting of the C.J.C. will be held on Thursday next, the 4th April—[?] one-day meeting. Considerable improvement has been…

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A.J.C. Races. Sydney

Western Champion · Thursday 4 April 1918 · page 10

The autumn meeting of the A.J.C. was commenced at Randwick this on Saturday in beautiful weather. Results:—First Hurdle Rack.—Lootoo, 9.5, 1;…

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Swimming

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 6

50 yds handicap.—A. Bush 1. J. Barbe 2, W. Strickland 3. In the 75 yds handicap Bush and Barbe tied, and decided to swim…

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Bowls. Doubles Handicap

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 4
Also in Forbes Times

The results of the Doubles Handi cap played during Easter on the local green, are as follow. First Round…

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Children's Races

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 6

No. 1.—Dud Lender 1, H. Adams 2. No. 2.—Edna Leader l, Beryl White 2. No. 3.—A. Hurkett 1, D. Brown 2…

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Cowra Races

Forbes Times · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 6
Also in The Forbes Advocate

The Easter meeting of the Cowra Jockey Club was held on Monday and Tuesday last, and resulted as under:—…

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Soap Bubble Races

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 7

Soap bubble races are great fun and exciting up to the last moment, for one may be within an inch of the goal and lose by having his…

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Big Cricket Mosman V. Forbes District

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 1

Friday and Saturday were big days in the cricket history of Forbesfor a team of cricketers from Mosman paid a visit to the town and…

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Cricket. MOSMAN v. Fobres and District. a One Sided Game

Forbes Times · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 8

One of the incidents of the Easter holidays was the visit of a metropolitan cricket team to Forbes. It is a good many years since a city cricket…

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Bowls. Dubbo Defeats Forbes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

Dubbo visited Forbes on Saturday last, and inflicted a heavy defeat on the local men, who were quite outplayed. The visitors came across by…

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Bowls. Dubbo v. FORBES

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 2

The Dubbo bowlers visited Forbes on Saturday last an connection with the Western District Competition and the McLead Championship. In…

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