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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Sport

Sport, 1925

1,131 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 57

The Swimming Carnivel Arrangements Progressing Well

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 3

Many hands are making light work of the labor necessary to the grounds at Salisbury. On Sunday there were twenty…

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Forbes Cricket Association

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 2

A meeting of the Forbes cricket Association will be held at Kelly's Post Office Hotel to-night, to finalise matters in connection with the carnival…

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Cricket Railway v. TOWN

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 20 January 1925 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon a team representing the Railway defeated the Town by 76 to 39. G. Maker was in fine form with the ball and was…

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Forests of Lumber for Sporting Goods. Wood Is a Vital Necessity in Nearly Every Athletic Pastime

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 January 1925 · page 3

Skis and billiard cues, snow-shoes and tennis rackets, baseball bats, ten-pins and other sporting utensils consume every year about twenty-five…

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Parkes Coursing Club

Western Champion · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 18

Mr. J. T. Best presided over a meeting of members of the Parkes Coursing Club, held at Bolger's Exchange Hotel on Tuesday evening…

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Bowls the Lindeman Cup

Western Champion · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 18

Parkes and Cowra (B grade teams) met on the local green yesterday afternoon, in the contest for the Lindeman Cup and the honors rested with…

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Eugowra Races

Western Champion · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 17

The following nominations have geen received for the Anniversary Day meeting of the Eugowra Race Club on Monday next:—…

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Condobolin Races

Western Champion · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 26

The Condobolin Jockey Club's summer meetihg was held on January 14. The attendance was probably militated against by the threatening…

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Sheedy Cricket Cup. Half Holiday V. Manildra

Western Champion · Thursday 22 January 1925 · page 9

The Half Holiday team visited Manildra on Sunday and suffered defeat in a match with the Manildrians by 73 runs on the first innings. In…

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Swimming Carnival

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 10

All the arrangements are complete for the swimming carnival on Monday. The river should he in good order, and the various fixtures in…

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Cricket

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2
Also in Cowra Free Press

A meeting of the Cricket Association was held on Tuesday night, when a vote of no-confidence in the selection committee was carried by 20 to…

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Weja Notes Cricket

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 1

The match between Weja and Ungarie which was to have been played on Sunday, 18th, was abandoned owing to rain…

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Forbes Coursing Club Some Carping Critics. Meeting Unconstitutional

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 10

There was a gathering of Coursing Club members at a meeting at Kelly's Hotel last night, but neither the president, nor the secretary put…

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First Intercolonial Cricket Match

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 4

"Wink": The first intercolonial cricket match was a big shock to Victorians. Travellers' tales had made them confident of their superiority, so…

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Eugowra Races Nominations for

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 7

Maiden: Maid of Fashion, Myram, Ratepayer, Indiano, Marjette, All Up, Fancy Colors, Lady Partner, Fewtrix, Valinius, Catchmore, Nancy…

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Grand Cricket Carnival Arrangements for Anniversary Day

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 9

The Forbes Cricket Association is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to ensure the success of the cricket match on Anniversary Day…

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Origin of "The Ashes" Information for Cricket Enthusiasts

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

Where are the ashes that the English eleven has come here to try and recover. There are not many people who…

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After the Randwick Races (Written for the “Free Press” by Dick Macdonald, Reid’s Flat.)

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 8

Over are the races, paid is the toll, That Hebe, and the tote exact; And I cannot find a single soul That the second winner backed…

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Cowra Jockey Club Still Premier Racing Body of the West. Annual Report Tells the Story of Another Successful Year

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 5

The annual meeting of members of the C.J.C. took place on Wednesday evening and was attended by about twenty-five members. Mr. J. H. Fagan (President) was in the chair. The minutes were read and adopted, on the motion of Dr. Adams and…

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