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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1898

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Football Social at Cundletown

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 April 1898 · page 4

THE Cundletown Football Club held their annual social in the local School of Arts on Easter Monday night, when everything passed off splendidly. The hall presented a very charming appearance,…

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GLOUCESTER. Cricket

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 3

Easter was acknowledged here in the cricket line. A Stroud cricket team visited these parts, playing a combined team at Gloucester on Good…

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M.r.d. Football Union

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 3

The Annual General Meeting of the Manning River District Branch of the New South Wales Rugby Football Union was held in the School of Arts,…

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M. R. D. Football Union. Annual Meeting

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 27 April 1898 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the above union was held in the Taree School of Arts on Saturday evening last. The President (Mr. Jas. Gilbert) occupied the chair. The following gentlemen were present:—…

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Local News. Gladstone Races

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 8

The Committee of the Gladstone and Lower Macleay Jockey Club have altered the date of their race meeting to Saturday, May 21. This has been…

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Cricket. Bungay v. KRAMBACH

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 2

A team of cricketers from Bungay, under the management of Mr. Jack Cameron, paid a visit to Krambach last Saturday, and played a match…

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M. R. D. Football Union

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 5

A MEETING of the above Union was held in School of Arts, at Cundle, on Wednesday evening last. The President (Mr. Jas. Gilbert), occupied the chair…

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Football. TAREE V. WINGHAM

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 2

THE above teams met at Wingham on Saturday last, in the last round of the preliminary matches. The Wingham club was captained by H. O'Neill, and the visitors by D. Allan…

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Football. Wingham V. Taree

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 3

ONCE again the football curtain is rang up, and the good old came has started. One looks forward to the winter pastime with undoubted zest…

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Cricket

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 8

Kempsey and Central Macleay started a competition match on Saturday last. The game was unfinished and will be resumed to-day (Saturday)…

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Macleay River Jockey Club Races

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 9

THE inaugural race meeting of the above club, which is to take place at Warwick on Tuesday next, is attracting a lot of attention, both from racehorse-owners and…

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Correspondence. Although always willing to ventilate matters of public interest, we do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed. the Coming Races. To the Editor

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 12

SIR, -- The efforts of the secretary, committee and all others concerned are to be commended for trying to make next Tuesday's race meeting a success. I have no…

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Football. CUNDLE V. TAREE

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Tuesday 24 May 1898 · page 3

THE above clubs met at Taree on Saturday afternoon last, in the first round of the competition matches, I when the game resulted in a tie—neither side scoring…

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Football. Taree v. CUNDLE

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 3

The Taree and Cundle teams met on Saturday last, on the former's ground. The weather was all that could be desired, but the same cannot be said of…

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Cricket

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 10

THE competition match, Kempsey v. Central Macleay, was concluded on Saturday last, and resulted in a victory for Kempsey by 2 wickets and 2 runs. The…

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Gladstone Races

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 May 1898 · page 9

The Committee of the Gladstone and Lower Macleay Jockey Club intend to bring off their postponed meeting on Friday next, June 3rd (Federation…

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Football. TAREE V. CORKI

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 3

THE above teams tried conclusions on the latter's ground on Saturday last, and the match resulted in a draw—neither side scoring. Taree played with 14 men…

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Football. Wingham v. CUNDLE

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2

There was a large attendance to witness the football match between the above clubs at Cundle last Saturday. Both sides had their strongest team in…

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CUNDLETOWN. May 28, Football

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2

The Wingham footballers journeyed to Cundletown to-day to play a friendly game, which resluted in a win for the home team. The players looked well…

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Rugby Football Union

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 9

A MEETING of the Macleay branch of the New South Wales Rugby Football Union was held at the Court House Hotel on Wednesday evening last. There were about 30…

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