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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1908

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Rugby Union Annual Meeting

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 2

The annual meeting of delegates of the Manning Branch of the New South Wales Rugby Union was held at the School of Arts, Taree, on Saturday night. 'The dole…

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Football England v. SCOTLAND

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 4

The football match England versus Scotland was witnessed by 150,000 persons, and another 50,000 were unable to gain admission. £7,000…

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King Edward as a Racing Man

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 7

According to a good many critics, the English turf is having an undue and unfortunate number of evil moments just now; and three supporters of it are…

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Amateur Athletic Bodies Conference

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 4

The Amateur Athletic bodies conference has declined to admit the newly-formed Rugby League to the status of amateurs…

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Cricket

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 2

There will be a Sydney team of cricketers here during the Easter holidays [?] [?]nder wing of Mr. C. B. Cochrane. Th[?] first hall will be delivered on Saturday morning, 18th…

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Tennis Club

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Gloucester Lawn Tennis Club was held on Friday last, when the Balance sheet, showing a small loss of 7s 10d, was…

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U. M. J. C. Races

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2

The annual race meeting of the Upper Manning Jockey Club, held on Saturday last, was most successful, both from a financial and sporting point of view. The…

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Worlds Swimming Record

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 3

The world's swimming record for 100 yards for women was broken last Saturday at the Rushcutter Bay Baths, when Miss Mina Wylie won…

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No Cricket

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 7

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Stuarts Point Regatta

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 3

MONDAY being a lovely day, quite a crowd of holiday makers assembled at Stuarts Point. Mr. Jno. Baldwin's steamer Olga conveyed a very large…

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Easter Regatta Club

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2

This newly-formed club held its first meeting on the picturesque course washing the banks of Settlement Farm and Hamilton properties, and on such a day as Monday few…

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Football TAREE v. WINGHAM

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 3

The above teams played at Taree on Saturday last, this being the first competition match of the season. As was only to be expected, the game was of the "scraggy"…

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M R.D. Football Union

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 3

A meeting of the above was field on Saturday evening last, the principal business being the visit of a Sydney team to the district. It was decided…

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Football. Union Fixtures. First Round

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 7

May 2nd.—Telegraph Point v. Wanchope ; A. Denham, referee; Federals, a bye. May 9th.—Federals v. Telegraph Point; A. Quinlivan referee ; Wanchope, a bye…

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Football TAREE v. Lower Manning

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 3

This match was played at Coopernook on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the home team by 1[?] points to nil. The feature of the match was Petrie's kicking, the whole…

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Gloucester Football Club. the Annual Meeting a Great Success

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 8

As per advertisement in our last issue, the football meeting took place at Mr. Reichert's Hotel on Monday evening last, 4th May and was a…

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Football WINGHAM v. Lower Manning

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

The above teams played at Wingham on Saturday afternoon last, and after a splendidly contested game, the home team won by 6 points to 3. The visitors were captained…

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Football WINGHAM v. TAREE

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 2

The most fastidions follower of Rugby could not have found fault with the match between Wingham and Taree teams, at Wingham, on Saturday last. Both teams…

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Football

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 7

The match Hastings v Manning played at Kew on Saturday last, resulted in a draw, 3 points each'. E. Gibson Scored a try for the Hastings, and G. Cumcing's kicked a penaly goal for the…

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