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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Sport

Sport, 1879

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Cooma Annual Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1879 · page 3

OUR [?] to the courtecy of [?] Cober, hon. secretary of the Manaro Jockey Club for the following accurate list of…

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Swimming in Clothes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 4

THE frequent deaths from drowning by boat accidents, and the recent shocking calamity on the Thames, have called forth a multitude of suggestions of more or less…

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Bega Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1879 · page 4

BEGA, Monday.—At the second day's racing on Friday, the weather was cool and pleasant, and the rains which fell on Thursday put the course in good order…

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Cricket on Manaro. BOMBALA

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 29 January 1879 · page 3

Cooma beat Bombala in the match yesterday with eight wickets and three runs to spare. Mr. McGeorge made top score with 29 runs. The…

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Cooma and Bombala. the Cricket Match

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 3

AFTER a pleasant crop, the [?] arrived in Bombala on Sunday night, and on Monday morning the match commenced, Bombala [?]…

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Telegrams. Cricket Down the Mountain

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1879 · page 3

MR. W. NEILLY, captain of the Bega cricketers, has telegraphed:— BEGA, Friday. The Bombala eleven have lost four…

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Cooma Annual Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1879 · page 3

FOR the information of our sporting readers, we give the nominations and weights of the various events, with the races in regular order. The…

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Telegrams. Cricket in Sydney. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 12 February 1879 · page 3

THERE was a small assemblage to witness the match between Lord Harris's English team and that of New South Wales to-day. Lord…

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Cooma Annual Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1879 · page 3

As we are going to press, the weather, although fine, does not look very propitious; heavy clouds are hanging about. But we hope it will be dry…

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Cricket Row in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1879 · page 4

THE Evening News castigates the English empire severely, but is [?] in branding our cousins of Victoria with the faulst of Coulthard; it does not fail we…

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Sketcher. Sketcber. the Game of Bowls

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1879 · page 2

"THERE is another recreation," writes the author of the "Country Gentleman's Companion," nearly tow centuries ago, "which howsoever unlawful in the Abuse there of, yet,…

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Nimitybelle Annual Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 1 March 1879 · page 3

IT was not till 11 o'clock on Tuesday morning we left Cooma, but, under the careful tooling of Frank, who betrays neither awkward…

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The Cricket Match. BOMBALA

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 19 March 1879 · page 2

The road, to N[?]ty belle and Cooma is unfit for travelling, and the Bombala team cannot processed to Cooma to play the match on St…

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Randwick Races. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1879 · page 2

Hurdles—Jupiter 1, Forester 2, Glencairn 3. Autumn Stakes—Chesterl, K.C.B. 2, Andover 3…

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Little Plain Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1879 · page 2

ON Easter Monday, the residents of Jingera enjoyed a day's capital sport at Little Plain. Over two hundred people were present, including a fair…

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Seymour Annual Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1879 · page 2

IT was thought by many of the Seymour folk that the snow and sleet that were flying about on Sunday would make it uncomfortably…

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Telegrams. J. [?] Autumn Races. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] Randwick Race Course. Wednesday, 7.20 p.m

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1879 · page 2

FLYING HANDICAP.—Success 1, Expectation 2, Star 3. [?] MaidenStakes.—Petr[?] 1, Le Loup[?] Braid wood 3…

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Telegrams. A.J.C. Autumn Races. [Through Greville's Telegram Co.] Randwick

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1879 · page 3

SIRES' PRODUCE STAKES:—Nellie 1, Chesterfield 2, Maid of Honor 3. Cumberland Stakes.—Chester 1, Le Loup 2, Wellington 3…

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Prahran Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1879 · page 3

LOYAL to the core, Host Goold, of the Prahran Hotel, prepared for a day's capital fan on Queen's Birthday. There was lots of sport—private…

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Bunyan Races

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1879 · page 3

EVERY preparation was made for a day's racing at Bunyan on Wednesday last. The day was a little cool. Host Cullen provided excellent…

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