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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Sport

Sport, 1926

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Golf Yarns

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 30 August 1926 · page 2

"That man cheats," said a golfer, as he entered the clubhouse. "Be lost his ball in the rough and played another ball…

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Cricket In England

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 2

The Australians commenced a match against an English eleven at the Folkestone Oval on Wednesday, and going…

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Berridale Football Club Ball

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 2

A ball in connection with the newly formed Football club at Berridale was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Friday evening…

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Football. Visit of Manly Team

The Bombala Times · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 4

The Manly footballers made their third visit to Southern Monaro this week, and are playing a series of matches against the teams affiliated…

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Football. MANLY V. Delegate. Visitors Win By? 24 TO 6

Delegate Argus · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 2

Manly footballers paid their second visit to Delegate'on Wednesday of last week. "Their previous visit was in 1924, when the…

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Royal Tennis Club

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 2

The Club [?] of the Royal Tennis Club were concluded on Sunday afternoon but the postponement from last…

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Sporting News. Football. MANLY V. Southern Monaro

The Bombala Times · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 1

The test match of the Manly tour of Southern Monaro was played on the Bombala ground on Saturday afternoon last, in the presence of a big…

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Football Delegate Defeats Bibbenluke

Delegate Argus · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 2

Bibbenluke and Delegate football teams played a Competition match on the Delegate ground on Saturday last, the home team be…

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Football. COOMA v. JINDABYNE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 September 1926 · page 2

On Sunday the Jindabyne football team played a match at the Cooma Showground against the Rovers Club for the Abraham Cup. The…

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Tennis

The Bombala Times · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 4

At the instigation of the Bibbenluke Tennis Club, delegates from their club, Bombala, Ando, and Cathcart met at the Bibbenluke School of Arts on…

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Football

The Bombala Times · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 4

A meeting of the Southern Monaro Union was held on Friday night last when the Hon. Secretary, Mr. J. Irvin, submitted a financial statement…

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Tennis

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 2

A team from Numeralla visited Chakola on Sunday, 26th inst., and were d[?]ted by the local team by the narrow margin of 1…

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Golf

Delegate Argus · Thursday 30 September 1926 · page 3

A golf match was played last Saturday between the Bombala and Delegate Clubs. The men played 18 holes and the ladies…

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Football

The Bombala Times · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 1

Mr. J. Irvin, Hon. Sec. of the S.M.R. Union, is in receipt of the following letter from the Hon. Secretary of the Manly Rugby Union Club…

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Sunday Recreations. Surfing Golfing and Tennis

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 October 1926 · page 3

There are more people on and about one Sydney beach on a Sunday than in all the churches of the city. It Was that fact…

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Tennis Jindabyne Challenge Cup

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 2

A team of 8 men and 4 ladies from Jindabyne visited the Royal Tennis club and played a team consisting of the same in a…

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A Novel Automobile Racing-track

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 2

The most novel automobile racing track in the world is at Salduro, Utah, where natural-salt beds furnish the roadway. The beds are on the line of…

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Golf Match at Queenboyan Cooma Team Wins

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 2

A team of the Cooma Golf Club played a match with the Queanbeyan club on Saturday last, and proved victorious. The visitors left…

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Royal Tennis Club Assisting Cancer Research

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 November 1926 · page 2

The Open Tournament arranged by the Royal Tennis Club for the benefit of the Cancer Research Fund was played off at the Show…

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Rugby Union Football. Wonderful Progress of Old Code. the Tour of Britain

The Bombala Times · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 5

The 1926 season of the N.S.W. Rugby Union will be long remembered by supporters of the fifteen-aside game as one noted for a big general…

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