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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1898

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Dubbo Lawn Tennis Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 3

A COMMITTEE meeting of the above Club was held on Thursday evening. Present— Messrs. W. Leslie (in the chair), A. D. Freeman, J. J. Carroll, J. Heane, jun., and…

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BOXING. [By Telegraph.] SYDNEY, May 17

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 2

Goddard, the Australian pugilist, de feated the Irish boxer, Muher, in the first round…

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Dubbo Lawn Tennis Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 2

A COMMITTEE meeting of the above club was held on Thursday evening, 19th instant. Present—Messrs. J. Heane, jun. (in the chair), R. R. Hetherington, E…

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Dubbo Football Club

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 May 1898 · page 2

A MEETING of persons interested in football was held at Mrs. Fitzgerald's Court House Hotel, on Saturday evening. There was a good attendance and the chair was taken by…

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Bowls. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 3

The Bowling Championship medal was won yesterday by M. Moran, who defeated F. J. Josephson by one point…

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Warkton. CRICKET

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2

The return match was played here, on Saturday between Pibbori and Warkton, and after an exciting game, was won by…

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Bourke Jockey Club Races. the Annual Meeting. First Day

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2

Bourke's great carnival week of the year was commenced by the Bourke Jockey Club on Tuesday, when their first day's programme was almost completed. The weather was very…

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Jandra Races

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2

On Monday last a race-meeting, under A.J.C. Rules was held on the course opposile the the Commercial Hotel, Jundra. Mr. Conneell, the landford of the hosterly,…

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The Bourke Races. on the Grandstand

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2

The following is a list of THE DRESSES worn by the ladies on the second day of the Bourke Jockey Club's annual rece-meeting;…

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Sporting Notes. Turf Items. [?] races, June 3 and 4

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1898 · page 2

We understand that Mr. H. Gillett, of Louth, ahs purchased therecehorse Filbert for £80…

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Swimming

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

J. H. Tyers, the English swimmer, has challenged Pery Cavill, the Australian champion, to swim a mile in still water for any amount. He stipulates that the race…

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La[?] Tennis

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1898 · page 3

THE Captaincy tournament of the Dubbo Lawn Tennis Club was finished on 7th instant. [?] D. Fre[?]n, J. H. McDonald, and [?] Bayley were left in at the…

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Sporting Notes. Lawn Tennis

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1898 · page 3

A meeting of the Lawn Tennis Club was held on Monday evening last. The resignation of Mr. A. Hardors as Secretary was accepted with regret, and Mr. F. P. Fawcett…

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Superstitions of Racing Men

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 17 June 1898 · page 8

PROBABLY no class of man is absolutely free from some superstitious ideas regarding the transaction of his business, but one may well believe that racing men…

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Cricket. a Noted Player Dead. [By Cable.] London, June 20

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 June 1898 · page 2

Ulyott, the noted Engtish cricketer, is dead…

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Lawn Tennis

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 3

A COMMITTEE meeting of the above club was held on Thursday evening, 23rd inst. Present—Messrs. W. Leslie in the chair). E. R. Hetherington, A. D. Freeman, E…

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Football

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 29 June 1898 · page 2

THE match between Coonabarabran and Binnaway was played on Saturday ; the first football match ever played here. The Binnaway team consisted of Messrs…

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Fusion of Races in Cuba

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 29 June 1898 · page 2

So much is being said and written about keeping the white races “pure,” that it is as well to note the result of an indiscriminate mixture of all races. A recent…

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Football

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 July 1898 · page 2

The captain of the Colac football team (Vic.) has died as the result of injuries received on the football field. THE record price at the recent Stud Sheep…

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