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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1899

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The Races. Narromine Jockey Club's Opening Meeting. a Great Success

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 2

For days prior to the date of the opening meeting of the Narromine Jockey Club, usually sedate little town presented quite an unusual…

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Football

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 3

In the Football match between Toowoombah and England the latter won by 19 points to 8…

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Sporting. Local Football

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 2

Every brunch of sport ban its own particular day out, and on Wednesday afternoon next our lovers of the leather will have their turn. The Nyngnn " Our Boys" Football…

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A Bit About "Golf" (Written for the Dubbo Liberal.) No. 1

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 2

GOLF literature is not very abandant, and memoranda concerning the game and its history his to be gleaned from scanty fields. Our first authority as…

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Football. FIXTURES

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 July 1899 · page 3

July 8—Wellington v Suntop, at Suntop. July 23—Bodangora v Suntop, at Bodangora…

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Football

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 3

IN the match on Saturday between the English football team and Queensland, played at Brisbane, the colonials won by 11 points to 3…

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Cricket Items. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 3

Hilt is undergoing a slight operation for removal of a growth front his nose. He will be absent from the next two matches…

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The Next Cricket Team

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 3

A wire from Melbourne says that Major Wardell has asked the Marylebone Club to select the next English team visiting Australia. Captain Wynyard will probably take charge of…

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Football

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 2

A retu[?] match will be played on Saturday next between the Rovers and K. Rich and Co., Ltd. A meeting of members of the Pioneer…

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Football. COONABARABRAN v BINNAWAY

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 2

The Coonabarabran team journeyed to Binnaway on Saturday last to play the return match this being the second competition this season. Owing to the vast…

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Football

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 5

The British footballers defeated a team at Bunderberg, by 34 points to 4. The Rev. Mr. Mullineaux was injured, and will be confined to his bed for some days…

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Swimming Championship. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 5

J. H. Helling, formerly of Sydney, has won the hundred yards swimming championship of the Southern Counties of England by one and a half yards; time, 65…

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Local Football

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 2

The footballers have a nice credit balance after their afternoon's amusement and banquet. It is intended to reserve the money to defray the expenses of a team to Nyngan…

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Sunday Football. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 5

At Wyalong yesterday, thirty footballers were charged with playing football on Sunday. One of the defendants was fined, and the cases against the others postponed…

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A Bit About "Golf." No. II

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 2

HAVING sketched the origin and history of the game of golf, we now come to a practical description of the amusement itself. It is played over…

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Cricket. the Australians in England. Match Against Notts. (By Cable.) London, July 6

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 2

The match between the Australians and Notts ended in a draw. Notts' first innings realised 188 runs, and, when the Australians had lost seven wickets for 234, the innings…

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Football

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 5

In the match, New South Wales v. Queensland, a draw was the result, each side scoring eight points…

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Cricket

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 5

There are no late cricket scores owing to interruption of the Overland Lelegraph line…

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Tennis

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 3

In the gentlemen's single tournament on Saturday, Goo. Budd with 35 beat Morrison owing 20, by 100 to 95. This (Saturday afternoon) Cadell. owing…

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