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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1900

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Accidents at Football. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Monday 25 June 1900 · page 1

A number of accidents at various football matches occurred on Saturday. H. D. Wood, captain of the University team, had his ankle fractured, John…

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Football

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

The second game of the competition series will be played this afternoon between the Rovers and the Pakas, anl should prove very interestin. Play will begin…

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Football. Dubbo V. Wellington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

THE first match arranged by the Central Western Union was played on the Wellington ground on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the Wellington…

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Coursing at Orange

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 June 1900 · page 2

The big coursing meeting of the Orange Club took place yesterday and to-day. Mr. W. F. Stephenson's Starlight was beaten in the first round by Valette, and his dog Spieler…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 June 1900 · page 2

The following Dubbo players have been picked to tour with the Wellington-Dubbo combined team:—G. Taylor, full back; J. Hives, three-quarter; N. Hives, five-eights; Ferguson…

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Golf

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 2

THE Club captaincy was played off on Saturday, 23rd instant, the contest resulting in a win for Mr. R. R. Rankin, who played a very good game consider…

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Football

The Western Herald · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 2

The second of the series of the "competition" games took place on Wednesday afternoon between the Rever and the Paka clubs an: [?] in a comparatively easy…

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Nyngan Picnic Races

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 1

The first day's racing in connection with the Nyngan Picnic Race Club on Thursday was well attended, and provided some excellent racing. The…

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Correspondence. Football. to the Editor

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 30 June 1900 · page 2

DEAR SIR, — There is a desire on the part of the local football clubs to make the grand old game of rugby more attractive and popular…

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Orange Coursing

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 July 1900 · page 2

The Cup meeting of the Orange Coursing Club has been held under unfavorable weather conditions and after the events on Friday the meeting was abandoned. The following will divide in the [?]…

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Football

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 2

The third c[?]pelition match will be played this afternoon, when the Rovers and P[?]neers meet. Mr. Halliday will referee. Following are the teams:—River,—Burns,…

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FOOTBALL. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 3

Owing to the guarantees being insufficient the New Zealand Rugby Union has dccided uot to send a team to Sydney…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 2

The Wellington Central juniors will play the Dubbo juniors at Dubbo on Saturday, 7th July. The following will represent Wellington:—D. Wilkins, J. Lynch, A. King, B. Schubert, T. Barnes,…

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Football

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 3

The following account of the match played at Dubbo last Saturday between Narromine second 15 and Dubbo second 15 is taken from a Dubbo…

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The Races

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 6 July 1900 · page 2

Unfortunately, the Narromine Jockey Club's races, which were to have been held on Wednesday last, had to be postponed, owing to the rain which…

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Tennis

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

A meeting of the Tennis Committee was held on Thursday afternoon, Dr Lawes in the chair. It was decided to hold a mixed double handicap…

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Football

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

Despite the inclement weather and the marshy condition of the ground on Wednesday afternoon, the third match of the competition was played between the Rover and…

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Sporting. Football

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 2

On Monday a meeting of the Football Association was held, Dr Lawes being in the chair. There were present Messrs Luff, Scott, Sullivan, F…

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Narromine Races

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 5

Our Narromine correspondent wires that owing to the heavy nature of the race course and the rains that have fallen, the committee have decided to…

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Football. WELLINGTON v. DISTRICT

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 3

A match was played on Saturday afternoon, on Bell Park, between the Wellington Club and a team representative of the district. Following were the teams…

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