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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1912

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TENNIS. Dubbo Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

A committe meeting of the above Club was held on Monday. Mr, G. H. Taylor (President) occupied the chair, and there were also present: Mrs…

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Sporting. the Turf. Gourie Races

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 2

Saturday next, 6th inst., will be a big day at Geurle, the occasion of all the excitement being the autumn meeting of the Gaurie Amateur Race Club…

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District News. (From our own Correspondents). NARROMINE. Tennis Tournaments

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 5 April 1912 · page 5

Open tennis tournaments for trophies are to be played off on the local courts during Saturday and Monday next. Contestants are expected from…

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Cricket

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 4

The Bathurst team won the final of the Taralga Cup on Friday, defeating Orange by 77 runs on the first Innings. Bathurst batted first, and the Innings…

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Beurie Races

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 3

Saturday being a fine day (by the way, we are having too many fine days at present) I journayed to Geurle to have a look at the races, and also to…

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BOXING. Langford defeats McVea

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 3

At the Stadium last night the return match (between Langford and MoVea was contested before large attendance. Mr. Arthur Scott was referee…

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Football Banned. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1912 · page 2

Bavarian scholars under 17 are to be prohibited from playing football on the ground that it would have a coarsening effect upon youth…

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BOXING. Sydney, Monday 8

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

Langford outpointed MoVea in twenty rounds. The men were fairly even in the first three rounds, but from that to the end the decision was never in doubt…

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Football. TOWN V. RAILWAY

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1912 · page 2

The Easter holidays passed off very quietly in Bourke, with the exception of a football match, everybody had to find their own amusement. However…

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Tennis Courts

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 3

No tenders were received for the construction of tennis courts in Bell Park and it was decided to ask Mr. Fitzpatrick to communicate with an export in…

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Wongarbon Amateur Races

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 April 1912 · page 4

The annual race meeting of the Wongarbon Amateur Race Club will be held on Wednesday, 17th April, and every effort is being made to ensure that the…

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Bowls

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 2

In the final of the B Pennant competitions, played in Sydney on Tuesday, Woohona defeated Orange by 19 points…

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Boxing. FAIRLIE v. WILLIAMS

The Cobar Herald · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 8

At the Cobar Stadium on Easter Monday morning a boxing contest, which might aptly be described as one of the best ever witnessed in…

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Wongarbon Races

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 8

Wongarbon races next Wednesday. Entries are coming in fairly well, and some big fields may be anticipated. Mr H. A. Murray, the secretary, is…

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Mundooran Races

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 8

The secretary of the Mundooran Amateur Turf Club writes: -- Thirty nominations have been received for our meeting next Thursday and Friday…

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Boxing. Langford Defeats McVEA. Seventeen Thousand Witness the Fight

The Cobar Herald · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 3

The fight between Sam McVea and Sam Langford took place at the Sydney Stadium on Monday night, and was won by the latter in twenty rounds. Arthur…

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Town Band Races. Very Successful Meeting Officials

The Cobar Herald · Friday 12 April 1912 · page 7

Starter, R. C. West. Judge, A. Francisco. Stewards—Messrs. M. J. Duffy, J. T. McLeod and J. F. O'Dea. Protest Committee—The Stewards…

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Sporting Mems. Wongarbon Amateur Races

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 April 1912 · page 2

The annual race meeting of the Wongarbon Amateur Race Club will be held on Wednesday, 17th April, and every effort is being made to ensure that the…

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Bowls

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 3

There was only one competition game played on Saturday afternoon, Kirkland and Irvine met in the Championship, and the former had no…

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Football

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1912 · page 3

The League season opened on Satday on the Agricultural Ground, when the victorious team of Kangaroos, which recently toured Great Britain,…

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