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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1917

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Football Notes

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 3

A. Rutter, the Bodangora full back, was ordered off the field last Saturday. Players must remember that football and boxing are too different…

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Football. Wrightville Wins the Competition. Defeats Cobar by Six Points to Three

Western Age · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 2

The local football competition for this season is over, and there is now no doubt in the minds of players and supporters as to which is the best…

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Swimming Instructions

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 2

During next Summer it is the intention of the Department of Education to establish swimming schools where sufficient numbers of children…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 July 1917 · page 7

All players of the Wallaroo Football Club are requested to attend practise Friday, July 6, without fail. The following team will represent the…

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Golf

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 July 1917 · page 1
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

The first qualifying rounds for the championship were played last Saturday. The best gross rounds were: Cameron 78, Soane 70, McLaehlan and…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 3

The match ordered to be replayed between Geurie and Wellington Wallaroos took place on Saturday last, on Bell Park, in the presence of a large…

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Football Notes

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1917 · page 3

Graham, Geurie's captain, wants to purchase a few rule books from the secretary. Then they may argue the point with the referee…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 July 1917 · page 7

The following is the Our Boys' team selected to play the 'Roos on Saturday, 14th inst., at 3 p.m. sharp:—Full back, W. Henry; three-quarters,…

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Racing Sire

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 July 1917 · page 6

In our to-day's issue will be found full particulars of that successful sire "Murillo," (Imp.), who is doing stud duty at the Macquarie Stud,…

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A Football Meeting

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 July 1917 · page 7

Sir,—On Tuesday night another meeting of the Wellington Football League was held in the League rooms. I must state again, for the benefit of the…

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Golf

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 1

The week's qualifying round did not make much alteration in the previous week's results. The following players qualified: Messrs. Soane, Bell, Ross,…

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Tennis Club

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 13 July 1917 · page 14

A meeting of the three remaining members of the old tennis club was held on Monday last at the Literary Inatifcate. Mr A. W. Yeo occupied…

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Tennis

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 2

The Secretary reports that more interest is now being taken in the in the game, than for some time past. On Saturday last a very pleasurable…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 July 1917 · page 2

The second round of the competition opened on Saturday last, when Our Boys and Wallaroos played their last game against each other. There was…

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Germans Expelled With Heavy Losses Army Cricket England Leading London, July 16

The Western Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 3

A Vancouver message states that 700 foreign laborers were expelled from the Missouri Lead Belt by a mob of 2000 American miners…

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Golf

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 2

There were a number of golfers out on Saturday afternoon last, the attraction being the President's Trophy mid the Club's Trophy for the associates…

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Racing in the Argentine

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 1

There are 700 racehorses in theArgentine and nearly 2000 in training. Rich prizes are given and theturf is quite an important institution…

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Racing and Taxation Bookmakers' Share, £88,500

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 3

Despite the failure of the totalisator to provide the revenue predicted by Mr Holman, the State has reached a rich harvest from the…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 July 1917 · page 3

The All Blacks and Our Boys played off their second game in Bell Park, last Saturday, before a big crowd of spectators. The game from the start was…

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