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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1918

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Publicans and Races

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1918 · page 2

Whon Gilgandra Jockey Club met to consider tenders for privileges in connection with the annual race meeting, to be hold next week, surprise was…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 3

A referee's lot, like the policeman's in the "Pirates of Penzance," is not a happy one. How often have we read in the daily papers in the pre-war days…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 May 1918 · page 4

A meeting of the above league was held at the Club Hotel rooms last night. Mr. W. Whitford (president) presided, and there was a good attendance of…

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Boxing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 1

Local sports were promised something good in the, fisticuff line by Jimmy Shannon and his combination upon their arrival in Dubbo, and, judging…

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Bowls

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 3

On Wednesday next the Wellington Club will journey to Dubbo, and play their final game in the Western District Shield competition. Both teams are…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 May 1918 · page 3

The Sydney League competitions started in Sydney on Saturday, and resulted as follows:-Glebo beat Annandale, 15 to 6; Balmain beat Western…

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Boxing

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 May 1918 · page 1

Jimmy Sharman paid his initial visit to Dubbo as a showman during the week just passed, and he made good. His booth on the Show Ground was well…

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P. A. T. C. Races

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 May 1918 · page 2

Wanaaring was en fete on the 2nd and 3rd instant, the occasion being the Paroo Amateur Turf Club racing fixture. There was a good attendance…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 3

It seems as if the same five teams that played for the Wilkins trophy last year will again be competitors this season. Bedangora have won it once,…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 May 1918 · page 5

The usual weekly meeting of the committee of the local Rugby League was held in the Club House Hotel rooms last evening, Mr. W. Whitford…

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Bowls

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 May 1918 · page 2

Matters have been rather quiet at the bowling green during the past week. Now that the shield competition games live over members will turn their…

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Football. Our Boys Defeat Geurie

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 May 1918 · page 3

Tho Our Boys and Geuric Clubs, both of whom are in the local junior competition, played a club match on Bell Park on Saturday afternoon last in…

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Football

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 2

The football season was opened in Dubbo on Saturday, when Perforation met and defeated Brocklehurst. Neither club was represented by its full* its full…

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Sporting. CRICKET

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 2

Coonamble cricketers Have issued an invitation to the Railway institute Club to visit Coonamble next Sunday, and play a whole-day match there on that…

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Inter-school Tennis

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 1

In the return match between Dubbo High School and Narromine Public School played at Dubbo, the home team was victorious, the scores being:…

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Inter-school Tennis. Dubbo v. Narromine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1918 · page 2

A return match was ployed by the Dubbo High School tennis team against the Narromine Public School team on the town courts, Dubbo. A very a…

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Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 May 1918 · page 3

The League competition matches, which were to have started next Saturday have been put off for a week on account of the Red Cross Carnival…

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Narromine Races

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 May 1918 · page 2

The anuual meeting of the Narromine Jockey Club was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, and was fairly attended. The fields in some of the races…

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Alleged Racing Scandal. Judge's Decision Creates a Sensation

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 May 1918 · page 2

Speaking to a Dubbo sport who was at the Narromine races this week, he ventured the opinion that racing was becoming sequeer game. He said: "A…

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Sporting. Tennis

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 May 1918 · page 2

The mixed doubles match between the "Clodhoppers" and "Hayseeds" was played on the local Tennis Courts on Saturday last, and resulted in a win…

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