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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1897

145 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 8

Football Match. EAST v. West Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 2

On Saturday last teams representing East and West Queanbeyan played a match on the Rec:, which resulted in a win for the West by 13 points to 6. Mr. R. Beatty captained…

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Football

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 2

EXCELLENT practice was indulged in on Wednesday evening last and a vast improvement was noticed in some of the local's play. Mr. W. Potts, who is an old…

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Local and General. Football Match

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 2

The forthcoming football match, between the Captain's Flat Rovers fad the Queanbeyan Football Club has excited a great deal of interest, both in Queanbeyan and…

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Football--Cup Match. QUEANBEYAN v. Captain's Flat

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 2

LAST Saturday a team representing the Queanbeyan Football Club journeyed to Captain's Flat, the object of the visit being to try and take the O'Sullivan Challenge…

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Lawn Tennis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 2

A team of Braidwood tennis players visited Moruya on Saturday last and Nelligen on Monday and were successful at both places. Following are the results of the matches:—…

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Intercolonial Football

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 2

On Saturday the New Zealand football team justified themselves, and, in the final match of their present tour, inflicted upon, the New South Wales representatives the…

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Football Match. QUEANBEYAN v. Captain's Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 August 1897 · page 2

The trip to the Flat, as most people are now aware, was not a successful one from a winning point of view. The boys had bad luck from the start, for when they got to…

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The Boys in the Red, Black, and Gold. Dedicated to the Queanbeyan Football Club

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 2

I'VE a ditty to sing, if I once get the ring of right words attuned fo my lyre; For the Spirit of Song has been eke brought along in Bright flames of poetical fire…

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The Tennis Club

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 2

The Queanbeyan tennis club, owing to extra demands on its purse, has found it necessary to make further calls on its members. At meeting of members on…

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Football Fixture

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 2

A SCRATCH match between teams selected from the east and west ends of the town will be played on the ground in the park next Saturday. The players to represent…

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Football Match

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 2

The return football match between a team representing the East side of the river and a team from the West side, will take place on Saturday next in the Rec. The Easterners…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Ncorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Wednesday, August 11, 1897. Local and General. the Test Cricket Matches

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 August 1897 · page 2

Major Wardill, the secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, arrived in Sydney on Friday, and he and Mr Philip Sheridan arranged the dates for the test cricket…

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Football Match

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 3

TEAMS representing the east and west ends of the town played a scratch match in the Park last Saturday afternoon. Jack Smith skippered the Easterners and lost the toss…

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Local and General. Football.—east v. WEST

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 18 August 1897 · page 2

On Saturday last the Rec. was the scene of the second match between the above teams, and resulted in a win for the Eastern side of river by 5 points to the Western's 3, after a…

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Tennis

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 2

A TOURNAMENT is to be hold by the Queanbeyan Club, commencing on the 4th of September next, entrance fees 1s, open to gentlemen only. "singles." This…

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Football Match

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 2

A TEAM representing the Queanbeyan Club and the Foxlow Wanderers try conclusions to-morrow afternoon in the park. This is the first team that has visited Queanbeyan…

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Short Story. A Story of Henley Regatta

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 2

Mrs. Skimpley's houseboat was always one of the prettiest at Henley, as the party gathered on it was generally one of the merriest…

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The Kaffir and Golf

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 2

Golf is apparently too much for the intellect of the South African Kaffir. A tall warrior, we are told, saw several unskilful players playing over an…

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Football. QUEANBEYAN V. Foxlow Wanderers

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 3

THE first visiting team to Queanbeyan this year, viz., the Foxlow Wanderers, and a team representing the Queanbeyan Club, met in the Park last Saturday in a friendly…

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Football Match. QUEANBEYAN v. Foxlow Wanderers

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 2

On Saturday last the local footballers had a match with the Foxlow Wanderers, and we venture to say that it was the best game that has been played on the Rec. this…

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