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Sport, 1897

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Tennis Tournament

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 2

A LADIES’ and Gentlemen’s Handicap Tournament amongst the members of the Bega Tennis Club was begun on Saturday, 7th August, and completed on Saturday…

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Bega Coursing Club

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 2

OPTICIALS : — Patron. Mr. D. Gowing, J.P.; president, Mr. J. T. Murphy; vice-president, Mr. Joshua Britten; hon. treasurer, Mr. J. M. Lee; committee,…

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Football. Batemans Bay v. MORUYA

Moruya Examiner · Friday 20 August 1897 · page 2

THE third match of the season between these two clubs came off on Moruya Park on Saturday last. Each team bad a win to their credit and the third was looked to with considerable…

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Football Chatter

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 4

One more match and perhaps we shall see the last of the Millard competition contests. To-day's match between the Rovers and the Miltonians brings to a conclusion…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

Mr. H. D. Morton has been asked by the Milton football clubs to referee the final match at Milton this afternoon. He has accepted the invitation…

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Cricket Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Nowra Cricket Club was hold on Tuesday. Mr. W. F. Marks presided. The annual report, which was adopted, was as follows:—oturv and tronsuror…

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Football Chatter

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 28 August 1897 · page 1

Ulladulla won the competition trophies. "Goal Post" offers them his congratulations. The victory of the Rovers was decisive…

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Cricket. Guoof. Cricket Club

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

THE second annual meeting of the above club was held in the School of Arts, Hega, on Thursday evening last, at 7.30 p. m. The president, Dr. Marshall, occupied the…

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Cobargo District Cricket Association

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

THE first annual entertainment of the Cobargo District Cricket Association took place in the School of Arts, Cobargo, on Friday night last. The hall was well…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 September 1897 · page 2

The Nowra footballers go to milton on Saturday. On Saturday night the members of the executive of the District Association and several…

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Football [?]hettle

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 1

Had our ancestral [?] that there was such a land as this they would have sung about the [?]ing and the waratah, and the [?] and the kangaroo,…

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Cricket Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Burner C. C. was hold at Burrier on Saturday, 28 instant. The report showed the season to have been a very successful one. The A team played 17 matches,…

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Tennis

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1897 · page 2

A MATCH was played on Saturday last at Candelo between a Bega tennis team and representatives of the Candelo Tennis Club. In the first rounds, the Candelo players…

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Bega Cricket Club

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1897 · page 2

THE annual general meeting of members of the Bega Cricket Club was held in the School of Arts on Thursday evening last. Mr. A. L. Manning (president) occupied…

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Cricket Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Berry Cricket Club was held at the Commercial Hotel on Friday evening week. Mr. K. Howie occupied the chair and the attendance was very good. The…

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Football Chatter

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 8

Football is now dead; "Goal Post" must have killed it! The Rovers also had a hand in its death by winning the medals and preventing any…

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Milton Cricket Club

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Milton Cricket Club was held at the Star Hotel on Thursday evening. Present—Dr. Young (president), Messrs. C. W. Osborne, C. F…

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Waratah Cricket Club Concert

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 1

The concert, on Friday evening, 10th instant, in aid of the Waratah Cricket Club funds, was very successful from a musical point of view and fairly so…

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Cricket Notes. Coolangatta Club

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 2

A meeting of the Coolangatta Cricket Club was held in [?] office, Coolangatta, on the night of the 9th inst., for the purpose of winding up the old season and appointing officers for the ensuing…

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Southern Counties Cricket Association

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 1 October 1897 · page 2

THE annual meeting took place last Monday right in School of Arts, 4 clubs being represented seated by delegates. The following report was submitted :…

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