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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1886

20 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Cricket

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 2

ON Boxing Day the Mercantile C.C. defeated the Sutton Forest by one innings and Five runs to spare. T. Leary played well for Sutton Forest, and Parrott for the…

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Goulburn Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 2

AT the settling on Saturday night last, the following amounts were paid in, amounting to £101 (besides a trophy):—E. Kennedy's Will-o'-the-Wisp, £6; Hobbs…

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Berrima District Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 April 1886 · page 2

LOVERS of coursing will find entertainment provided at Eridge Park, the residence of R. L. Tooth Esq., on Easter Monday and following day, the occasion being the…

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Berrima District Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 2

ON Monday and Tuesday last, the first meeting of the season in connection with above club, was held at Eridge Park. The weather on both days most enjoyable, and…

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Oddfellows' Athletic Sports

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 1 May 1886 · page 2

THESE sports, held on Easter Monday, under the auspices of the Bowral aud Mittagong lodges of Oddfellows, were quite a success. The site selected was convenient…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do[?] adversaries do in l[?], Stri[?] mightily, but eat and drink as friends Saturday, June 5, 1886. Berrima District Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 5 June 1886 · page 2

WEDNESDAY: Weather bleak; attendance small; dogs numerous; coursing good; arrangements good; slipping and judging good. A half-crown luncheon on the ground…

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Berrima District Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 2

LORD and Lady Carrington have signified their intention at bing present at the next meeting of the Berrima District Coursing Club, to be held on Mr. R. L. Tooth's "Plumpton," Eridge…

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Football

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 2

THE undermentioned team has been selected to play in the football match at Bowral, against Moss Vale, this (Saturday) afternoon, viz.:—C. S. Mursden (Captain) H. Shepherd, W. Comer, P. Dunden, R…

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Berrima District Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 July 1886 · page 3

LOVERS of coursing cherish anticipation of a couple of days' grand sport on Wednesday and Thursday next, and nothing is being left undone which is calculated to brink about their actual realization. The…

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Football—Bowral v. Moss Vale

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 24 July 1886 · page 2

THE Bowral and Moss Vale clubs contested in a football match on Saturday afternoon last on the ground in Mrs Oxley's paddock. It was a very cold and moist afternoon, but notwithstanding this…

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Orange Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 2

WE have received from Mr. H. Richardson the hon. secretary, the programme of the third meeting of the Orange Coursing Club to be run on the 19th and 20th August. The…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do [?] adversaries do in law, S[?]rive mightily, but eat and drink as friends Saturday, July 34, 1886. Berrinia District Coursing Club. First Day

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 31 July 1886 · page 2

UNDER the patronage and in the distinguished presence of Lord Cartington the third meeting of the 1886 season of the Berrima District Coursing Club was a great…

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Goulburn Coursing Club Meeting

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 14 August 1886 · page 2

THE third meeting of the season in connection with the Goulburn Coursing Club was brought to a conclusion on Saturday. The weather was fine although cloudy, but the attendance was poor…

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Goulburn Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 2

At a recent meeting of the committee the next meeting of the Goulburn Coursing Club was postponed till Thursday and Friday, September 30 and October 1. The dates could not be fixed earlier after…

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Bowral Cricket Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 4 September 1886 · page 2

THE annual meeting of members of the Bowral Cricket Club was held in the oddfellows' hall on Wednesday evening, where being a good attendance of members. Mr. D. Elismore occupied the chair…

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The Bowral Free Press. Do as adversaries so in law, Strire mightily, but [?] and drink as friends. Saturday, September 11, 1886. Berrima District Coursing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 11 September 1886 · page 2

THE last meet of the club for the 1886 season commenced on Wednesday, last, and extended over two days. Wednesday was a most disagreeable day, a violent starm of…

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The Season's Cricket Contests

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 16 October 1886 · page 2

THROUGH the exertions of Mr. G. F. West, and the genuine support acccorded his efforts by the public of the district to make the approaching cricketseason one of special attractiveness to both players and the…

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Berrima District Racing Club

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 2

THE following programme has been arranged by the committee of the Berrima District Racing Club for a day's racing to be held at Moss Vale on December 27:—Flying handicap of 15 sovs. Trial Stakes…

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Cricket Notes

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 4 December 1886 · page 2

BWORAL is going with a clean bound to the top of the tree. Three years ago I heard it mentioned that Bowral was a likely field for a newspaper. A third party present remarked, with undisguised…

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Cricket Notes

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 2

EVERYTHING in connection with the match against the Englishmen is going along swimmingly. The public meeting last Saturday afternoon was thoroughly representative of the…

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