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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1904

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Cricket

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

The following will represent the Bowral Association in a match against H. Jones's team on the Association wicket this afternoon:—Messrs. F and C. Cope, H. and S…

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Is Athletic Training Injurious?

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 4

In the United States there has recently been much discussion upon the question of athletic training, and a Philadelphian paper has gathered the…

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Bong Picnic Races. First Day

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

To eighteenth annual meeting of the Bong Bong Picnic Race Club oommenood on the club's courses, near Moss Vale, on Thursday last. The weather in the early…

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Cricket

Robertson Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

On Tuesday (Anniversary Day) an all day match was played on the Glebe wicket between the Bowral Association and Meldon teams, resulting in an easy win for the…

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Golf Match at Bowral

Robertson Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

Members of the Bowral Golf Club celebrated the opening of their new couch grass putting greens on Anni­versary Day by an all day match…

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Bowls

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 2

The Moss Vale Bowling Club was opened on Tuesday. The ladies of the town presented the club with a flag bearing the letters M.V.B.C. The presentation was made…

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Bowral Golf Club

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 2

Members of the Bowral Golf Club celebrated the opening of the now couch grass putting greens on Tuesday with a match against a team representing the Goulburn…

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Golf. Goulburn v. Bowral and Visitors

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 3

By special invitation of the Bowral Golf Club twelve members of the Goul-, burn Club visited Bowral on Tuesday last, the occasion being the opening of…

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Cricket. Mittagong-rangers V. Waratahs

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 3

The above match was played at Mittagong on Saturday last, resulting in a win for the locals by 28 runs. Following are the scores :—…

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Cricket

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 2

The Bowral Association was to have gone to Maldon on Saturday, but the trip was [?]handoned on account of the rain…

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Wingocarribee Cricket Union Competition

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 2

Owing to the inclement weather Surveyors' Camp failed to fulfil their engagement at Kangaloon. The team made a start, and after going some…

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Cricket

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 3

As a result of the rain on Saturday the matches with the Bowral teams were not played. Surveyors' Camp started their journey to Kangaloon, and on nearing…

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Golf

Robertson Advocate · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

Ap[?]s of the great amount of good which golf has done for Bowral this summer, credit for which lies with the little band of enthusiasts constituting…

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Cricket

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 2
Also in The Mittagong Argus

Bundanoon easily defeated Mittagong Rangers on saturday last. Bundaooon scored 118, and Rangers 9 and 34. The match between Moss Vale and…

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Wingecarribee Cricket Union Competition

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

The fourth round of the above competition was entered upon on Saturday, when the weather proved very disagreeable owing to a strong westerly…

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Junior Cricket

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 2

A match was played on the Glebe wicket on Saturday between teams captained by H. Davidson and C. Cork, resulting in a win for the former's team. The…

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Cricket

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2

The Association team journeyed to Mittagong on Wednesday afternoon last and were defeated by the local team. Scores—Association, 30 and 108; Mittagong, 94 and 8 wickets for 102…

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Bowral Races

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2

A public meeting was held at the Grand Hotel, Bowral, on Wednesday evening for the purpose of organising a lace meeting on St. Patrick's Day, 17th prox. There was a…

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Killed with a Cricket Ball

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 2

Melbourne, Wednesday.—A little, boy, who was fielding in a game of cricket at Outtrim, yesterday, struck Thomas Hubbard, 20 years, on the bead with the ball…

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