CONTRIBUTED BY PATRICK BOURKE, former Dubbo High School student
The Astley Cup annual inter-school sporting competition began in Dubbo in August 1923 with a boys’ rugby league game between the Dubbo High School and Sacred Heart College, Dubbo.
The Astley Cup trophy itself was donated by Laurence Astley, a Dubbo businessman. A staunch Methodist, Mr Astley made one of the conditions for the runn...
