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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1884

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Talgarno Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 11

The above races were held in the flat opposite Chambers’s Hotel, Granya, on Boxing Day. The attendance was large, and the racing good, for a country meeting. As a consequence…

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Athletic Sports

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1884 · page 8

The qu[?]it match, the prize for which was £1, was won by G. Green, after a very close contest. The prize for best high jump fell to G. Bailey. For the mile race three started, the winner…

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The Rutherglen, Wahgunyah, and Corowa Annual Regatta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1884 · page 8

The twenty-third annual regatta was held on Lake Moodemere, which is situated about three miles from Rutherglen, on New Year’s day, and, despite the counter attractions, was…

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Athletics

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1884 · page 10

A large meeting of sporting men and others was held on Friday night at Bourke, when it was decided that a Sheffield Handicap should be run on or about May 25. The first prize…

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Corowa Races

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1884 · page 2

WHILE other towns of not greater importance manage to get off a yearly racing festival on a small scale with no apparent difficulty, Corowa suffers…

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Telegrams. Mount Hope Races. Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 30 January 1884 · page 1

The races at Mt. Hope came off successfully on Saturday, but the proceedings were marred by the death of a boy, the son of Mr W. Clarke, Hotelkeeper. The horse be was…

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Junee Junction Annual Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 February 1884 · page 9

The annual meeting of the Junee Junction Racing Club was held on Saturday last (Anniversary Day), and proved highly successful. Appended is an account of the racing :—…

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Original Correspondence. We do not identify ourselves with, nor are we to be held responsible for, opinions expressed by our correspondents. Corowa Races. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 February 1884 · page 3

SIR,--Latterly you have been rather rough on the publicans for not taking an interest in and supporting as they should this institution, and time was when they…

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Boxing Items

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1884 · page 5

The New York Clipper says:—“Jem Mace having issued a challenge for his protege Jack Davis to fight any man in Great Britain, William England offers to box ‘his novice’ for…

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Wahgunyah Racing Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 February 1884 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the above club was held at Car[?]s' Empire Hotel on last Monday night, when there was a large attendance of subscribers. Mr. Wm. Beard was voted to the chair. The Secretary,…

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Cricket- Cobran V, Brassi

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 February 1884 · page 3

[?] innings match between the Brasil Eleven and [?] of Cobran empley[?] to[?]k place at Cobran on [?] last. W. H . Heath option of the former the to[?] from W. Gibbs, the Brassi…

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Telegrams. the Intercolonial Cricket Match

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 16 February 1884 · page 3

The following score was made by the Australian Eleven against the Combined Eleven:—Bannerman, b. Marr 1; M'Donnell, caught Evans, bowled Spofforth, 61; Giffen, caught Powell bowled Evans 1;…

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Telegrams. the Intercolonial Cricket Match

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 20 February 1884 · page 4

The following was published as extraordinary last Saturday. The following score was made by the Australian Eleven against the Combined Eleven:—Bannerman…

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Mimosa Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1884 · page 8

These races came off on St. Valentine’s Day, to the satisfaction of everyone. About 100 people of both sexes were present, who appeared to enjoy themselves notwithstanding…

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Cricket. Corowa-wahgunyah V. Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 February 1884 · page 3

A MATCH between these two clubs took place at the Corowa ground on Saturday last, under the captainship of Messrs. Tubb and T. P. Tearne. The visitors, who…

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Cricket. Wangaratta V. Corowa-wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 February 1884 · page 3

AN exciting match between those two clubs took place on the Corowa ground last Saturday. Play commenced soon after cloven. The Wangaratta team taking…

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Cricket—cobran V. Brass

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 March 1884 · page 2

The return match between the above leans place on the 15th inst. on the ground of the and was witnessed by a good number of [?] including many representatives of the [?]…

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Late Sporting Intelligence. Towong Turf Club Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1884 · page 22

The annual meeting of the above club was held on Friday and Saturday last. The season this year being the driest on record in this district, robbed the meeting of many of its…

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Tocumwal Races

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 March 1884 · page 3

The following nominations have been received for the Tocumwal Races to be run on March 25th :— HANDICAP HURDLES. —Blackthorne, Angler, Freetrader. [?]mmer. Sir Henry, Dolly, Jimmy…

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Cricket. Tocumwal V . N[?]re[?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 March 1884 · page 3

A Cricket match of an intercolonial character, Tocumwal v. Numurkah (Victoria), was played at Tocumwal on Saturday week. The day was cool, hence a goodly number of the surrounding residents…

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