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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1885

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Racing Intelligence. Wodonga Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 1 January 1885 · page 5

The annual races at Wodonga took place, as usual, on Boxing Day, and proved highly successful. The cold weather which had prevailed during the previous week gave place to…

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Boxing Day Sports at Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 1 January 1885 · page 5

The day was opened by the Border Brass Bind parading through Corowa and Wahgunyah with a coach-and-four, and thence to the picnic ground. Soon a crowd followed, and…

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Boxing Day in Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 January 1885 · page 3

THOSE pessimists who are wont to grumble that Christmas is dying out in australia can assuredly have [?] cause for complaint this year…

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New Year's Day, 1885. Rutherglen, Corowa and Wahgunyah, Twenty-fourth Annual Regatta Lake Moodemere Judge : R. Turner, Esq. Starter: A. O. Boyle, Esq

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 January 1885 · page 3

STEWARDS: Dr. Loughrey, Messrs. H. Jackson, D. G. Hamilton, G. Graham, W. Graham, J. Hiskins, A. C. Worthington; J. Rue, M. Graham, G. Louch, T. Looney, J…

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Boxing Day Races. the Settling

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 January 1885 · page 2

The settling after the Boxing Day Races wag held the Royal Hotel on Friday evening last. The principal office-bearers of the club, several members, and [?] number of winners, losers, &c., were present…

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Regatta on Lake Moodemere

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1885 · page 19

During the past twenty old years, the annual boat-races on this pretty lake have always drawn together people from all parts of the surrounding districts on New Year’s…

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Boxing Day at Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1885 · page 19

The Fire Brigade sports were not so well supported as from the liberality of the programme they should have been. Firemen strove hard to Lave everything right for the…

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Echuca Races

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 January 1885 · page 3

The nominations for the Echuca Races to be run on the 21st inst. were received on Thursday, and were more than usually satisfactory. It will be observed that this side of the river, and the…

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A Lay of Lawn Tennis

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 10 January 1885 · page 2

Where the level lawn is greenest, and the sunlight glistens shesnest, Lo she stands; While the game is just beginning, there's the…

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Cricket Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1885 · page 19

The International Parliamentary Cricket match, New South Wales v. Victoria, will be played at Melbourne on the 18th and 19th of next month…

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Echuca Races

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 January 1885 · page 3

The following are the weights for the races named to be run at Echuca on Wednesday next, 21st iost:—[?] FLYING HANDICAP…

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Cricket Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 15

A team from Germanton visit Albury on Monday next (Anniversary Day) to try conclusions with the local club. The match between the English Eleven and…

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Corowa Racing Club. Committee Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 3

A MEETING of the committee of the Corowa Racing Club was held at the Globe Hotel, Corowa, on Saturday last. Captain Hare took the chair,…

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A Lay of Lawn Tennis

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1885 · page 2

Where the level lawn is greenest, and the sunlight glistens sheenest, Lo she stands; While the game is just beginning, there's the…

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Races at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1885 · page 2

"As good as an annual meeting" was the verdict passed on the impromptu programme contested at Wahgunyah last Tuesday, and, if We except the…

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Corowa Racing Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1885 · page 3

A COMMITTEE meeting of this association was held on Wednesday at Chenhall's Globe Hotel, Corowa. Present--Captain Hare (in the chair),…

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Cricket Match

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 3

The first cricket match of the season, Married v. Single, was played on Saturday last on the cricket ground at the rear of the Presbyterian Church. A considerable amount of interest was taken in the…

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Cricket Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 15

A team from Wagga try co[?] with an Albury eleven, on the local ground, to-morrow The intercolonial University match—Sydney v. Melbourne—played in Melbourne on Friday…

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Cricket. Rutherglen v. SPRINGHURST

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 3

THE return match between these two clubs was played at Rutherglen last Saturday, and resulted in a victory for tho visitors by 12 runs on the first innings. The…

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Cricket. the Bar V. the Clergy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1885 · page 15

The bar and clergy played their first cricket match on the Melbourne Cricket-ground on Friday. A charge for admission and collection the members’ gate was made in aid of the…

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