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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1885

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Racing Intelligence. V.r.c. Winter Steeplechase Meeting

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 July 1885 · page 20

Saturday was the great day of the year for jumping horses at Flemington, and evidently this meeting is every year becoming more firmly established in the favor of racegoers…

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Football. Hay Football Club v. Good Templars

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon last a match was played between a team chosen from the Good Templars Lodge and the Hay Football Club, in the presence of between two or three hundred spectators, both…

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Deniliquin Annual Races

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 25 July 1885 · page 4

Tho midwinter annual meeting which was held on Tuesday and wednesday was about the most Successful morning ever held at Deniliquin. The [?], and the attendance on the first day,…

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Football

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 July 1885 · page 3

To-morrow the St. James team visit Rutherglen in order to play the return match with the local club. The names on the list of Rutherglen…

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Colonising Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 July 1885 · page 21

A more practised traveller, a shrewder observer, having a wider insight and deeper experience as a statesman than Mr. Howard Vincent, has (says the Some News) just made…

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Football. Rutherglen v. St. James

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 August 1885 · page 2

THE return match between the St. James and local clubs for the Richards-Mitchell cup was played at Rutherglen last Saturday, in the presence of a…

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Football. Chiltern V. Border United

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 August 1885 · page 3

THE return match between these two clubs was played on the Corowa ground last Saturday. The afternoon turned out cloudy and wet, and…

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Football. Benalla V. Border United

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 3

A LARGE number of spectators assembled on the Corowa ground last Saturday to winess the return match between the local club and the popular…

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Football. Benalla V. Order United

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1885 · page 15

One of the fastest and most exciting football matches that has been witnessed in Corowa was played on Saturday, between the Benulla and Border United Clubs. The visitors, who…

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Football. Border United V. Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 September 1885 · page 3

IN the presence of a large number of specators the two local clubs met, last Saturday, on the Corowa ground. The afternoon was dull and cloudy…

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The Largest Cricket Score on Record

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 September 1885 · page 11

Robert Thomas, the well-known English umpire, who watched the extraordinary innings of Mr. J. S. Carrick for the West of Scotland Club against Priory Park at Chichester, has…

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Football Match

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 16 September 1885 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the Hay Football Club played a match against the Eli Elwah Club, at the wool shed, Eli Elwah, which resulted in a win for the latter by two goals to one. The weather was certainly…

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Hawkesbury Races. Saturday, September 12

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 September 1885 · page 2

DISPOSAL STAKES—Dictator 1; Junius, 2 ; Princess of L[?], 3 PRODUCE STAKES—Nordenfeldt, 1 ; Eagle Orange, 2 ; Len[?] x, 3…

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Football. Rutherglen V. Border United

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 September 1885 · page 3

THE two Ideal clubs met on the Rutherglen ground last Saturday in the presence of a large number of spectators, who throughout the match manifested unusual…

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Hay Cricket Club

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 26 September 1885 · page 2

A committee meeting was held at Tattersall's on the 19th inst. Present: Messrs Hills, Galloway, Reid, Fynmore, Gibbs, Ferris, Kelly, and secretary. After the usual formal business was disposed of,…

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TELEGRAMS. A.J.C. Races. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 30 September 1885 · page 2

Hurdle Race—Caloola 1. Parade 2, Confidence 3. Member's Handicap—Magnifier 1, Oakleigh 2; Clarendon 3. Randwick Plate—Nordernfeldt 1, Percussion 2…

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Cricket

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 October 1885 · page 2

A well and close contested match was played at Barooga in the early part of this week between eleven of Barooga, captained by Mr Claytou, and eleven of Tocumwal, captained by Mr P. A. Duune. Barooga won the toss, went to the…

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Cricket. Deniliquin V. Patho

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 October 1885 · page 4

The Deniliquin and Patho Cricket Clubs met on the Park oval on Saturday last and played their match for the Conant trophy, the game being decided (says the Echuca Advertiser) in…

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V. R. C. Races

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 4 November 1885 · page 2

The Derby—Nordenfeldt, 1; First Chester, 2: Winchoster, 3. Railway Stakes—Isonomy, 1; First Prince, 2; Baron Nocker, 3…

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TELEGRAMS V.R.C. Races. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 7 November 1885 · page 2

Maiden Plate.—Winchester 1; Cyclops 2 ; [?] 3. Flying Stakes.—Blairgowrie 1; Maddoline Chesham 3…

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