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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1886

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Coursing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 September 1886 · page 3

SAD to relate, the winding up meeting of the Border Coursing Club was an unlimited failure. There were many causes for this. A number of…

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Football

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1886 · page 23

The football match at Auckland (N.Z.), between the New South Wales team and the Auckland Club, was won by the laitir by 6 points to nil. The captain of the Sydney Football Team had…

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Elsternwick-park Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1886 · page 23

The August meeting at Elstern wick-park, near Melbourne, on Saturday attracted a large attendance of racing men. The several events resulted as under :—…

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Coursing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 4

THE Maiden Stakes of the Border Coursing Club, postponed from the previous week, were divided last Saturday after three more courses had been run. Hares were not on…

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Football

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1886 · page 27
Also in The Corowa Free Press

Two fatal accidents have recently occurred in Tasmania from rough play at football. A match between Beechworth and Albury junior footballers was played at Baarmutha…

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Groongal Races

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 September 1886 · page 2

The Groongal races were held at the usual racecourse on Saturday. September 11. The weather was everything that could be desired to make the outing enjoyable. The judge (Mr G. Mair), starter (Mr L…

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Corowa-wahgunyah Cricket Club

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 September 1886 · page 37
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The annual meeting of the Corowa-Wahgunyah Cricket Club was held at the Globe Hotel on Saturday afternoon. About a dozen members put in an appearance, and Mr. H. Bayliss,…

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Boxing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1886 · page 23

A contest under the Queensberry rules took place in Sydney on Saturday night between T Lees, of Victoria, and Professor Jackson, of Sydney, for £200 a-side and a silver belt…

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Football. Granya v. TALLANGATTA

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 October 1886 · page 23

A match was played between the above-mentioned clubs on the Granya football ground on Saturday, 25th ult. The contest had been the subject of much local interest, as the Granya…

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Saddle Rhymes at Toganmain Races

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 October 1886 · page 2

As summer approaches, And shearing cuts out. The Tongaomain Races Come spinning about…

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Cricket

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 October 1886 · page 3
Also in The Corowa Free Press

The cricket match between the H. H. C. C. and the W. C. C. came off on the old convincing ground, on Wednesday. The weather was anything but favorable for cricket, as a strong wind was blowing across the…

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Cricket. Corowa v. Collendina and Tarramia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1886 · page 22

The Corowa cricketers paid a visit to Coilen dina station on the 2nd inst., and played their first match this season, against a combined team from the adjoining stations of Collendina and…

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Sporting. CRICKET. H.C.C. v. H.H.C.C.

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 October 1886 · page 2

The match between the Hay C.C. and the Half-Holiday C.C. was continued on Wednesday afternoon and finished; the H.H.C.C. claiming the match through the Hay team refusing to continue on account…

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Racing in England. London, October 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 18

The Middle-park Plate was run to-day at Newmarket, with the following result:—Lord Calthorpe’s oh c Florentine, by Petrarch— Hawthorndale, 1; Mr. Douglas Baird’s ch c…

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The Great Racing Festival. Melbourne, October 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 October 1886 · page 23

Australians in general, and Victorians in particular, are charged by their visitors with being a pleasure-loving and enjoyment-seeking race, and while admitting that there are grounds…

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Cricket Notes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 24

Of the twelve players forming the English Eleven now on their way out to Australia, the only men who are visiting the colonies for the first time are Lohmann, Gunn, and Sherwin…

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Visitors to the Races

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 October 1886 · page 2

The Governor of South Australia left Adelaide for Melbourne to-night…

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