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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1888

168 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 9

Football

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1888 · page 24

The Albury United Football Club proceed tomorrow to Chiltern, where they will play the local club. The English team of footballers met the…

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A Novel Cricket Match. Actresses in the Cricket Field

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 August 1888 · page 11

A match took place on the Paddington Recreation Ground, London, on June 21, in which Mr. F. Terry, of the Haymarket, Mr. J. G. Robertson (Savoy), Mr. Frederick King,…

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Football. the M'kenzie Trophy

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 August 1888 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon the local clubs met to do battle for the second time for the trophy presented by Mr. R. M'Kenzie. The match was played on the south side of the…

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Football Match

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 August 1888 · page 2

The opening match of the football season in Balranald took place at the Recreation Reserve on Friday afternoon last, and was witnessed by an interested crowd of…

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Sporting. Football

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 2

Wednesday afternoon saw a combined team from the Hay and Association clubs playing a match against a shearers team at South Hay but the game was rather onesided as the…

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Hay Cricket Club

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 2

The annual meeting of the members of the Hay Cricket Club was held at the Caledonian Hotel last evening when there was a good attendance…

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Football. Rutherglen V. Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 6

NOWHERE up country, perhaps, is there to be seen a more exciting contest, or better football, than these two towns furnish, and if players of…

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Football. Notes by “Drop-kick

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1888 · page 18

A match between the Howlong and L[?]llipnt Clubs was played on the ground of the former on Saturday, 4th inst, resulting in a win for Howlong by two goals to one. M[?]rae and…

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Football. Border V. Chiltern

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 3

ON Saturday, 11th instant, the above match was played at Corowa, resulting in a victory for the home team by 5 goals 19 behinds to 3 behinds. In the…

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The English Football Captain Drowned. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 21

Mr. R. L. Seddon, the captain of the English Rugby football team, was drowned at West Maitland to-day…

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The English Football Team. the Captain Drowned in the River Hunter

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 August 1888 · page 3

MR. R. L. SEDDON, the captain of the English Rugby football team, was drowned at West Maitland on Wednesday. The footballers, after the…

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Boxing the Ears of Children

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 August 1888 · page 1

Science publishes some valuable records, collected by Dr. Samuel Sexton, on the effects of boxing the ears. In fifty-one cases upon his records the car has been…

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Sporting. Football. the M. Kenzie Trophy

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 August 1888 · page 2

The final contest between the Hay and Half-Holiday football clubs took place on Wednesday, at South Hay. The weather was fine, but not too warm, the only militant being a…

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Football

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 August 1888 · page 3

As the following correspondence may prove of interest to footballers we publish it. "T. S. Marshall, Esq., Secretory…

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Lost! A CricKet Ball

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 September 1888 · page 4

Here is an account of an incident which occurred at the Oval in the course of the year that Jupp kept wicket for Surrey…

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Football

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1888 · page 37

The first game for the Darby Cup was played on the Howlong ground on Saturday, 25th ult., between the Howlong and Chiltern Clubs, and after a well-contested game ended in a draw;…

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Football. Rutherglen V. Border

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 September 1888 · page 3

THE above match was played on Saturday last at Corowa, each side putting a representative twenty in the field. Nugent began the game, which waxed…

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Disorderly Behaviour After a Football Match

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1888 · page 15

A recent match between the Williamstown and Filzroy football clubs was carried out at the Williamstown ground amid some excitement, and when the crowd, numbering…

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Boxing the Ears of Children

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 2

Science publishes some valuable records, collected by Dr. Samuel Sexton, on the effects of boxing the ears, In fifty-one cases upon his records the ear has been…

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Corowa Cricket Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 3

A MEETING of the Corowa Cricket held at the Royal Hotel Club was [?] Present--Mr. on Saturday evening. [?]…

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