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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1893

271 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 14

Football. Albury V. Juniors

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 27

On Saturday these teams faced each other for the first time this season, when the Juniors were badly beaten with sight goals to one. The game was hardly worth writing on account of it…

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Football Notes. Border Federals V. Bro[?]lessy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 3

THE return match between them was played at Shannonvale on Saturday [?] and according to the visitors opinion [?] draw--I goal each being recorded. The…

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Sporting. Hay Cricket Club v Princess Opera Company

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 2 August 1893 · page 3

ON Saturday last, a cricket match, the first of the season, was played in the Oval between teams representing Hay and the Opera Company which resulted in a win…

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Boxing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 18

Williams, the trainer of the Resendon Football ball Club, and Baxter, of Robart, were matched on Saturday at Hobart for a boxing match of six rounds. The contest was even throughout…

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Tintaldra Annual Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 18

The Tintaldra annual races were held on the reserve on 28th July. They were only moderately attended, being of a very tame character. Mr. J. Dobinson’s Bondsman winning the…

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Football. Albury v. FEDS

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 18

These teams played their third match on Saturday, when the Feds received their first defeat of the season with 4 goals to 1. Owing to the loss of Q[?]k, Penberthy, and Barber (the…

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Football. HAY v. HALF-HOLIDAY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 3

The third meeting of the above teams took place on Wednesday afternoon. As the clubs were on even terms, a great amount of interest was centered in the contest,…

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Intercolonial Football. New South Wales v. New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 18

Some 20,000 people visited the Association-ground, Sydney, on Saturday, to witness the return match New Zealand v. New South Wales, expecting that, as the home team had won the…

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Sporting. Football

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 2

A GLOOMY, miserably wet day was Wednesday, 2jnd inst., on which day the Hay and Half-Holiday football match was played, and it was naturally expected that it would…

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The Late Football Match. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 3

SIR,—I was not only surprised but amused at the letter which appeared in your last issue, signed "Horresco Referens" (I wonder whose dictionary he borrowed). No…

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Football for a "Pot" (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 3

Sir,—All true lovers of sport must feel disgusted at the spirit which prompted the forcing of tho umpire to give a decision as to whether the final football match between…

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Football

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 37

The match with Wodonga and Albury did not come off on Saturday, owing to the rain and the bad state of the ground. It was first arranged for the Feds to piny them, but was afterwards…

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The Football Championship

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 3

A meeting of delegates of the Hay Foothill Association was held on Wednesday evening, at the Crown Hotel, to consider when the football season should terminate…

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Football at Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 37

Saturday matches resulted as follows:— Essendon (5 goals IS behinds) beat Melbourne (4 goals 6 behinds). Fitzroy (7 goals 7 behinds) beat south…

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Football. HALF-HOLIDAY F. C. v. Trades United F. C.

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 August 1893 · page 2

The above clubs met for the third time this season on Wednesday, and another easy victory was placed to the credit of the Half-Holiday Association. There were a fair…

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Football

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon a match was played in the park oval between the Half-Holiday and Trades clubs. The weather was fined and just suitable for the game, but the…

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Hay Football Association

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 3

A MEEING of the above body was held in the Crown Hotel Wednesday evening to consider when the football season of 1893 shall terminate. Messrs O'Hanlon and…

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Berrigan Football Club

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 2

The Committee of the Football Club met last Saturday, Mr 33. J. Gorman, President, in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting…

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Football. Feds, v. YACKANDANDAH

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 18

On Saturday the Feds, made their trip of the season to Yackandandah in Blakely’s drag and five horses. A very fair team was got away consisting of 18 players, with two or three good…

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Football. HAY F. C. v. TRADES F.C.

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 3

The third match of the season between the Hay and Trades' Clubs took place on Wednesday on the Park Oval, in the presence of a fair assemblage of onlookers. The…

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