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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1894

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The Boxing Championship. London, June 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 21

The Florida Athletic Club in the United States has offered a purse of £7000 for the boxing match between James Corbett, of America, and Peter Jackson, of Australia. Corbett has…

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Football. Rutherglen V. Border

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 2

As we predicted in our last issue, a real "ding dong" game resulted from the meeting of these clubs. In fact it was the best match that we have seen between…

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Football. Hay v. HALF-HOLIDAY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 2

The second match of the season between the Hay and Half-Holiday clubs came off on Wednesday, when a very considerable concourse of spectators witnessed the play…

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Football Notes. Imperials V. Trades

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 3

Although the weather was far from promising on Saturday last for the football match between the above-named Clubs for Messrs Jane and Jane’s trophy, there was a large attendance of people to…

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Your Mossgiel Correspondent and the Ivanhoe Races. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 2

Sir,—I—like many more—was greatly surprised at reading your Mossgiel correspondent's remarks anent the Ivanhoe races. He says, "I regret that I cannot pass a…

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Football

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 2

A meeting of the Hay Football Association delegates was held at the Caledonian Hotel on Friday night. Present—Messrs Anderson, Atkinson, Messrs. Miller…

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An Athletic Tournament in India

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 4

Several years ago, while stationed with my regiment (the Sixty-eighth Light Infantry) at Mysore, India, I was afforded an opportunity of witnessing a native boxing and…

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Berrigan Football Club

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 June 1894 · page 2

The above club met at the Momalong Hotel, on Friday evening last, to consider a letter from the Friday football club asking the local team to…

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Football. Rutherglen V. Border

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 June 1894 · page 3

On Saturday last the second match between Rutherglen and Border was played on the ground of the latter club, and was simply a repetition of the former Saturday's…

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FOOTBALL. The First Premiership Contest. a Win for the Hay Team

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 June 1894 · page 4

The first of seven contents for the championship of the season between the Hay Football Club and the Half-Holiday Association Football Club…

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Football

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 3

THE first match of the series arranged for the season took place on Wednesday afternoon in the Park oval. There was a pretty good attendance of the public and great…

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Football Notes. Imperials v DENILIQUIN

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 3

[?] above teams met on Saturday for the second [?] June and June’s trophy. The attendance [?] not so large as on the previous Saturday, [?] A delay occurred for the starting of the…

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Football Rules

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 4

Judging from remarks made by some players in the match last Wednesday, it is very evident that many of our players have a most crude…

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Hay Football Association

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 3

A meeting of the Hay Football Association was held on Friday night at the Caledonian Hotel. There were present:— Messrs Anderson, Atkinson, Pollard…

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Boxing in America. London, June 19

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1894 · page 21

A boxing contest has taken place at Boston, between Fitzsimmons, of New Zealand, the middle-weight champion of the world, and Choynski, who was beaten in Melbourne by…

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Football. Corowa v. ALBURY

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1894 · page 3

The return match between these clubs took place on the Albury ground on Saturday. The visitors brought a fair team, but were short, and bad to put on two…

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Football. BERRIGAN V. FINLEY

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 June 1894 · page 2

The second match this year between the above clubs was played last Saturday on the ground of the latter, the [?] being a decisive victory for the home team . The day was fine and the ground in…

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Proposed Combined Football Team

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 22 June 1894 · page 2

A meeting of members of the Finley and Berrigan football teams was held at Connor’s Murray Hut Hotel last Saturday evening to discuss a proposal to send a combined…

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Football Notes. Deniliquin V. Trades

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 3

The last match but one for Jane and Jane’s trophy was played between the above-named Clubs on Saturday last, and resulted in the greatest surprise of the season, the Deniliquin team fairly…

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Boxing at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 June 1894 · page 24

A boxing contest took place at the local Athletic Hall last Friday night between Arti[?] Tully and Harry Edwards, known in boxing circles as “The Stranger.” The hou[?]e was…

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