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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1896

323 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 17

Football. Albury V. Chiltern

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 19

The second round of matches for the Oveno and Murray Association premiership took place on Saturday last, Albury meeting Chiltern. The day being beautifully fine there was a large…

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Sporting. Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 5

Border Bicycle Club Sports--May 25. Rutherglen Sports--May 25. Wodonga--May 25. The match between the Australian…

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Junior Football. Lake Moodmere v. FEDERALS

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 4

This match was played on the Lake ground and resulted in a win for the Corowa boys by 6 goals to 2. The Lake team in the first quarter was…

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FOOTBALL. Hay F.C. v. Half-Holiday F.C.

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 4

The second match of the season between the above clubs was played on the park oval on Wednesday. The rain of the previous night left the ground in a very sloppy…

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Football Notes. Deniliquin v. TRADES

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 3

Football was commenced on Saturday last on the Deniliquin Cricket Ground for the premiership of the season. and cup presented by Mr H. Gillespie, the Deniliquin team taking the field against the…

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Review of the Cricket Season, 1895-6

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 May 1896 · page 4

The events of the season under review, though interesting to wielders of the willow and to patrons of the game, do not appeal to the general public with the same force as…

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Cricket. Australians V. South of England

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 27 May 1896 · page 3

This match was drawn, greatly in favor of the Australians. Australia declared their innings closed with six wickets for 328; Giff[?] and Darling 115 each, Trumble…

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Lawn Tennis CIub

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 2

The local tennis club commenced the season last Saturday, when the new court was opened. Owing to the bad roads the netting far the wall around it had not…

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Football Sports at Rutherglen

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 24

The weather was fine, and there wes a large attendance at the Rutherglen Football Sports on Monday last. The following were the results:—MAIDEN RACE. 100 yards.—F. Morrell 1…

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Football. Albury v. WAGGA

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 24

The usual annual match between the above teams was played on the Albury ground on Monday last. The weather was fine but cold. There was a very large attendance of spectators, the…

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Football. BERRIGAN V. WANDERERS

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 2

The first match of this season took place on the local ground last Saturday between the Berrigan and Wanderers (Momalong) teams. The day was cold, while a strong…

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Football. Albury Juniors V Border Juniors

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 3

A team of Albury juniors visited Corowa on Saturday lest to try conclusions in a game with their Corowa confreres. The visitors had a nice even…

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Cricket in England. Splendid Score by W. G. Grace. London, May 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 21

In a cricket match between the counties of Sussex and Gloucestershire, which has been played as Brighton, Dr. W. G. Grace played a splendid innings of 243, going in first and…

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Re the Dillon—Miller Cricket Match. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 2

SIR,—Since my return from Deniliquin, my attention has been directed to a paragraph in your sporting columns of the issue of the 19th, in which the late cricket match…

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Tocumwal Athletic Sports

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 2

The above Sports which were aid of the funds of the [?] Cricket and Football Clubs took [?] course last Monday. The attendance [?]…

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Football Notes. Trades V. Imperials

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 May 1896 · page 1

These two old rivals met on the Cricket-ground on Saturday last—to fight their last season’s battles over again—for the Cup presented by Mr H. Gillespie. The day was not favourable to good…

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Deniliquin Amateur Turf Club Races

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 May 1896 · page 4

OFFICE-BEARERS.—President—Mr O. Wilshire. Vice-Presidents—Messrs W. Heriot and H. L. Wilkinson. Committee—Messrs H. L. Wilkinson. W. Heriot, J. Baxter, F. Jane, S, Fox, John…

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Hatfield Races

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 June 1896 · page 2

Hatfieldites celebrated Queen's Birthday on Tuesday, 23th May, with a days racing. The attendance was not so large an might have been, probably on account of the dry…

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The Barham Races

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 June 1896 · page 4

The inaugural race meeting of the in him Racing Club was held on the 25th ult., was, undoubtedly, was a success. The attendance was between 400…

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Cricket. Australians V. Lancashire

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 3 June 1896 · page 3

The above match was concluded at Manchester on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Australia by 154 runs. The Australians balled first, and compiled 281, of…

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