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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1897

371 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 19

Football

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 3

A DAYSDALE correspondent writes:--The football season was opened here last Saturday by the locals meeting a team representing Burryjan, and a very enjoyable…

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Berrigan Football Club

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 June 1897 · page 2

A general meeting of the above club held at. McGrady’s Royal Hotel on Monday evening last, Mr A. J. Wright occupying the chair. The attendance was poor…

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Football

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 5 June 1897 · page 2

The second premiership match of the season was played in the Park Oval on Wednesday afternoon, between the Hay and Half-Holiday club, The result of…

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Sporting. Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1897 · page 3

June 16-- Wahgunyah Football Club's Meeting. June 22-- Benalla Racing Club June 26-- Chiltern Race Club…

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Football. Ovens and Murray Fooball Association. Rutherglen V. Excelsior. a Splendid Game

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1897 · page 3

The meeting of these two clubs, which took place at Rutherglen on Saturday last, has been looked forward to for some time past. The…

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Football

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 3

The Beechworth Register remarks that the downfall of the Albury team in the match against Corowa " was due to nothing but their cowardice."…

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Sporting. Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 3

June 22 -- Benalla Racing Club. June 26 -- Chiltern Race Club. The district racehorse Sonny is to be taken to Melbourne…

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O. and M. Football Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 21

A meeting of the O. and M. Association delegates was held at Chiltern on Wednesday evening, 11 being present from Rutherglen, Chiltern, B[?]chworth, Excelsior, Corowa, and Messrs…

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Killed by a Cricket Ball

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1897 · page 29

A boy named Ellacott, eight years of age, was killed at the Public School, Wilcannia, by a cricket ball striking him on the left temple. It appears that at the…

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Football. Excelsiors V.riverine

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 2

THE above junior fifteen's met on the Oval' on Wednesday afternoon for the second occasion this season. There was ft large concourse of spectators, who evinced great…

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Melbourne Football

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 3

THE following are the results of Saturday's metropolitan matches: -- Association matched. -- Port Melbourne beat Williamstown 4.10 to 4.5; North…

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Sporting. Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 June 1897 · page 3

June 22 -- Benalla Racing Club. June 26 -- Chiltern Race Club. The members of the Corowa Cycle Club intend taking a run to Rutherglen on…

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Football Carnival

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 June 1897 · page 2

The annual Country Week Football Carnival was continued yesterday, when the Central Western Town defeated the North by 12 to 3; and New…

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Cricket Comes First

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 June 1897 · page 2

Mr. Augustine Birrell, Q.C., M.P., told a good story in a lecture on Johnson recently. He said that Bonnor, the Australian cricketing giant, was present at…

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Football. Tocumwal V Finley

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 18 June 1897 · page 3

The first match of the season between the above teams was played on the Tocumwal ground last Saturday. The visitors arrived after 3 p.m., but it was nearly half-past four…

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Football. Half-holiday 15 v. Combined Juniors 18

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 2

Visitors to the Oval on Wednesday afternoon had the pleasure of witnessing the best game of football played this season. From some unaccountable reason the usual…

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Benalla Races

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 3

THE meeting held by the Benalla Race Club on Jubilee Day in aid of the Cottage Hospital was favored, with delightful weather, and the attendance was very…

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Junior Football Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 June 1897 · page 3

A MEETING of the above was held at William's Great Southern Hotel on Wednesday evening, when the following delegates were present : -- Messrs…

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Chiltern Races. Saturday, June 26, 1897

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 June 1897 · page 3

THE Chiltern Race Club was unfortunate in its Diamond Jubilee meeting, the weather being most unpropitious. During the early part of the day it was dull and…

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