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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1898

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Easter Monday in Berrigan. Bicycle & Athletic Sports

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 15 April 1898 · page 2

Fine weather prevailed on Easter Monday, and-a-crowd of between two and three hundred put in an appearance on the Recreation Reserve where…

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Cricket. Mathoura - V. Denilquin

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 April 1898 · page 2

The annual match between the junior teams from Deniliquin and Mathours was played on Good Friday, the Deniliquin boys journeying to Mathoura. In the visitors’ first innings the last wicket fell for 49. W…

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Sporting Notes Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 3

Wagga--April 27,28. Narambura--May 4 and 5. Winlonga Racing Club--May 24. Wahgunyah Winter Meeting--June 1…

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CRICKET. Averages for the Past Season

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 April 1898 · page 4

The concluding match of the third round of matches this season having placed the three local clubs competing on an even footing in the co[?]…

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The M'glenohy Cricket Trophy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1898 · page 19

The second innings of the Wooragee team in their match against Yacokandandah was played on the Beechworth. ground on Easter Monday, the 11th inst. It resulted in…

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Cricket Association

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

A meeting of the Cricket Association was held on Tuesday night at the School of Arts. The chair was occupied by Mr A. Jameson and the delegates present, were Messrs. F. Sparrow…

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The Cricket Season

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

The past cricket season in Hay was one of the most interesting that has been recorded. The fact that in the round of matches which have been played by…

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Cricket. Deniliquin V. Trades

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 April 1898 · page 4

Now that the end of the premiership season is approaching, it was thought that last Saturday’s engagement between the above trains would have provided a game more than usually interesting,…

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District Wanderers Football Club

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 3

A meeting of the above club was held in the Redlands School of Arts on Friday evening last, Mr. M. Mulquiney in the chair…

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Football. Border United V. Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 April 1898 · page 3

The opening match in connection with the local club was played on the Corowa ground on Saturday afternoon, when they met Rutherglen in a practice match, in…

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Berrigan Coursing Club

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

A meeting was held at [?] Berrigan Hotel last Thursday evening. The names of [?] present were— [?] R. [?] (President). G…

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Tennis

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 17

The return match at tennis between Chiltern and Yackandandah was played at the court of the latter club on Saturday, the 23rd inst. The game was very even at first, and…

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Football. Ovens and Murray Football Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

A MEETING of the Ovens and Murray Football Association was held in Chiltorn, at Wilson's Council Club Hotel, on Wednesday evening last. The chair was…

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Junior Football Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

A meeting of the junior association was to have been held at Bremner's hotel, Rutherglen, on Wednesday night, but as a sufficient number of delegates to form…

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Sporting Notes Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 3

Narandera-- May 4 and 5. Corowa licensed Victuallers' Race Meeting-- May 18. Wo[?]onga Racing Club-- May 24…

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Cricket. the M'glenchy Trophy

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1898 · page 17

The second match of the " finals" for this trophy between teams from Yackandandah and Gundowring took place at Sandy Creek on Saturday, the 23rd inst. This ground has…

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Moroco Annual Picnic Races

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 4

A correspondent forwards as the following account of the Moroco Annual Picnic Races. There wore about 80 visitors at the visitors at the picnic from Cornella Aratula, Mathoura, Cobram, Galpa, &c., all the…

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Football

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 3

Border journeyed to the Southern on Saturday for a practice match, and, although three men short, succeeded in making a draw-- 3 goals 5 behinds each…

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Ovens and Murray Football Association Fixtures

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 May 1898 · page 3

THE following la the draw for the forthcoming season, with umpires as far as appointed, matches to be played on the ground of the first-named club:--…

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Tennis

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 19

In the tennis match played at Yackandandah on the 23rd April, between a quartette from Chiltern and four of the local club, which was won by the visitors as stated in…

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