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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1899

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Lawn Tennis

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 July 1899 · page 3

AT a meeting of the committee of the Corowa Club held on Friday last, a vacant allotment in Relsling-street was chosen as the site of the future courts. It…

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Tennis Tournament

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 July 1899 · page 2

The ground of the Balranald Tennis Club in Market-street was largely patronised on Friday and Saturday last, when the first round of the Ladies'…

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Rugby Football. Wagga v. JUNEE

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 37

The above match played at Junee on Wednesday was very largely attended, and a fine display of the game was given. After a most interesting game, Wagga won by 18 points. The final scores…

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Boxing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 37

A boxing contest took place on Thursday night, for the best in twenty rounds, for a purse of £50, and a side wager of £100, between Goggin, of West Wyalong, and…

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Benambra Football Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 19

The match between teams from Tallangatta and Sandy Creek was played at the latter place as arranged on Saturday, the 22nd inst. Both sides had their full number of men…

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Swimming in England. the Half-mile Championship. London, July 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 37

The race for the half-mile swimming championship of England took place yesterday, and was won by J. A. Jarvis, the winner of the race last year, as well as of the mile and…

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Latest by Telegraph. Cricket. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 July 1899 · page 2

The Australians made 194 in their second innings against Kurrey: Kelly 13; Howell 15; Laver, not out, 16; Surrey won by 104. Richardson 4 wickets for…

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The Show Races

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 3

VISITORS to the racecourse this year will find considerable changes in the appearance of the course and the buildings. The fund, which Mr. Baline so energetically…

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 3

Murrumbidgee T.O.-- Show Meeting, August 26. Corowa R.C.-- Winter Meeting, August 17…

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Coursing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 19

The championship meeting of the Berrigan Coursing Club was run on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and was the most successful ever held in Ravenna. Out of 42…

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Rugby' Football. England v. New South Wales. England Wins by 11 Points to 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 19

The return match between the English team and Now South Wales was played in beautiful weather at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. The interest taken in…

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Berrigan Coursing Club. the Settling

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 2

The settling-up in connection with the Champion Meeting took place at Rintoule’s Momalong Hotel on Thursday evening, 27th ult,, there being a crowded attendance. Mr…

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Wonderful Cricket Records

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 39

The present moment makes anything in the cricket line of interest to readers of all elapses, and the following extraordinary cricket records will show that the "boys"…

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FOOTBALL. Half-Holiday v Federals

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 4

The fifth match for the local football premiership was played on the park oval on Wednesday, and resulted in the fourth successive win for the Half-Holiday team, who…

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 3

Mulwala Winter Meeting--August 9. Murrumbidge T.C.--Show Meeting, August 26. Corowa R.C.--Winter Meeting,…

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A Cricket Story From Hull

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 4

It would appear that the scorer for a certain Hall cricket club is a bit of a humorist. On one of the pages of his score book the following entry appears:…

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Two-year-old Racing. Well-known- Breeder's Opinion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 18

The New South Wales breeder and owner of thoroughbred stock, Mr. Vincent Dowling, is a strong opponent of two-year-old racing. In a letter to the Sydney press on the subject…

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The A.j.c. and Country Racing Clubs. Conference at Junee

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 3

The Conference of Country Racing Clubs, for which the Corowa Racing Club is responsible for the initiative step to protest against Hie unjust strictures recently…

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A Racing Club in Trouble

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 2

As will be Been in a paragraph elsewhere, the Murrumbidgee Turf Club at Wagga, an organization which was supposed to be the strongest racing concern in southern Riverina, has got into serious…

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Football Team for England

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

Three thousand five hundred pounds have been guaranteed to send a football team to England…

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