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Sport, 1899

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Rugby Football

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 37

The English football team met a team representing the Western district at Bathurst an Wednesday. Notwithstanding the bitterly cold weather, the attendance was nearly 4000…

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Rugby Football. England v. AUSTRALIA

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 39

The third international teat match of Rugby football between England and Australia took place on Saturday, on the Sydney Cricket-ground, in the presence of 30,000…

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Eccentric Cricket

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 35

Qn Stamford-bridge grounds Dan Leno's Eccentric Cricketers met a team of the Chelsea, Fulham, and Kensington Benevolent Societies. The gate-money was for local…

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The Benambra Football Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 19

The second round of matches in connection with this association was begun on Saturday, the 5th inst. A match was played an Eskdale between teams from the Mitta…

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Berrigan Coursing Club. a Third Meet to Be Held

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 3

A committee meeting of the above club met at the Momalong Hotel last evening, Mr E. D. O’Dwyer in the chair. The secretary (Mr Charles)…

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About Cricket. Some Big Scores

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 35

We take the following from an English paper of 30th June;—Last week was interesting from the fact that it saw the capture of his 100 wickets by A. E. Trot", the…

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Sporting. O. and M. Football Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 37

A meeting of the O. and M. Football Association delegates was held at Chiltern on Wednesday. Present—Mr. Bremner (chair), Mr. Woodward, (secretary), and delegates…

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Swimming. Five Hundred Metres Race. Won by Greasley. London, August 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 26

A swimming match for 500 metres took place on the Seine yesterday. Greasley, the professional long-distance champion of the thames, was the winner…

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A Successful Racing Club

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the members of the Jockey Club was held on Thursday last, and from the report and, balance sheet presented, it would appear that the club is in a particularly prosperous…

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The A. J. C, and Country Racing Clubs. Conference at Junee

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 4

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

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The Winter Races

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 3

The winter race meeting of the Corowa Race Club gives promise of adding another to the many successes achieved by the club. Excellent arrangements for the…

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 3

Mur[?]bblger T.C--Show Meeting, August 26 Corows R.C -- Winter Meeting, August 17…

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Wonderful Cricket Records

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 4

The present moment makes anything in the cricket line of interest to readers of all cl[?]s, and the following extraprdinary cricket records will show that…

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An Early Cricket Ground

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 1

In the fortieth year of Elizabeth it piece of ground at Guildford was claimed as public property, because boys had always played cricket on it when it was not being used for…

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The Benambra Football Association

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 19

Teams from the Eskdale and Sandy Creek clubs played on the ground of the latter on Saturday, the 12th inst. The full number was present on both sides, and neither could…

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Corowa Races. Winter Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 3

THE line weather which characterised the two show days continued for the races yesterday, and the consequence was a large gathering of sportsmen and…

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Sporting. Football. Albury v. EXCELSIOR

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 21

The following players have been chosen lo represent Albury in their match against the Excelsiors, on the ground of the latter, A drag will leave Aleck Rice's at 8 o'clock sharp:—W…

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 2

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

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Deniliquin Coursing Club

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 3

OFFICE BEARERS.—Judge—Mr J, Farrell. Slipper —Mr C. C. McCulloch President—Mr J. Geraghty. Slip Steward—Mr. P. Maher Trappers—Messrs J. Kynaston and E Stratton…

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Sporting Notes. [By "The Wizard."] Races to C[?]

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 3

Murrumbidgee T.C.--Show Meeting August 26. The Adelaide Grand National Steeplechase on Saturday was won by All [?]itta,…

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