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Sport, 1909

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Should Boxing be Encouraged? What the Rev. Everard Digby Thinks. “Honest, Clean, Manly Sport.”

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 4

The following statements, made by the Rev. Everard Digby, the popular curate of St. Michael’s, Coventry, England, who recently shocked old-fashioned…

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Football Riot. Seventy Injured in Fight with Police. Pay-boxes in Flames

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 4

Seventy persons were more or less seriously injured and damage to property amounting to £2000 was done in a riot which occurred at Hampden Park,…

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Deniliquin Athletic Club

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

A meeting of members of the Athletic Club was held on Wednesday evening at the School of Arts. Messrs H. L. Jones (President), G. A. Illidge, A. W…

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England's First Regatta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 4

The word "regatta" now incorporated in our language is purely Italian. We got it, with what it signified, straight from Venice,…

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Boxing. the Big Fight Off

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 4

Bob Errol, who returned from Narrandera on Friday, states that the negotiations for the fight between Brillo Campbell and himself have fallen through owing…

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Golf. the Amateur Championship. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 4

The New South Wales Amateur Golf Championship was concluded yesterday. The Hon. M. Scott, of Victoria, defeated Mr. C. L. Mackensio, of New South Wales,…

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Coursing Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 3

The opening meeting of the Benalla Plumpton Coursing Club took place on Wednesday. The following are the results:--Bevenish Stakes, for 16 all…

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Golf Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

On Saturday last a team of five Corowaits journeyed to Rutherglen to play a match on their links. It turned out a very disastrous trip, as…

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Football Notes. O. & M. Association

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 3

A meeting of the above was held at Springhurst on Wednesday, when the following delegates attended:--Messrs. Delaney, Mungan (Albury)…

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Golf. Open Championship Won by Taylor. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 4

The Golf Open Championship of Great Britain was decided last week and resulted in a win for J. H. Taylor, Mid-Surrey. His aggregate for the four rounds was 295…

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Cricket. the Second Test Match the Selection Perplexity. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 3

C. B. Fry is unable to play for England in the test match at Lords. W. J. Whitty, the South Australian left-hander, in too unwell to play as the result of an attack…

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The Waradgery Cricket Club Entertain and Make Presentations to Mr Jas. Taylor

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

Last night, at the Criterion Hotel, the members of the Waradgery Cricket Club entertained one of their most prominent players, in the person of Mr James Taylor;…

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Opening of Tennis Season

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 2

A very pleasant afternoon was spent last Wednesday on the local courts, when a team representing the Country tried conclusions with one representing the…

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Football. Geelong to Visit Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 6

The Geelong team is arranging for a trip to Sydney about the second week in August. Perhaps a match could be arranged against Albury while on the…

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Cricket. the Second Test Match. Australians Bowl and Field Well. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 June 1909 · page 5

It was [?] when play was resumed after lunch [?] and King continued batting and the century was soch passed. When the board showed 123 a reparation…

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Mentone Races. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 4

The races at Mentone this afternoon were held in beautiful weather. The attendance was large and the racing interesting. Results:-…

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Lawn Tennis. the Davis Cup. Englishmen's Sporting Instinct. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 4

The newspaper are commenting strongly on the latest instance of the parsimony of the English Lawn Tennis Association. The decision which has called forth the…

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Triangular Cricket Contests. Representatives of Three Countries Meet. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 2

Representatives of the Cricket Boards of Control in England, Australia and South Africa, met at Lord's yesterday to disease the proposal to hold triangular cricket…

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All England All Out for 121. Armstrong Bowls Splendidly. Australia Requests 41 to Win. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

The match between All England and Australia was resumed today. The weather was dull at the commencement there was an attendance of 5000…

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Cricket. the Second Test Match. Ransford's Great Innings. Second Day's Play. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 17 June 1909 · page 3

The weather was gloomy when the players came out after luncheon, but the spectators now numbered 18,000. Ransford, who continued to but freely,…

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