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Sport, 1909

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Cricket. Albury a v. THURGOONA

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 6

The following have been picked to represent the Albury A team against Thurgoona this afternoon!—Laugley, Snell, Kingsmill, Eagar, F. Burrows, Sehneider,…

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Lawn Tennis. the Davis Cup. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 November 1909 · page 4

Mr. Norman Brookes, the Victorian representative, has arrived in Sydney, but, as he us suffering from tonsili[?] is, it is doubtful if he will be able to play in the…

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Bowls

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 3

A committee meeting of the Chiltern Bowling Club was held on Friday evening last. There were present: Messrs. C. W. C. Hodgsen (in the chair), L…

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Tennis

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Chiltern Tennis Club was held in the town hall, Chiltern, on Thursday, November 11. There were about twenty members present…

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Boxing. Boxier Fitzsimmons

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 4

A SICNSATIONAL EXPERTICNON. A flash of lightning at National Park, on Friday tore down a tree about 60 feet high, and shattered it to splinters. A…

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Cricket. New South Wales Team

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 November 1909 · page 4

The N.S.W. selectors, messrs. G. P. Barbour, F. A. Iredale and E. Hume, have selected the following N.S.W. later State team to play South Australia at Adelalde…

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Deadly Football Appalling List of Fatalities. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 November 1909 · page 2

The brutal nature of football as played in America is exempilfield by the list of killed and injured during the past season. In the United States College teams alone…

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Lawn Tennis. Albury & Border Association. St. patrick's v. DAVID'S

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 November 1909 · page 6

Team to represent St. Patrick's v. St. David's on Saturday next, at 2.p.m.: Misses C. Percy and A. Corrigan, Mrs. M'Donnell, Miss M. Breit, Messrs. J. Reis, M'Donnell…

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Boxing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 4

It is rumored that a Yank[?] paper is offering a prize of 500 dollars for the discovery of any form of [?] that has not been applied to Jack Johnson !…

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Players Killed on the Cricket-field

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 13

Like almost every other pastime, the game of cricket is not without its dangers, of which the ball is perhaps the most deadly. At any rate it has claimed a number…

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Sunday Racing. Meetings in Berlin. London, Novomber 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 42

The Kaiser has removed the ban upon the holding of Sunday race meetings in Berlin, and, in consequence, a series of Sunday programmes, extending from March…

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Latest Telegrams. Kyneton Races. Kyneton

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 2

Results —Trial — Sunstone:— Hurdles —Earl of Castles. Spring Hrndicap— Fairy Sleep. Carlstube Handicap — Footslip. Welter—Eyeglass…

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Cricket. Albury & Border Association. Albury a v. THURGOONA

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 6

The above match will be resumed on the Thurgoona ground and the players will ple[?]ts that the drag will leave the town Hall at 1.30 this afternoon…

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Lawn Tennis. the Davis Cup. Postponed Till To-day Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 6

The opening contests for the Davis Cup have been postponed until to-morrow (Saturday), owing to a severe thunderstorm, which was accompanied by heavy rain…

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Swimming. Healy's Record Equalled. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 November 1909 · page 4

The race for the 100 yards' Swimming Championship of the Sydney Swimming Club took Place at the new municipal baths in the Domain yesterday. The placing[?]…

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Sporting. Lawn Tennis. the Davis Cup Australians So Far Superior Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 November 1909 · page 4

There was a large attendance yesterday at the courts at Double Bay to witness the opening of the matches for the World's Tennis Championship the Davis Cup,…

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Boxing. Lightweight Championship. Meeghan Defeats M'gowan. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 4

At the Cyclorama this evening there was a large attendance to witness the contest for the lightweight championship of Australia between Hugble M[?]ghan, and…

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English Racing Season. Wootton's Splendid Year. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 4

Wltlt tlio aonoliudon of tlio Mnnohantor Novoinbor moallnu on Saturday, tlio TCnie lUh flnt-malnK nonnon far 1000 cnma to nn end. Tlio .ooiitiwt for, tlio kooiily-cnvotml. honor of liondlnit tlio lint of winning Jooknytt…

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Sporting. Lawn Tennis. the Davis Cup Retained by Australasia Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 4

The eight contest for the international tennis championship was continued to day on the New South Wales Tennis Association's Courts at Double Bay, when…

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Cricket Curios

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 4

Two hundred and eighty-six runs were once scored from a single hit. The incident happened in Australia, at a time when the rule was that a…

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