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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Races. Berrigan Meeting Next

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3

Every preparation has been made for the Berrigan races, which take place next Wednesday, and as good entries have been received an interesting days sport…

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Cricket Albury and Border Association

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

The third rund of the competition will be commenced on Saturday afternoon, when Wodonga will meet the Railway on the Albury Sports Ground. at 2.15 sharp…

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Boxing M'vea to Fight Langford Again Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 4

Arrangements have been made for another match between M'Vea and Langford. The fight is to take place on Anniversary Day, January 26…

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International Tennis. The Davis Cup. Retained by Australia

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 2

The contests for the Davis Cup took place on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and, as intimated in our last issue, resulted in a win for Australia…

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Tennis. the Davis Cup Won by Australia. Christchurch

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 23

Rain fell during the morning, but the court was covered, and it was unaffected. Yesterday's play aroused the greatest enthusiasm locally, consequently the…

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Albury Racing Club. Rowdy Annual Meeting. Mr.wilks and the Chairman

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 41

Extraordinary interest was manifested in the annual meeting of the Albury Racing Club, which took place in the Town Hall on Friday night. This interest was…

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Cricket

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

The return match between the married and single members of H.H. Association was played on New Year’s Day. Both teams were strengthened by the inclusion…

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Morago Races

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 2

The Morago Club‘s annual ra Sew Year's Day attracted a large visitors, and the day's racing very enjoyable one. In the maj…

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A Football Story

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 4

A good story is told of a youth who an his way to a football match met a[?] friend and inquired if he was also going. The friend replied that be had…

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Cricket Barracking in Australia. Fills Cricketers with Tempt. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

In a letter written to the "Evening News" and published yesterday evening, J. B. Hobbs, a member of P. F. Warner's cricket team now in Australia, strongly…

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Boxing Recovery of Wolgast. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 4

Wolgast, who was injured in the boxing arena recently, is now rapidly recovering, and hopes to re-enter the ring in July next…

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Swimming. a New Australian Record. for 100 Yards. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 4

At the State Championship Swimming Carnival on Saturday, Longworth won the 100 yards and 880 yards events. The time, 56 4-5 sec., for the former distance…

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Cricket England v. Geelong. Geelong

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 January 1912 · page 4

On Saturday the cricket match between England and a Geelong team was continued on the Oval. The Englishmen's first innings closed for 285. At the…

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Home Rule Foe Ireland. Mr. Churchill's Preface to Pamphlet. First Milestone to Unity of English-speaking Races. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 January 1912 · page 2

Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in a preface to a pamphlet on Home Rule, written by Mr. J. MacVeagh, Nationalist M.P. for South…

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Rugby Football. an Australasian Match Postponed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

The severe snow storms experienced in Scotland and England are affecting sporting fixtures. The Rugby football match between the…

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Boxing Jack Johnson and Flynn. Opposition to Fight in Nevada. Salt Lake City

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

Bitter opposition is being evinced to the bout between Jack Johnson and Flynn throughout Nevada. The State legislative will probably be convened to deal…

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Cricket

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 5

A meeting of the Rutherglen District Cricket Association was held on Monday, 8th January, at Allen's Star Hotel Rutherglen. Delegates from…

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Late Sporting. Tubbarumba Annual Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 45

The first day's racing in connection with the Tumbarumba Turf Club took place on Wednesday. The weather was line, and the arrangements were carried…

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The Funny Men of the Cricket Field

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 38

It was an open secret that not only Australians, but the men already picked for the English cricket team greatly desired the inclusion of Mr. Walter Brearley, not…

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Story of Officers. Football Match the Cause. London, January 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 42

The officers of the Scottish Regiment in camp at Longmoor deny that their was a mutiny yesterday. As to the pugilistic encounter between the officer and private…

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