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Sport, 1912

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G.V. Football Association

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 2

Tocumwal journeyed to Katunga and suffered there second defeat, the scores being Katunga 6.6, Tocumwal 1.3. The game was played in…

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Lawn Tennis. Albury and Border Association Albury V. Wagga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 4

Mr. J. D. M'Donnell, secretary of the Alburr and Border Association,' received a wire yesterday stating that the Wagga club would send a team to Albury on…

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Racing in England. Lord Derby's Gift to Frank Wootton. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 June 1912 · page 4

Lord Derby has made a valuable presentation to the Australian crack jockey, Frank Wootton, who has ridden for him for the last two seasons…

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Half Holiday Football

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 2

The match on Wednesday between No. 1 and No.3 teams drew a lair crowd of spectators The ground was in good playing order with a breeze favouring…

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Boxing. Jack Johnson and Flynn. La Suegas

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

Jack Johnson lias agreed to use a 17ft. ring in his fight with Flynn. It is now believed that Governor M'Donald will not interfere to stop the fights…

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Sporting. Football To-days Big Game

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 June 1912 · page 4

Everything points to a large number of townspeople availing themselves of-today's special train to see the old rivals, Albury and Rutherglen, struggle for…

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Swimming. King's Cup at Bath. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 4

Dr. Morris (London) Won the King's Cup at Bath. Champion, the New Zealand swimmer. was second, but was disqualified for fouling. leaving Blatternock and…

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Accidents on Football Field. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 4

Campbell. playing against New Zealand yesterday, had his ankle broken by a sick. He was taken to the hospital. Broomham. in the same game, was also…

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Sporting. Football. 0. and M. Association

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 4

United Miners (S.10) beat Corowa (3.6). Lake Rovers (7.9) beat Howlong (6.10)…

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Lawn Tennis. Wilding Wins Championship. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 4

Wilding won the tennis championship in London. Fortzheim was scratched in the final…

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English County Cricket. a Batch of Centuries. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 June 1912 · page 3

The present round of county matches has resulted in quite a crop of centuries. At Lords today Frank Tarrant scored 140 for Middle ex against Essex,…

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Football. Rutherglen District Association

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the committee of the above association was held on Wednesday, Mr. Taylor (president) presiding Delegates were also present…

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Sporting Football O. and M. Association

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 4

The above competition is now reaching a very interesting stage, Albury, Rutherglen and .Lake Rovers having won the same number of games. Next Saturday…

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Boxing. Jack Read Downs Frank Frank Thorn. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 4

Frank Thorn, of Victoria, and Jack Read, of Summer park, fought at Newcastle this morning. The go was the best seen here for years. Scott, the Sydney…

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Football. Rutherglen District Association. United Miners V. Corowa. Miners (8.10) Beat Corowa (3.5)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 3

The above teams met at Southern on Saturday last, and the game resulted in a win for the Miners by a substantial majority. There were but very few…

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Football

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 2

The following are the results of the Victorian League football matches played in Melbourne on Saturday last:— South Melbourne 9 goals 12 behinds…

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Sporting. Boxing. World's Middle-weight Championship. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 6

A notable boxing carnival is being held at Dieppe. On Sunday Ledoux, a Frenchman, met and defeated "Digger" Stanley for the…

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Football. New Zealand Defeats New South Wales

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 2

New Zealand defeated New South Wales by 11 points to 7…

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Sudden Death at Rutherglen. Football Treasurer Drops Dead

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 6

At the close of the football match on Saturday between Rutherglen and Albury, Mr. Middleditch, the treasurer of the Rutherglen club, who had been acting as…

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Sporting Football O. and M. Association. Albury V. Balldale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 June 1912 · page 6

It was decided last night to postpone the selecting of the Albury team for Saturday's match against Balldale until later in the week. The committee are alive to…

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