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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1913

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Boxing, "Kid" Lewis Featherweight Champion. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 October 1913 · page 6

A boxing match for the featherweight championship of England took place at the National Sporting Club last night. The contestants were "Kid" Lewis and…

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GOLF. £100 Tournament in England. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 4

The "News of the World" £400 golf tournament was commenced on the Walton Heath links yesterday. Herry Vardon and Edward Ray are absent in the…

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Cricket. Annual Meeting A. and H. Association

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 4

The annual meeting of ther Albury and Border Cricket Association was held at the Town Hall last night, Presents Colonel Wilkinson (chair), and Messrs, H. C,…

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Golf Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 5

At the animal tournament of the Victoria Golf Club last week Mrs. W. E. Conners won second prize in the Country Championship, and Miss E…

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Rutherglen Show Races

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 22

Nominations, have been sent in as follows for the show races to be held at Rutherglen on 16th inst. Maiden Plate, of 10 sovs., five furlongs…

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Wahgunyah Tennis Club. Presentation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 5

On Monday afternoon last a large number of members of the above club assembled at the court for the purpose of making a presentation to Mr. A. D…

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Cricket. Rutherglen Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 6

Several lover of the fine old English game of cricket met at the star Hotel, Rutherglen, last week. The secretary submitted the balance sheet for the past…

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Tricks of Racing Air-men

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 20

At the present time engaged in a strenuous fight to outdo each other in the production of a machine that can break the standing aerial records. For an aeroplane…

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Boxing in America. New York, October 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 47

"Sam" Langford and "Joe" Jennette, the two coloured boxing rivals, met in a ten-rounds bout at Madison Square Gardon in this city, on Friday night…

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The Cricket Season. Kittagora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I went to the Ganmain Show. There were a lot of horses down there, and I took a pony down with me, and it got second prize. Most of the…

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Girls at Cricket. Avondale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is a long time since I wrote to you. The cricketers of Tooyal had a match between them, and the girls played the Coolamon girls…

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Racing Sensation. Action by Stipendiary Steward

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 6

Quite a sensation amongst the sporting fraternity was caused on the first morning of the Young spring races owing to the action of Mr. Norman V…

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Cricket. South Albury V. Railway

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 4

The team to represent South Albury in a match with Railway on Grammer School ground to-morrow afternoon will be chosen from, Hickey, Eames, Halladale,…

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Sporting. Golf. English £100 Tournament. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 4

The "News of tho World" £400 golf tournament was continued on the links at Walton Heath yesterday. In the third round R. G. Wilson, George Duncan, James Braid, and T. Walt…

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Lawn Tennis. Border Challenge Shield. Albury V. Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 5

The postponed match between the above clubs will take place of the local courts to-morrow(Saturday), play being timed to commence at 1.30 p.m…

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Lawn Tennis. Macpherson, the Russian, Beats Quill of N.Z. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 October 1913 · page 4

In the European courts tennis championship at Dulwich, Macpherson, the Russian player, beat Quill, the New Zealander, 6—2, 6—4…

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Cricket. Albury Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 6

The Albury Club will open their season with a match against Thurgoona to-day. Members of the team are advised that a cab will leave the post office at…

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Boxing, Welsh Beats Hyland. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 6

"Freddy" Welsh, lightweight champion of England, defeated "Dick" Hyland, at Butte City, America, on Thursday, in 12 rounds…

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£400 Golf Tournament, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 6

The final match in the "News of the World" £400 golf tournament was played on Thursday' on the Walter. Heath links, between James Braid (Walton Heath) and…

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Lawn Tennis. Border Challenge Shield. Albury V. Corowa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 6

The postponed match between the above clubs will take place on the Corowa courts to-day, play being timed to commence at 1.30 p.m. Considerable…

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