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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1917

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Coursing at Finley

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 2

The champion state of the Finley Coursing Club was decided on Wednesday. There Was a large crowd in attendance and hares were in abundance, and a good day's…

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Matting Wickets. Cricket Grounds in South Africa

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 August 1917 · page 4

The well-known cricketer, Mr. M. O. Bird, contributes a chatty paper to the Wonder Magazine on the question of matting wickets…

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Big Coursing Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

To-day will be a big day on the local plumpton, when the inter-State Test Stake and the Riverine Challenge will engage attention. Aristocrats in the…

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Tennis Tournament

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 3

Tennis players throughout the district are reminded that a Patriotic Tournament will be held on the Corowa court on Thursday. Friday and Saturday,…

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Corowa Races

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 3

Entries closed for the Corowa Races last Thursday, and the very excellent total of 175 was received for the twelve races…

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Coursing

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 2

The Test stake, run at Corowa on Tuesday and yesterday, resulted in a win for the Corowa representative, White Verse, who in the final led…

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Football. the Semi-final Matches

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 3

The semi-final matches in connection With the football association were to have been played on Saturday last, when Coree was to have…

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Corowa Coursing Club. Inter-state Test and Riverina Challenge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 3

OFFICIALS.-- Patrons: Messrs. H. Hay and Rev. Hickey: President: Mr. J. J. Knight; Vice-presidents: Messrs. J. White, G. Fackrell, T…

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Football. Continuation School v. Grammar School

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 43

The last game of the first round of schools football competition was contested on the Albury sports ground on Saturday. Rain fell throughout the…

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Southern District Racing Association. Cutting Out Unregistered Meetings

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

The eighth annual meeting was held at Cootamundra on Thursday, 16th inst., the president (Mr. F. J. Belbridge) presiding…

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Golf. Weekly Competition

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 2

On Saturday last the first four rounds of the Berrigan Golf Club’s championship were played, concurrent with which a singles’ stroke…

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Football. Competition Matches

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 3

Diagnated with the meeting of the football association last. week the Mairjimmy team did not visit Finley on Saturday last. It will be…

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Golf

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 43

On the local links on Saturday the bogey competition was won by. Mr. R. A. Callum (8) with a card of 3 down. Mr. A. A. Burt was second with 5 down. As yet the…

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Football

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

A number of footballers representing Tocumwal visited Cobram on Saturday last and played a friendly game with the locals. Toke did not…

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Tennis Tournament

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

A patriotic tennis tournament will be held under the suspices of the Corowa Tennis Club on Thursday, Friday and Saturday next, on the local court. The…

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The Football Premiership

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 45

Last night at the Hibernian Hall a complimentary social was tendered to the team winning the schools' football premiership —the Christian Brothers' College team…

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Football. Continuation School v. Christian Brothers' College

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 43

The series of premiership games in connection with the schools' competition concluded on the sports ground on Saturday. The weather, was fine and warm, and there…

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£100 Hat as a Football

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 6

The following story of Mr Alfred Broadwood is told by Mr. Caton Woodville in his recollections. One day be and a friend were in…

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Corowa Races. Review of the Racing

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 3

This year the Corowa Show had all the luck as regards weather. The two Show days were simply perfect, but on Thursday morning the first day of the…

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Corowa Coursing Club

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 September 1917 · page 2

The final meeting of the season of the local club is announced to be held on Wednesday, 12th inst., for which a most attractive programme has been framed…

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