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Sport, 1918

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Tennis. Tournament at Urana

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 43

The annual lawn tennis tournament took place at Urana during the week past, extending from Wednesday till Saturday. The tournament had associated with it…

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Tennis. Henty Defeats Bucki

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 4

In dull but fine weather, Henty met the "Bucki"' Tennis Club in a return match on the latter's court on Wednesday afternoon. There were a large number of…

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Boxing Dempsey Outs Pelkey Denver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 4

Dempsey knocked out Pelkey in the first round last night…

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Football Notes. Rutuerglen and Murray Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 4

On Saturday the Freehold Ramblers visited Corowa and bad a rather easy win. The scores were: -- Ramblers, 8 goals 11 behinds to Border's 8 goats 7…

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Old Racing Celebrity

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 June 1918 · page 2

The racing career of the late Stephen Mahon is sketched by “Musket” in last issue of “The Weekly Times.” The writer says:“ In the eighties the…

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Tennis

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1918 · page 4

A team of six men will come from Wagga by express this morning and will play a team from St. Patrick's on St. Patrick's courts…

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Boxing Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1918 · page 4

An exciting contest took place at the Hippodrome last night between Colin Bell and George Cook. The latter won on points at the end of ten rounds…

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Limitation of Racing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1918 · page 4

The allotment of 82 racing fixtures to South Australia, 284 to Victoria, 477 to Queensland, and 716 to New South Wales for the season 1918-19 was the subject of…

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Sporting. Football C.b.c. Beats High School

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 June 1918 · page 4

The game between the Christian Brothers' College and High School on the Albury Sports Ground on Saturday was witnessed by a fair crowd. The game,…

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Coursing Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 3

W. Dean had an unsuccessful trip to Werribee last week with Bully King and Kurrajong. The latter had to be drawn owing to an accident, and…

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North-Eastern Racing Association

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 3

The annual meeting of the North Eastern District Racing Association was held at Seymour on Friday, 10 clubs being represented. The report…

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Sporting. Football Albury Clerks Defeat Corowa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 June 1918 · page 4

There was a good attendance at the Albury Sports Ground yesterday afternoon to witness the above match. Corowa, who were minus some of their best…

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Coursing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 4

The Corowa judge, Mr. J. White, will have a busy time, and some quick travelling during the month. He judges at Rooty will to-morrow and Friday…

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North-Eastern Racing Association

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 4

The annual meeting of the North-Eastern District Racine Association, was held at Seymour on Friday, 10 clubs being represented. The report stated that the…

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Racing Clubs' Liability Bookmakers Must Produce Receipts for Betting Tax

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 5 June 1918 · page 4

At a meeting of the Albury Race Club committee last night Mr. F. J. Belbridge said that under the provisions of the Betting Act. bookmakers, before being…

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Henty Tennis Club

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 4

On Monday the Wagga Half Holiday Tennis Club were the guests of the Henty Club. Before luncheon some interesting tennis resulted. Henty's best two men being…

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Coursing at Berrigan. the President’s Stake

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 2

The second meet of the Berrigan Coursing Club was held yesterday, when fourteen dogs competed for the President’s stake. The result…

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Tennis. Annual Patriotic Tournament

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 6 June 1918 · page 3

The annual tournament of the Berrigan Tennis Club, which took place on Thursday Friday and Saturday last, was one of the most…

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Coursing Notes. Benalla

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 3

The meeting of the above club was held on Monday, when there was a large attendance of coursing representatives present, in fact one of the best…

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Football

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 3

Border met the Lake Rovers at Barkley Park, Rutherglen, on Saturday last. The Lake proved the better team, and won by 10.9 to 4.5. Mr. Johns…

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