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New England · Sport

Sport, 1897

348 stories in New England's papers · page 9 of 18

Football

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 3

The New Zealand football team yesterday defeated the Northern Rugby Union by 16 points to nil…

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Football

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 3

TOMORROW --Stonehenge and Wallaroos, Drake and I'enterfield Emmaville and Deepwater. NEW ZEALAND footballers passed through Glen Innes, en rente to Brisbane, yesterday morning…

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Football. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 5

THE football match at Bathurst, yesterday, between a team representing the metropolis and Western Union, was won by the latter by 28 points to 18 points…

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Football

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 3

New Zeal and defeated Newcastle by 16 to nil. The Albion team to play Hillgrove will be picked from the following:—M'Phee,…

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Football

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1897 · page 4
Also in Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser

THE first intercolonial match between New Zealand and Queensland was played at Brisbane last Saturday, in the presence of 10,000 spectators, and resulted in a win…

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Lawn Tennis

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1897 · page 2

A MEETING of the Tennis Club committee was held on Saturday evening. Present--Messrs. Glennie (chair), Snape, King, M'Kie, Thomas and the secretary…

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Swimming Championship. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 July 1897 · page 5

PERCY CAVILL won the five-mile swimmings championship of the world on the Thames…

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Football

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 3

The Shining Stars forfeited their badge match to Wallaroos on Saturday. The Maorilanders defeated Queensland on Saturday by 16 points to 5. The…

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Swimming. Championship of the World

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 July 1897 · page 2

The details of the five miles championship event shows that it was a splendid contest between Cavill and Green. At Barnes' Bridge the former…

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Football

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 2

BOOMERANGS and Wallaroos to-morrow. MR. J. J. WHYTE will take up a collection on the ground-proceeds to go to the Union fund. Enthusiasts please don't leave your purse on the…

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Football

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 3
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

The New Zealand footballers met the Queensland second sixteen at Brisbane yesterday, and won by sixteen points to five…

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Sketcher. Boxing Championships

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 1

The first descriptive report of a prize fight is attributed to Homer, who in the twenty-third book of the Iliad refers in [?]cumstantial detail to the Caestus fight, stween…

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Swimming in England. LONDON, July 19

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 3

SIXTEEN swimmers started in the race for the five-miles amateur championship of the world, which took place in the Thames on Saturday, and which was won by Percy…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company) Sydney. Thursday, 11.44 A.m. Football

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 July 1897 · page 3

The New South Wales Rugby Union last night decided that the match between the New Zealand team and the New England team, at Armidale, be altered to Tuesday,…

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Football

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 3

The New Zealanders defeated sixteen of Queensland at Brisbane on Thursday by 29 points to 5. The Narrabri Union-intend making a…

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Football

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 4
Also in Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser

THIS afternoon the great event of the football season will take place on the Armidale racecourse, when the representatives of the New England Rugby Football Union…

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The Wizard of the Cricket Field

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 2

As it is not unlikely that Glen Innes will be visited by Stoddart's Eleven during their Australian tour, it will interest readers of the Examiner to know that last season Prince…

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