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Sport, 1902

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Football

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

THE competition, after a lapse of three weeks, will be resumed next Saturday, when Norwoods and Deepwater are billed to try conclusions on the local ground. The game…

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Table Tennis

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

A MOVEMENT last been initiated for the formation of a table tenuis club in Glen Innes, and with this object in view a meeting will he held at the School of Arts on…

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Sporting Mems. FOOTBALL

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 5

ON Saturday last teams representing New South Wales and Queensland met in Sydney in a struggle for supremacy. The Governor and suite were present on the…

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Racing Fatality. Sydney, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

WHILST taking part in the Walter. Handicap at the Forest Lodge Pony races to-day, the pontes Gip and Ping Pong fell, the latter being killed. The rider of…

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Late Sporting. Football. Warwick v. TENTERFIELD

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

ON Saturday a local team journeyed to Warwick to try. conclusions with the Queenslanders." The local team were met on their arrival and driven to the ground…

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The O.R.J.O. Races

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 3

THE annual tryst of our sporting neighbours at Grafton will eventuate on the 23rd and 24th instant, and judging by reports in our contemporaries, the meeting should be…

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Latest News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] Racing Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 5

AT the Forest Lodge races, to-day, in rounding the turn for home Gip ran off. In doing so she interfered with Ping Pong. Both horses fell. Ping…

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Football

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 6

Referring to ex-Armidale Schoolboy Finley'e play in the match New Siiuth Wales v. Queensland in Sydney on Saturday the 'News' says:…

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Cricket Averages

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 5

Trumper beads the batting list infirst-class cricket averages in England; and Trumble the bowling…

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Sporting Notes. Cricket

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 4

The curious incident at Lord's recently, when a sparrow was struck by the ball, recalls many similar episodes which figure in the records of the tented field. Swallows, of course, have…

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Lawn Tennis. Matches at Armidale

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 5

Saturday last was a gala day on the courts of the Armidale Tennis Association, when players from Black Mountain and Coningdale measured…

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International Cricket. AUSTRALIANS v. GLOUCESTER

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 July 1902 · page 5

In the match Australians v. Gloucester, the latter scored 155. The Australians have no wickets down for 111—Trumper 83 (not out)…

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Golf

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon an interesting interdistrict golf match was played on the local links between teams representing the Armidale and Glen Innes golf clubs, resulting in a win for the former…

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Tennis

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 3

ON Saturday last on the local courts, the representatives of the Armidale Tennis Association met the players of Black Mountain and Coniugdale in a…

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Football

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

THE following will represent the Norwoods in the match against Deepwater to-morrow afternoon:--A. Brown, back; S. Whyte, Ferguson, J. Kelly, three-qunrters ; Mat…

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LONDON, Tuesday. Swimming in England

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

In the Five Hundred Yards' Swimming Championship at Walsall Baths last night, Billington was first in record time, 6 min 25 2-5 sec. R. Cavill was second, covering…

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Late Sporting. FOOTBALL

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 3

In the Football Match in Sydney on Wednesday afternoon Queensland defeated the second New South Wales fifteen by 15 points to 5. Two of the…

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Cricket Averages. London

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

In the first class cricket averages for this season, Trumper heads the batting with 45.25, Ranjitsinbji being next with 44.25. Trumble heads the bowling with…

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Big Cricket Scores. LONDON

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

Seventeen centuries were made in six first-class matches played on Monday and Tuesday. Ranjitsinjhi made 234 not out for…

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Golf

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon an interesting inter-district golf match was played on the Glen Innes links between teams representing the…

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