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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Sport

Sport, 1899

112 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 6

Wallen Races

The Moree News · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 1

The Wallon annual races commenced yesterday and continued throughout the day Wallon Creek has always re[?]good patronage for the annual meeting -- which is held…

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Wallon Races

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 3

The races at Wallon, which had to be postponed from January 1st, in consequence of the drought, were most successful on Thursday and Friday. The rains of last month…

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Moree Races Annual Meeting

The Moree News · Friday 24 March 1899 · page 2

The annual race meeting of the Moree Racing Club was held on Tues- day and Wednesday last. The weath- er was fine throughout, perhaps a little…

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Cricket. NARRABRI v. MOREE

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1899 · page 2

The Narrabri cricketers journeyed to Moree on Thursday to return the match played early in the season in Narrabri. A start was made about 2.30. W. Coleman…

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Hawkesbury Races

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 3

Park Stakes.—Bonnie Doon 1, Stoddart 2, May Morn 3. Clarendon Handicap.—Valorous 1, Dan O'Connell 2, Nuka 3…

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Football Meeting

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1899 · page 3

The animal general meeting of the Gwydir Pirates Junior Football Club was held on Wednesday evening last, at Kirkby'a Criterion hotel…

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Sandow'a First Boxing Lesson

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1899 · page 1

Here is a good story of Sandow, the "Strong Man." It seems that, in spite of his many wonderful feats of strength, he had never studied the art of scientific…

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Sporting Notes. A.J.C. Autumn Racing

The Moree News · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 2

The fourth day of the above meeting took place on Saturday, with the appended results:-- Rous Handicap-- The Rock I, Loch…

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Moree Tennis Club

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 3

The annual meeting of the member of the Moree Tennis Club was held at Kirky's Criterion Hotel, on Wednesday night. Present: Messrs Jenkins (chair), Ridley, Bice…

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Cricket

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 3

Playing against Leicestershire, Lockwood and Brockwell, the Surrey professionals, accomplised some phenomenal bowling. The former took…

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Cricket

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 May 1899 · page 3

The Australians commenced a match to-day against Essex. The team is not by any means a strong one. Nine wickets of Essex fell for 148. Trumble…

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[?]Ingerang Races

The Moree News · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

The race held here on the 12th inst were a decided success. The day was must enjoyable, the ra[?] good, and the attendance excellent. The following here the officials…

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Sporting Notes. Tamworth Races

The Moree News · Friday 19 May 1899 · page 2

The annual [?]ting of the above club was com[?] on Tuesday last. The west[?] was beautiful the fields large, and the racing successful. Appended are the result:--…

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Football

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 3

PRACTICE match this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Big muster! NAVY and turq[?] are the colors selected. The new jerseys, presented by…

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Cricket

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 May 1899 · page 3

A match was commenced yesterday by the Australians against the following team--Jack Hearne, A. Jones, Baruup, Gum, Shrewsbury, Albert…

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Randwick Races

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 May 1899 · page 3

Hurdle Race.—Kiora 1, Bertie 2, Hinau 3 Amateur Stakes.—Chesterina 1, Wat Tyler 2, Residue. Royal Stakes.—Caledonia 1, Dozon 2, Coal…

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Football. Moree [?] Narrabri

The Moree News · Friday 26 May 1899 · page 2

The football match Narrabri Rovers [?] Gwydir Pirate, wax played on the Moree ground yesterday morning. The name wm very one-sided, the visitors play…

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Football

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 3

IN Sydney on Saturday, Wallaroos beat Marrackville by 14 points to nil; Sydney defeated Pirates by 6 to nil; Rundwick defeated Buccancer 19 points…

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Football Match. Moreev. Narrabri

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1899 · page 2

On Thursday morning last, the town of Moree was startled by the fact that a football match was at last to take place. The Narrabri Rovers had journeyed to this town…

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Football

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 June 1899 · page 3

IN Sydney on Saturday Pirates defeated University by 5 points to 3 ; Randwick boat Marrickville, 10. points to 3; and Wallaroo downed Sydney, 18 to 3…

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