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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1869

10 stories in Riverina's papers

Albury Regatta

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 13 February 1869 · page 2

An adjourned meeting was held at the Globe Hotel on Saturday evening last for the purpose of arranging for a regatta and other sports for St. Patrick's Day, when the…

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Gundagai Turf Club Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1869 · page 2

A SUDDEN appearance of racy and stable-minded individuals in our streets and on hotel verandahs on Monday and Tuesday last; a wonderful prevalence of horsey…

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Tumut Turf Club Races. First Day—wednesday

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 13 March 1869 · page 2

IN Tumut as in Gundagai horse racing is an institution which is generally admired and patronised, as was shown by the large number of interested spectators who thronged the…

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Country Races

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1869 · page 4

A writes in the 'Australasian' gives the following graphic account of a scene that he witnessed in a public house near a Victorian country race-course wehre an annual meeting…

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Gundagai Athletic Sports

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1869 · page 2

ThE company assembled at the Gundagai Athletic sports on Easter Monday, were fortunate in enjoying an interval of fair weather between two rain-storms. The…

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Tee International Yacht Races

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 7 August 1869 · page 3

The arrival of the first of the American yachts in British waters drow renowed attention to the international matches in which the English and Americans are to compete during the ensuing month. The Dauntless,…

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Bandwick Races. the Deaby Day. (From the Herald.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 11 September 1869 · page 2

THE racing was excellent. The great event of the day—The Derby—was as fine a contest as any lover of the Turf would wish to see; and the struggle between Sir William and…

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Original Correspondence. All communications to this Journal must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer. No notice will be taken of anonymous' communications, and no rejected communications will be returned. Wagga Wagga Cricket Club. (To the Editor of the W. W. Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 16 October 1869 · page 3

SIR,—The second Thursday in October has passed, and no general meeting of the above club has been convened. What doesthismean? Does our energetic Secretary intend to let the…

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The Seven Ages Of-cricket. (From Melbourne Punch.) Dedicated to the M.C.C.

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 30 October 1869 · page 4

All the world's a cricket match, And all the men and children merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time playes many parts,…

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Melbourne Races. Fourth Day

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Saturday 13 November 1869 · page 4

ACTIVE proceedings commenced with the All-Age Stakes, for which but three oat of the six on the card weighed out, the pen having been drawn through the…

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