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Sport, 1893

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Cricket. the Australian Eleven in England. London, June 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 June 1893 · page 3

The match Australia v. England was resumed to-day. The Englishmen continued their innings. Shrewsbury and Storer scored rapidly. Storer was finely…

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Cricket. Australian Eleven in England. the Match Against England

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 July 1893 · page 3

With seven wickets down for 136 runs. the Australians resumed their second innings, having to make l61 runs to save a one innings defeat. Gregory, with 49, and…

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Football

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 2

The Corowa team administered a severe drubbing to the Alburyites on Saturday, defeating the border city representatives by 5 goals to 1…

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Football. FEDERALS v. COOLAMON

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 3

THE above match, which has been looked forward to with a deal of interest by members of both clubs, took place on Saturday last at Coolamon. The Federals met at the…

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Cricket. Australian Eleven in England. Australians v. North of England

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 July 1893 · page 2

The Australian Eleven continued their match at Manchester on Friday against the North of England, the latter having scored 271 in their first innings, while the…

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Albury Winter Races

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

FINE but extremely cold weather was associated with the Albury Racing Club's Winter Meeting, which eventuated on Tuesday. The attendance was a fairly large one,…

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Cricket. the Australian Eleven in England. London, July 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

The match between the Australian Eleven and Derbyshire was commenced. The weather was charming for cricket, and the ground in fine order for scoring. A large…

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Cricket. Australian Eleven in England. the Match Against Derbyshire

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 July 1893 · page 3

The Australian Eleven commenced the 18th match on their English programme at Derby on Monday, being opposed by the Derbyshire county eleven…

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Football

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 8

A MATCH took place in Goulburn between a country team and a team picked from the Goulburn clubs, which resulted in a draw, neither side scoring. Afterwards the team…

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Cricket. the Australian Eleven in England. London, July 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1893 · page 3

The match between the Australian Eleven and the County of Derbyshire was continued and concluded at Derby to-day, and resulted in a one innings victory for the Australians…

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Coursing

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 3

At the Albury Coursing Club's meeting on Saturday last the Marivale Oaks fell to Mistlctoe, by Neddy—Mignonette, the runner up being Need[?], by True Briton—…

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Cricket. the Australian Eleven in England. London, July 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 3

The Australians won the match against Leicestershire by an innings and 51 runs. Trott took eleven wickets and G. Giffen eight…

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Cricket. the Australian Eleven in England. the Match Against Leicestershire

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 July 1893 · page 3

The match against the Leicester County eleven was continued on Friday last, the county team following their innings, but failed to avert a one innings defeat, scoring…

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Football. COOTAMUNDRA v. MURRUMBURRAH

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 July 1893 · page 6

A match, which may be termed rather one-sided in favour of the local team, came off between the above clubs on the Park on Saturday afternoon. The weather was all…

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Coursing

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 3

AT the reading over of the card for the Waterloo Cup in Melbourne on Tuesday night Blackbird, by Kild Ahi-Sonnet, was backed to win £2000, and left off favorite at…

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Football. M[?]chanics v. COMMERCIALS

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 3

The clubs mentioned above met yesterday afternoon for the first time this season on the racecourse. Which the teams were lined up prior to the commencement of the game, it…

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Cricket. the Australian Eleven in England. London, July 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 July 1893 · page 3

The third match between the Australian Eleven and the County of Yorkshire was commenced to-day at Leeds. The weather was fine at starting, but the wicket was not…

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Coursing

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 2

Mr. S. Bladon's Bloomer, which won the Victorian Waterloo Cup yesterday, is a black and white bitch, by Livingstone—Bliss Lindsay Gordon, which ran up, is a fawn…

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Coursing Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 4

The Albury Coursing Club intend holding another meeting on the 3rd August. The Waterloo Cup meeting was concluded at Digger's Rest (Vic.) yesterday afternoon…

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Football Fixtures

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1893 · page 2

THE following matches have been arranged to be played by the local associated clubs during the month of July:—15th Federals v. Junee, at Junee…

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