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Sport, 1896

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 7
Also in Wagga Wagga Advertiser

Stockinbingal Cootamandra to-day. In our advertisement column, the acting-secretary of the Springfield cricket club (Mr. Quinn) announces a meeting to be held on…

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Municipal Races

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 8

I FIND that the Nuggetty horse, Bluestone, has been taken to Sydney on the quiet by the mining push, and is being trained by Teddy Keys at Randwick on the tan track…

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Muttama Annual Races

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 7

The Muttama Jockey Club held their first annual meeting on Saturday last, and I may say without a doubt, they were exceedingly good. It being their first meeting the prizes…

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Cricket

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 2

It is not improbable that Coningham will be selected to play for New South Wales against South Australia at the end of this month. M'Kibbon bowled with deadly effect against…

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Cricket Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 February 1896 · page 3

The Carlton (Melbourne) Cricket Team registered a World's record on Saturday when they completed their first innings against Melbourne University for a total of…

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The Turf. Junee Racing Club

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 4

The following are the handicaps for the Junee Cup, to be run on 19th instant :— Junee Cup, 1¼ mile—Escapade 9 12, Catspaw 8 8, Orient 8.4, Early Mora 8st,…

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Cricket. Cootamundra V. Stockinbingal

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 4

A friendly match [?] the above clubs was played [?] Park on Saturday last, and resulted in an easy win for the home time by 43 runs. The visitors batted…

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Swimming

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 2

A meeting of the Council of the New South Wales Swimming Association was held on Monday night at the Sydney Natatorium to deal with a…

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Cricket Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 2

The Wagga team will journey to Coolamon on Saturday to meet the local eleven. The personnel of the Wagga team will probably be announced in our next issue…

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The Cricket Team

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 3

The Cricket Council have upheld the decision of their selection committee. Another quid will be added to the team, but it will not be Turner but Lyons. Some of the…

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Summary of Sport. the Cootamundra Races. Elton Wins the Cup and Plate

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 2

THE much looked for meeting of the Cootamundra Turf Club opened on Wednesday under very unfavorable climate conditions. The weather had been showery all through Tuesday night, and…

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Cricket

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 3

In connection with Carltons record total, and Worral's mammoth, individual score, it must not be overlooked that the ground on what they were obtained is rather a small…

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Fashion at the Races

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 2

Cup Day being hopelessly wot, all the pretty gowns and bonnets which their fair owners intended to grace the lawn in, had to remain hanging in the wardrobes,…

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Cricket. Record Scoring in Melbourne

The Worker · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 2

There was great excitement in Melbourne on Saturday last over the Pennant cricket matches. The wickets were in grand order, and high scoring was the order of the day…

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The Cricket Team for England. Interview with Mr. J. C. Waine. the Exclusion of Turner

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 4

"I don't think I am betraying any confidence," said Mr. Waine, who returned to Sydney from Melbourne, after attending the recent meeting of the Australasian Cricket…

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Dr. Grace on Cricket

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1896 · page 4

DR. Grace, writing in the January number of the Church Monthly on cricket, recommends the game to the working classes as the most educational. of open-air pastimes…

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 5

A team of the Bethungra "knights of the willow" journeyed out to Mitta on Saturday last and gave a team of that place a drubbing in the return match. Bethungra was…

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Cricket

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 February 1896 · page 3

A match will be played on Saturday, on the racecourse, between Newtown and Luke Albert. The following will represent the Lake—Wilson (4), Graham, Angel, Gray,…

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 5

In a match last Friday Jack Lyons, the South Australian cricketer, put up 195 runs in 80 minutes. HAMBSTEAD V. STOCKINBINGAL…

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