Cricket
The annual meeting in connection with the Coolac Cricket Club was held on Saturday night last in a room kindly lent by Mr. G. Hill at his residence. There was a fair…
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Sporting. Football
The Gobarrolong footballers journeyed to Coolac on Saturday last and defeated the local club by 6 points to nil, after a fast and exciting contest. W. Callan scored both…
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THE Tarcutta team played here on Saturday a return match against the Jubilee team. The ground was very sloppy, and it rained all the time. The game resulted in a win for the local…
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Lancashire has won the championship for 1897 in the English county cricks matches. Efforts are being made to secu[?]0a visit of Stoddart's team of English cricketers to…
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The third football match between the Tarcutta and Adelong jubilee boys (says our Tarcutta, correspondent) took place on 28th August and was the most exciting…
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The afternoon's sport was ushered in with the running of the Hurdle Rice, for which eight were stripped. Only two of the runners Alarm Me and Moonlight, were backed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tumbarumba. (From Our Correspondent.) Cricket
Last Week the first cricket match of the season was played on the looal grsund, against the Glenroy Club. It was a one innings match, and resulted in a victory for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sad Racing Fatality. Death of Mr. E. J. WILSON
WIDESPREAD regret was expressed on all sides on Saturday last whan it was reported that Mr. B. J. Wilson had been very seriously injured when riding Moonlight in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →T[?]yal. (From Our Correspondent.) the Cricket Club
The annual meeting of the Tooyal Cricket Club was held a few days ago, Mr. W. Parmenter occupyinu the [?] The b.[?] ance sheet and aunuul report were read…
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THE final meeting of the Wagga Coursing' Club was h[?]ld at the club's plumpton ground, Lake Albert, yestorday, when soma fine courses were run. Messrs. W. Cummings…
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The annual general meeting of the Ganmain Cricket Club was held on Saturday last. There were a large number of members present and the interest displayed…
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Percy Cavill, the Australian swimmer, has accepted J. H. Tyres' challenge to swim, for the long-distance championship, and also for a race in the sea at Blockpool…
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The monthly golf competition comes off next Wednesday…
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The old Tennis club have taken up their asphalt courts and replaced them with a rotten granite surface, whioh will be a great improvement. The cost of alterations…
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A meeting of the Downside Cricket Club was held at the residence of Mr J. Cullen an Saturday last. The report and balance sheet showed a fair balance to the credit of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tumbarumba. (From Our Correspondent.) Alpine Cricket Club
The Alpine Cricket Club committee met at Blomleys Hotel on Wednesday evening. Present—Dr. Johnstone (in the chair), Dr. Maws, Messrs. W. H. Russell, H. Smith, J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Races. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)
SIR,—Seeing that two persons have been killed in two years at the same spot on the racecourse, I think it about time the jump was moved. Put it further back so that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Racing Fatality Sermon by Rev. R. Jennings
At St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday evening Rev. R. Jennings preached a sermon appropriate to the fatality which occurred on the Wagga lacecourse on the 4th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Football Socials. the Adult and Juvenile Events. Both Gatherings Well Attended
ALTHOUGH previous football socials in Gundagai have been successful, and attended with a generous public support, last week's socials in aid of the local Football Club…
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