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Sport, 1899

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 4

Coolamundra Turf Club Annual Meeting, February 8th and 9th. Juuce Racing Club Annual Meeting, Feb. 15th and 19tn…

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Tumbarumba (Ergm Our Correspondent.) the Races

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 4

THE races, the results of which appeared in the "Advertiser" of Saturday last, came off on Anniversary Day, and were an unqualified success; the fields were not large,…

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Cale News. Later Cables. Through Reuter's Agency. Anglo-indian Cricket. an Amateur Team for India. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 5

Prince Banjitsinjhi has expressed his intention of taking a team of English amateur cricketers to Indian after the close of the English cricketing season. They will…

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Swimming

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

F. Lane won the 300yds President's Cup at the Palace Emporium Swimming Club's carnival in Sydney on Saturday, defeating H. Smith and C. Proudfoot. Lane broke…

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Wagga Swimming Club

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3
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A MEETING of the committee of the above club was held at the Commercial Hotel on Friday last, Mr. W. J. Gormly in the chair. Others present were:—Messrs E. Bellair,…

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Cricket

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

Next Saturday a team from the Wagga C.C. will journey to Brucedale to meet the local club in a friendly game. A start will be made from "The Corner" at 1.30 p.m…

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Sale of Racing Rights

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

ON Saturday, at noon, Mr. T. C. Humphrys sold the rights in connection with the Annual Race Meeting of the Junee. Racing Club. The prices…

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Wagga Cricket Club

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 4
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A general meeting of the Wagga Cricket Club was held at the School of Arts on Friday night Mr. O. A. Willians presiding…

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Coolamon Cricket Club

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 4

A general meeting of the Coolamon Cricket Club was held at Phillip's Hotel on Friday last. Mr. C. J. Bissel (vice president) was in the chair and…

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

Cootamundra Turf Club Annual, Meeting, February 8th and 9th. Junee Racing Club Annual Meeting, Feb. 15th and 16th…

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Correspondence. We do not necessarily endow the opinions of our Correspondents. Cricket in Wagga. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1899 · page 3

SIR,—Allow me to place before you an outsider's impressions of cricket "as it is conducted in Wagga." The first thing a cricket enthusiast notices on coming to Wagga is…

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Cricket Notes

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 4

At a meeting of the Tumut Cricket Association on Saturday night last the election committee picked the following 14 men, from which an eleven will be finally…

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An English Football Team. the Tour Abandoned. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 3

The proposed tour of an English team of footballers to Australia has been abandoned, owing to the terms being deemed unsatisfactory by the committee appointed to carry…

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Cootamundra Races

Coolamon Echo · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 4

There was a great gathering at the above races on Wednesday and Thursday, the racing being good. First day’s racing—Flying Handicap, Sweet…

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Sale of Racing Rights

Coolamon Echo · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 2

ON Saturday, at noon, Mr. T C. Humphrys sold the rights in connection with the Annual Race Meeting of the Junee facing Club. The prices…

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Illabo Jottings. CRICKET

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 2

IN association cricket Illabo won from Junce by 11 runs, scoring 188 (Crowther, not out, 103, myers 30, Johns 15, Mckenzie 11) to Junee's 177 (Cole 42, Kelly 33,…

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Methul—Berry Jerry Cricket

Coolamon Echo · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 3

Our Methuf correspondent writes :— The Berry Jerry cricketers having engaged Methul to play a friendly game on their ground our boys journeyed thither…

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Narandera Cricket Club. Presentation of Trophies

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 5

A meeting of the Narandera Cricket Club was held on Tuesday evening at Cox's Royal Hotel, Mr. J. F. Willans, president, in the chair…

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