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Sport, 1901

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1901 · page 2

Somersetshire has beaten Yorkshire by 279 runs. In the first innings Somersetshire only scored 87 runs, but in the second L. Palairet made 173, Braund 107, and F. Phillips 122…

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Sporting. Racing Fixtures

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 24 July 1901 · page 2

Murrumbidgee Race Club (Show Meeting)—August 24. Cootamundra Turf Club (Spring Meeting)—August 30…

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Football

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 4

A football match was played on the racecourse yesterday between the Superior Public School and St. Michael's School, and resulted in a win for the former by…

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Coursing. Wagga Dogs at Benalla, Benalla

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 4

The Benalla Coursing Club's coursing matches eventuated today. The Wagga contingent comprised four dogs. Fairlight and Darkness, owned by Mr. J…

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The Boxing Tragedy. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 2

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Otto Cribb, the pugilist. Eleven men have been arrested in connection with the affair, and are at present in…

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Football. PUBLIC v. Catholic School

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 3

Teams representing the [?] and Catholic schools met on the racecourse on Tuesday afternoon. The game resulted in a win for the Public school by 8 points, the…

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 3

Yerong Amateur Race Club. August 31. Corowa Race Club.—August 15. Murrumbidgee Race Club.—August 24. Cootamundra Turf Club.—August 30…

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Sandown Park Races. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 3

The above races were held to day. The following are the results:—Hurdle Race, two miles.—Boonal, 10st 6lb, 1…

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Strange Death of a Pugilist. Found Dead in Bed. After a Boxing Contest

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 July 1901 · page 3

Otto Cribb, one of the contestants in a boxing contest which has occupied a considerable amount of attention in pugilistic circles of late, and which took…

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Football

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 2

Football is receiving an impetus through recent diseterminations on the part of local clubs to send teams on tour. Gilmore is to be represented at…

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Methul Football Social

Coolamon Echo · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 3

On Friday night last Methul was all [?]in consequence of the footballers social—everybody seemed to de concerned about it, and without a doubt it was a…

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Pigmy, Medium, and Tall Races

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 5

Professor Arthur Thomson, in the August issue of "Knowledge," discusses the variation in height of different races, and we present here a few of the facts he advances…

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Boxing

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 3

In the contest at the Gaiety Athletic-hall, Sydney, on Monday night between Otto Cribb and "Mick" Dunn, Cribb was the aggressor throughout several rounds, and…

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Football

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 3
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Tho Queensland team broke their homeward journey at Armidale, and on Monday defeated a, team representing the New England Union by 30 points to 8. The…

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Cricket

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 9

THE second match of the season between Naradhun and Camp Plain was played on the 13th inst. on the Camp Plain ground. This was one of…

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The Fatal Boxing Match. Result of the Inquest

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 2

The inquest into the cause of the death on Tuesday morning, at Cliff House Hotel, Bondi, of Alfred Simpson, the puglist, was resumed on Thursday. Evidence was given…

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The Fatal Boxing Match. Verdict of Accidental Death

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 7

The inquest concerning the death of Alfred Simpson, otherwise known as Otto Gribb, which took place a few hours after he had taken part in a boxing…

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Pigmy, Medium, and Tail Races

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 6

Professor Arthur Thomson, in the August issue of "Knowledge," discusses the variation in height of different races, and we present here a few of the facts he advances…

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Rugby Football. GILMORE v. WAGGA

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 3

The Gilmore (Tumut) footballers will meet Wagga on the local racecourse on Saturday afternoon next. The following is the probable Wagga team:—A. Graham,…

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