Sporting Notes. Races to Come
Ganmain Racing Club.—May 13. Cootamundra Turf Club—May 14. Wagga Amateur.—May 20 and 21. Chiltern—May 25…
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Cricket in England. LONDON, May 11
In the cricket match between Yorkshire and Northamptonshire, the former scored 356 in the first innings for eight wickets. Northamptonshire's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Champion. Burns Visits Australia. "Colored Men" Barred. Sydney
A cable was received from "Tommy" Burns, the champion boxer, offering to come to Australia for £3000, adding he "would fight nobody but whites."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football Sprats
Twas in the Park on Saturday last They assembled for the fray; The boys of Coota and Wagga Farm At football they did play…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football Notes. Cootamundra V. the Farm
The first of the series of matches for the Norton cup competition in connection with the Southern Border Union were played on Saturday last. The match set down to be…
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A Sydney syndicate is said to be arranging for Tommy Burns to come to Australia in September during the visit of the American fleet. It, therefore, behoves all Australians…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →New Golf Hazard
The mysterious disappearance of golf balls on the Kerang (Vic.) links was solved last week by one of the members of the club, who, on taking a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby. Wagga v. Lake Albert
A match was played on Saturday last on the racecourse between the Wagga and Lake Albert clubs, and resulted in a win for the latter by 8…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kensington Races
There was a big crowd at the Kensington meeting held last Saturday, and some good racing was witnessed. Game Girl, an outsider, got home in the 14.2 race from Ayr…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Methodist Tennis Club
The annual meeting of the Wagga Methodist Tennis Club was held with a large attendance, on Monday evening. Mr. J. H. Wilkins occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Football Association
A meeting of the Wagga Football Association was held ill the School of Arts on Tuesday evening. There were present:—J. Mumford (chair), E. E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canterbury Park Races
There was a fair attendance at the Canterbury Park meeting last Saturday, tout the racing was anything but highclass, although punters were quite…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Williamstown, V., Races
The weather was not too promising for the Williamstown meeting, which was brought off last Saturday, and the bookmakers had a great deal the best of their…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →North Wagga Cricket Club
A social-evening wan held at Mrs. Pratt's Black Swan Hotel, North Wagga, on 6th May, as a wind-up of the cricket season, and for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boxing. Burns Match Falls Through. London, May 11
A boxing match between "Tommy" Burns, of America, and "Bill" Squares, of Australia, was announced two or three weeks ago to be in process of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sporting Notes. Races to Come
Wagga Amateur.—May 20 and 21. Chiltern—May 25. Murrumburrah—May 27 and 28. Several Melbourne professional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sundry Sports. Football. Northern Union Rules
The return match under Northern Union rules between the New South Wales Rugby League's team and the New Zealand team recently returned from England, was…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Week's Racing. S.a.j.c. Autumn Meeting
The opening day of the Autumn meeting held last Saturday by the South Australian J.C. proved to bo a great success. Betting was very brisk, which is shown by…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →St. Andrew's Garden Fete LADIES' v. Gentlemen Cricket Match
A garden fete and cricket match, ladies v. gentlemen, in aid of St. Andrew's Church (Presbyterian) Organ Fund, took place on the cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football. Rugby. Narandera V. JUNEE
Teams representing the above Clubs met on the local Park on Saturday last; and after a somewhat scraggy game, the visitors were successful over the locals…
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