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Sport, 1908

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Williamstown Races

The Worker · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 25

A meeting was decided last Saturday by the Williamstown, V., R.C., and the weather, though, anything but pleasant, did not interfere with the attendance, which…

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Tennis Season Opened

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 4

The Lawn Tennis Club opened their season, as was anticipated, with a match against the school club, and scored a win after a hard-fought…

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Canterbury Park Races

The Worker · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 25

The meeting at Canterbury Park last Saturday would probably prove fatal to a number of punters who had gone out with the intention of getting back what they…

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Sundry Sports. Football. Australian

The Worker · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 23

The third and last match of the tour of the Norwood Club from Adelaide was played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, when the visitors won easily by 84 points to…

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Football. Association. Wagga Beat Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 3

The most important event of the season so far in wagga in regard to Australian football took place on the cricket ground yesterday afternoon,…

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Boxing Championship. Squires and Burns. London, June 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 2

Squires has signed an agreement to fight Burns in Sydney for the championship of the world: also to fight "Bill" Lang. the resident…

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 3

Narandera Race Club (Show Meeting), August 7. A stylish performance was registered by the crack chaser Kuala Lumper at…

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Football. Australian. Wagga V. Albury. a Brilliant Exhibition

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 3

A brilliant exhibition of Australian football was given on the Wagga cricket ground yesterday, when a team from Aroury met a local combination,…

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Empire Cricket. Australian Visit to England. Conference of Counties. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 3

The Secretary of the Australian Board of Cricket Control, has received the following cable from the secretary of the Marylebone Club: "The resolution…

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Football

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1908 · page 2

The competition mated between the Tumut and Gundagai clubs should be a ding-dong game—when it comes off! For the second time the fixture was…

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Rugby

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3
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There is no Rugby fixture to-day in Wagga. Wagga visit Coolamon next Saturday in connection with the Morton Cup Competition…

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Football

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

New South Wales' defeated Queensland second fifteen at Brisbane on Wednesday by 33 points to 6. After inquiry into allegations of…

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

The cricket match Middlesex v. Nottinghamshire, which commenced at Lord's on Monday, resulted in a win for the former. F. A. Tarrant, for Middlesex, scored 103…

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Football. Australian

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

Wagga's representative team will have no easy task on the Cricket Ground this afternoon in their match with the combined Sydney team. As mentioned…

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Golf. Wagga Club's Mixed Foursomes

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 3

The Wagga Club will hold a mixed foursome competition this afternoon. The following is the draw:— Mrs. Jeremy and Ferris (7) v Mrs…

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Football. Association. Sydney v. WAGGA

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 8

The Sydney combination, which plays our local representatives on the cricket ground this afternoon, arrived by the Hay man last evening, after…

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World's Boxing Championship. an American Rush to Australia. "Mike" Schreck Coming

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1908 · page 5

The Burns syndicate has received a cable message from its representative announcing that a contract has been made with "Mike" Schreck to visit…

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Rugby

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 June 1908 · page 4
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Wagga received a surprise visit from a team of Junee juniors on Saturday last. The visitors were defeated by a team of Wagga Juniors by 20 points to…

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