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Sport, 1908

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Sporting Notes. Races to Come

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 3

Jerilderie Jockey Club (Show Meeting), July 30. Narandera Race Club (Show Meeting), August 7…

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English County Cricket Yorkshire Leading. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

Yorkshire is the leading team in county cricket, having scored eleven wins and seven draws. Surrey, Kent, and Middlesex have…

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Triangular Cricket "Insufficiently Digested." Reconsideration of Scheme Urged. London, July 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

The "Observer" states that the country committees had insufficiently digested the triangular scheme before sending their representatives to Lords…

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Triangular Cricket "Insufficiently Digested." Reconsideration of Scheme Urged M. C. C. Awaiting Requistion London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

The "Observer" states that the county committees had insufficiently digested the triangular scheme before sending their representatives to Lords. The turn…

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Football

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 2
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A combined team of Gundagai and Tumut Juniors left by train on Monday afternoon for Yass and Goulburn to play a series of matches. They will play the first match…

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Boxing Contest. Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 2

Lang defeated Griffin in six rounds last night for the heavyweight boxing championship of Australia…

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Sport. Racing Fixtures

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 3

Cowra Jockey Club (Williamson Benefit Meeting)—August 5. Narandera Race Club (Show Meeting)—August 7…

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Rugby

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 3

The Moore Cup mitch on Saturday between Wagga and The Farm will be played on the local racecourse, it being the wish of the donor of the cup (Mr. R…

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Boxing

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 23

Arthur Cripps, who a year or two ago hold the middle-weight championship of Australia, has stated that he intends to return to the ring. At present Cripps is living on…

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Rugby Union Rules

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 23

About 20,000 spectators visited the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday to witness the match between New South Wales and Queensland. In the opening spell it looked…

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Football. Australian Rules

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 23

In the premiership matches on Saturday, one of the most remarkable games of the season took place between Balmain and North Shore. The result was a drawn game,…

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Golf. WAGGA v. COOTAMUNDRA

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 3

Wagga met and decisively defeated the Cootamundra club's representatives on the local links on Wednesday. The Cootamundra club has been, so…

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Clashing of Racing Clubs

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 25

The members of the Owners, Breeders, and Trainers' Association, the N.S.W. Trotting Club, and the Board of Management of the Associated Clubs held a…

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Canterbury Park Races

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 25

There was a bumper attendance at the Canterbury Park meeting on Saturday, though the fields were of moderate quality and size. Backers had the worse of the…

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Victoria Park Races

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 25

The above club will hold a two days' meeting on August 3 (bank holiday) and August 5. Entries close to-day…

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Boxing and Brutality. Father Vaughan's Tribute

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 4

The meeting between Father Bernard Vaughan, the well-known London priest, and "Tommy" Burns, the world's heavy-weight boxing…

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Fancy Dress Football Match

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 2

A novel and amusing spectacle was provided on the Cricket Ground yesterday afternoon, when the local butchers and bakers played a football…

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S.a. Tattersall's Club Races

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 25

The winter meeting of S.A. Tattersall's Club held at Morphettville last Sunday proved to be one of the best meetings held by that institution for many years, the…

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V.a.t.c. Races

The Worker · Thursday 23 July 1908 · page 25

The V.A.T.C. held their July meeting last Saturday, at Caulfield. The weather was dull, but it did not militate against a good attendance, and some interesting racing was…

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