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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1916

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Football. First Grade Rugby. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4

The football season opened to-day. The Rugby first grade matches resulted:— South Sydney defeated Newtown by 20 points to nil…

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Boxing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4

M'Coy outpointed Moye at the Stadium. Fred Kay knocked out Frank O'Connor in the ninth round at Melbourne. Mat. Murphy threw in the towel to…

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Wagga Cup Races

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee Turf Club's Cup meeting will open to-morrow, when the old historic racecourse will be the centre of attraction to many hundreds of…

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Tennis. Patriotic Tournament. Urana Annual Games

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4

The final of the Urana Annual Tennis Tournament was disposed of on Saturday in perfect weather in the presence of a large gathering of town and…

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Coolamundra Golf Club. Opening Day

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the Golf Club held the official opening for the year. A foursome had been arranged and all players turned out, and…

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Bowls

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1916 · page 3

The president of the New South Wales Bowling Association has notified the secretary of the Wagga Bowling Club of his intention to bring 20…

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Golf

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 3

In publishing the list of officers of The Rock Golf Club recently, Mr. H. H. Taylor was mentioned as vice-president instead of Mr. W. Davidson…

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Tennis

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1916 · page 3

Burke's Creek Club visited The R[?] on Wednesday and inflicted a decided defeat on the local team, which did not win set throughout the match. The…

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Boxing. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 4

Darcy defeated Costica in the fourth round at the Stadium. The police interfered and stopped the contest. Quendreaux outpointed Rough-house…

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Football. League Matches. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1916 · page 4

Balmain beat Western Suburbs by 19 points to 10. South Sydney beat North Sydney by 11 points to 7…

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Golf. Wagga Club Shield

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

The President of the Wagga Golf Club, Mr. H. E. Mitchelmore, has donated a shield for competition amongst members. For several years the club's…

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Bowls. New South Wales President's Team. Wagga Visit To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

The President's team of the New South Wales Bowlers' Association will pay a visit to Wagga to-morrow and engage in play with the Wagga Club…

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Golf

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 4

A bogey competition will be played to-day, starting at 2.30 punctually…

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Bowls. Sydney Bowlers

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 4

Wagga will be visited to-day by the President's team of the New South Wales Bowlers' Association, and a match with the Wagga team will take…

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Boree Creek Races Excellent Results

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 2

The financial result of the Boree Creek Amateur Piesie Race Club's Easter Monday's Patriotic meeting will benefit the Boree Creek Red Cross…

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Football

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

A meeting of those interested in the formation of a Rugby Football Club in Wagga was to have been held at the Exchange Hotel last evening, but was…

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Golf Club

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 3

The first annual meeting of the Golf Club was held on Thursday evening, when there was a fair attendance of members, with Dr. Burns (President) in…

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Tennis Match

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

A match was played on Saturday last at Tumbarumba between a local team and representatives of [?] Hill, resulting in far of the[?]…

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Leeton Tennis Club. Opening of Tennis Season

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

The official opening of the tennis season took place on Saturday, May 6th, in the form of a mixed-doubles handicap tournament on…

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Bowls. Sydney v. Wagga. Champions Suffer Defeat

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 4

Considerable interest was manifested in a single rink match between a Sydney team comprising four of the visiting metropolitan players, all of whom…

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