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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1925

3,124 stories in Riverina's papers · page 59 of 157

Football-all the Codes Newtown Outplayed by Federals Yesterday's Rugby Matches Leeton Defeat Wagga Soccer Club

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 3

The week-end football matches attracted fair attendances of spectators at all matches. Federals had the best of matters over Newtown at the Cricket Ground in the Australian Roles competition. The Rugby…

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Rugby League Results of Yesterday's Matches

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 3

Before a fair crowd of spectators at the Farmers' Home Ground yesterday, two Rugby League matches were played. The first match, in which the…

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Southern District Racing. Association

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the S.D.R.A., was held at Wagga on Friday evening and Saturday morning last, the president (Mr. C. A. Vaughan, of…

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FOOTBALL. Harden v. Gundagai

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 2

Who said football was not the most popular of all out-door sports? Any person holding: an opposite opinion would have had it…

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Items of News Football Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 2

Jeffrey Stratton, aged 25, playing in the Rugby League match, Tarcutta v. Tumbarumba, when tackling an opponent, slipped and broke his leg. He…

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Sporting Turf Southern District Racing Association

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the S.D.R.A. was held at Wagga on Friday evening and Saturday morning last, the president (Mr. C. A…

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New Zealand Wins Rugby Union Test Match Sunday

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 3

The New Zealand Rugby Union team defeated New South Wales by 26 to 3 in the first teat match yesterday. The scores were even in the first half, but…

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To-day's Wires Davis Cup Tennis

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 4

VIENNA, June 14.—In the second round of Davis Cup matches, European zone, India beat Austria, three matches to nil…

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Racing in Wagga S.D.R.A. Winter Meeting Dighton Dupe's Hat Trick Big Fields and Good Racing

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 4

As was forecasted big fields wera the order of the day, when the Southern District-Racing Association's Annual Winter Meeting was…

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Rugby Union All Blacks Win N.S.W. Make Poor Showing. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 4

New South Wales made a very poor allowing in the Rugby Union match on Saturday against the All Blacks. The latter ran out victors by 26 points to 3…

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Athletics. Vaughan Wins Cross Country Championship Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 4

The Five Miles Novice Cross Country Championship of New South Wales was won by "M. Vaughan, from M. M'William and J. Sheaves. Won by six…

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Boxing

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 1

Stan. Love definitely proved to a large attendance at the Oxford Theatre, Wagga, on Friday night that he is Wally Burke's master. After…

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Rugby League

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

Seldom has the Leeton Rugby team been seen to such advantage as in Sunday's match against the combined Lake View-Griffith team, who went…

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Golf

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

A very enjoyable afternoon was spent on the local links on Sunday I last, when the event of the day was a mixed foursomes competition. About…

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Tennis

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

The Batlow Club meet Westwood on Sunday next, at Westwood courts. Medic Club Journeyed to Gocup on Saturday last and had a win over…

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Football

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald, The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser

On Monday of last week the Western Stars journeyed to Stanbridge to play football. On their arrival at Stanbridge dinner was supplied by a…

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Rugby League Tarcutta v. TUMBARUMBA

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 3

The match between Tumbarumba and Tarcutta in the Egan Cup competition was played at Tarcutta on Sunday before a large crowd of…

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Sport & Pastime Tennis

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 1

The second round of the Kent lawn tennis championships at Beckenham, England, J. O. Anderson, the Australian Davis Cup crack,…

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