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Sport, 1896

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Cricket in England. Match Against Yorkshire. the Australians Batting. London

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 17 June 1896 · page 2

The following eleven has been chosen to represent Yorkshire in the second match with the Australian at Leeds to-day:—F. S. Jackson, F. S. Milligan,…

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Candelo Coursing Club

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 June 1896 · page 2

THE first coursing meeting of the season of the Candelo Coursing Club took place on Wednesday at Kameruka, when the Puppy Stakes was run off. In the…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 3

It would seem that Gerringong is not going to play with the Carsons after all. At all events they have not been chosen at the time of writing to play against Boolong to-day. The team…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 4

The South Coast Rugby Union on Wednesday granted conditional permits to the Carson Bros. (3) and Bellette, late of Kiama, to play with Gerringong…

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Cricket in England. Match Against the Midland Counties. Poor Batting by the Australians. London

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 20 June 1896 · page 2

The Australian Eleven commenced a match to-day at Birmingham against a team representing the Midland Counties of England…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 2

There is likely to be some trouble over the match played at Gerringong on Saturday between the local team and Boolong. We shall not pretend to give the facts of…

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Cricket in England. the First Test Match. the Australians Batting. Remarkably Poor Display. All Out for 53. London

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 2

The following eleven have been chosen to represent England in the match with the Australian Eleven to-day:—Hoarne (Kent), Richardson (Surrey), Hayward (Surrey),…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 2

The following team will represent Boolong against Jamboroo to-day on the former's ground:—J. Kenny, J. Alexander, Comer, Thurgate, M. M'Gee, W. M'Gee, M…

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Cricket in England. Match Against Notts. London

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 27 June 1896 · page 2

The following have been chosen to represent Notts in the match commenced against the Australians at Nottingham to-day:—W. Attewell, W. Flowers, C…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1896 · page 4

If the Gorringong Club comes to grief through the Rugby Union sustaining the two protest entered by Boolong and Shoalhaven it will have only itself to blame. The…

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Cricket in England. Third Match Against Yorkshire. the Australians Batting. London

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 1 July 1896 · page 2

The following eleven have been chosen to represent Yorkshire in the match with the Australian Eleven at Bradford to-day:—F. S. Jackson, J. T. Brown, R…

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Football

Moruya Examiner · Friday 3 July 1896 · page 2

THE match between Moruya and Bodalla teams took place on Saturday last on the Park. The weather was beautiful, but the ground was very soft, and dotted over with sundry…

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Football

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 4 July 1896 · page 5

A team will visit Nowra and play a return match next Saturday. The practice match between a picked 15 and the next best 18 resulted in a win for…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 4 July 1896 · page 4

The Rugby Union decided on Wednesday that Gerringong must lose the two matches played against Boolong and Shoalhaven. It could not have decided otherwise in the…

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Cricket in England. This Match Against North of England. London, Thursday, 3 p.m

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 4 July 1896 · page 2

In the match between the Austrahan team of cricketers and a North of England Eleven to-day the Australians, at 2.30 p.m., had lost five wickets for 82…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 July 1896 · page 4

The only fixture for Saturday lost of any importance wag Berry v. Boolong. It is needless to say that the general verdict Favoured Berry, but it must be…

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The Past English Football Season

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 July 1896 · page 2

Good sportsmen must always regret the necessity of compulsion in order to keep many of the players of a great game within sensible limits. The eight months' football…

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Cricket in England. Match Against Hampshire. the Home Team at the Wickets. London

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 8 July 1896 · page 2

The Australians commenced the seventeenth match of their tour at Southampton to-day against Hampshire. The following is the Hampshire Eleven:…

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Football Notes

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 2

The committee appointed to pick the probable and possible teams met at Berry on Wednesday and the following was the result of their deliberations:—Probables: full…

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Football. MILTON v. MORUYA

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 4

Last Saturday these teams met in a return match at the local ground, and the Milton men succeeded in wiping out their recent defeat at Moruya, and vanquished…

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