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Zealand players, was formed and successfully petitioned to be included in the senior competition. This club took on the name Gordon. Many of their players had competed previously for other clubs. After poor performance during the previous season, the St. Leonards club was not reformed and thus did not participate in the Gardiner Challenge Cup.
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Saturday until 1 August. Each club was balloted with a game for each weekend. It was planned that the best 8 clubs would then be matched up with another ballot. The final for the MacGregor Cup occurred on 4 September between Oxford and Randwick. Oxford won the match 5 points to nil to win the cup.
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In 1886 a team of New South Wales players were chosen and sent to New
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Football competition. The MacGregor Junior Challenge Cup was open to clubs not participating in the senior competition. Fifteen clubs submitted applications to enter the competition. The competition was due to begin 24
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Gardiner Challenge Cup. This increase in teams competing for the cup caused many of the senior clubs to limit their games to only those which would count towards the final results. Previous competitions between junior and senior clubs were thus rare. Growing crowd
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games against teams not included in the cup. Inconsistencies occur between the ladders published and the results recorded. This may be due to the Union altering results as a result of protests.
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EM Cameron (3), FA Baylis, GW McArthur, CL Tange, E Hungerford
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10th New South Wales - Queensland Intercolonial Football Match
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2973:"Football. GOSSIP BY " MARK.""
2927:. 11 September 1886. p. 7
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1960:Most points in a match (Team)
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24:1886 Sydney Rugby Premiership
3141:. 2 October 1886. p. 42
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2901:. 7 October 1886. p. 6
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166:was the 13th season of the
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3115:. 2 August 1886. p. 5
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3086:. 26 July 1886. p. 5
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3031:. 8 May 1886. p. 3
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2176:Greatest Winning Margin
299:Railway Oval, Bathurst
53:Gordon (1st title)
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1313:Representative Games
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1529:Referee: RW Thallon
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18:Rugby league season
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1596:
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1571:
1568:
1565:
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1515:
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1499:
1477:
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1463:
1448:
1447:
1437:
1436:
1432:
1431:
1422:
1415:
1414:
1402:
1399:
1386:
1385:
1375:
1372:
1357:
1356:
1346:
1345:
1327:
1324:
1314:
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1301:
1298:
1295:
1287:
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1275:
1265:
1262:
1259:
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1252:
1251:
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1245:
1242:
1239:
1228:
1225:
1224:
1223:
1214:
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1198:
1195:
1192:
1189:
1184:
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1176:
1173:
1170:
1167:
1164:
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1158:
1155:
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1148:
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1144:
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1132:
1129:
1126:
1123:
1120:
1116:
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1112:
1109:
1106:
1103:
1100:
1097:
1094:
1091:
1083:
1079:
1078:
1075:
1072:
1069:
1066:
1063:
1060:
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1049:
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1038:
1035:
1032:
1029:
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1023:
1020:
1017:
1013:
1012:
1009:
1006:
1003:
1000:
997:
994:
991:
988:
980:
976:
975:
972:
969:
966:
963:
960:
957:
954:
951:
943:
939:
938:
935:
932:
929:
926:
923:
920:
917:
914:
904:
900:
899:
896:
893:
890:
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884:
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878:
875:
867:
863:
862:
859:
856:
853:
850:
847:
844:
841:
838:
830:
826:
825:
822:
819:
816:
813:
810:
807:
804:
801:
793:
789:
788:
785:
782:
779:
776:
773:
770:
767:
764:
756:
752:
751:
748:
745:
742:
739:
736:
733:
730:
727:
719:
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669:
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632:
629:
626:
623:
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578:Season Summary
576:
558:
555:
552:
551:
550:George Graham
548:
545:
542:
533:
529:
528:
525:
520:
517:
508:
502:
501:
500:James McMahon
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495:
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483:
479:
478:
473:
470:
467:
458:
454:
453:
450:
447:
444:
442:
436:
435:
432:
427:
426:prior to 1883
424:
415:
411:
410:
407:
404:
403:prior to 1883
401:
392:
388:
387:
384:
381:
378:
376:
370:
369:
364:
361:
358:
349:
345:
344:
341:
339:Wentworth Park
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335:prior to 1883
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331:
327:
326:
323:
320:
319:prior to 1883
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232:prior to 1883
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215:George Foster
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109:
108:
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103:
95:
91:
90:
89:John Wood (53)
82:
78:
77:
74:
70:
69:
59:
55:
54:
46:
42:
41:
38:
34:
33:
30:
26:
25:
17:
13:
10:
9:
6:
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3:
2:
3201:
3190:
3187:
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3157:
3140:
3136:
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3110:
3104:
3102:
3098:
3085:
3081:
3075:
3073:
3069:
3056:
3052:
3046:
3043:
3030:
3026:
3020:
3017:
3004:
3000:
2994:
2991:
2978:
2974:
2968:
2965:
2952:
2948:
2942:
2939:
2926:
2922:
2916:
2913:
2900:
2896:
2890:
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2884:
2871:
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2858:
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2835:
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2381:
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2370:Junior Grade
2367:Senior Grade
2362:
2356:
2349:
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2340:
2336:
2333:
2331:
2327:
2323:
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2254:
2250:
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2235:
2231:
2229:
2226:
2222:
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2215:
2213:
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2201:
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2175:
2168:
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2159:
2155:
2152:
2149:
2148:
2144:
2142:
2139:
2135:
2131:
2129:
2125:
2121:
2118:
2117:
2113:
2110:
2106:
2102:
2100:
2096:
2092:
2089:
2088:
2084:
2082:
2079:
2076:
2072:
2068:
2065:
2064:
2060:
2057:
2054:
2050:
2046:
2043:
2042:
2038:
2036:
2033:
2029:
2025:
2021:
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2000:
1996:
1994:
1990:
1986:
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1982:
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1959:
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1926:
1923:
1922:
1917:
1913:
1910:
1909:
1904:
1900:
1897:
1896:
1893:Joseph Doyle
1891:
1887:
1884:
1883:
1880:Fred Hillyar
1878:
1874:
1871:
1870:
1865:
1861:
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1721:Robert Warren
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1707:
1704:
1701:
1699:George Walker
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1397:JR Wood (0/1)
1396:
1391:
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985:
981:
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977:
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380:22 July 1872
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107:MacGregor Cup
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102:John Wood (7)
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2111:Norwood Park
1950:
1787:E Hungerford
1677:Fred Hillyar
1541:
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1494:
1490:JA O'Donnell
1485:
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1445:31 July 1886
1409:
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1354:24 July 1886
1342:
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1297:Summer Hill
1294:Strathfield
1230:
1227:Lower Grades
1217:
593:
589:
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560:
557:Rule Changes
544:19 May 1871
476:James Cleeve
469:24 May 1878
238:EC Ebsworth
177:
159:
157:
73:Wooden spoon
15:
1765:Fred Weaver
1495:Drop goals:
1392:GW McArthur
1250:Harrowgate
1247:Double Bay
150:1887 →
145:← 1885
3173:Categories
3109:"FOOTBALL"
3080:"FOOTBALL"
2999:"Football"
2947:"Football"
2921:"FOOTBALL"
2895:"FOOTBALL"
2852:References
2169:14 August
1906:Leo Neill
1828:John Wood
1474:Queensland
1383:Queensland
1244:Cleveland
1052:Parramatta
440:Parramatta
391:Newcastle
263:C Hawkins
128:Runners-up
58:Runners-up
3035:4 October
2876:4 October
2286:Eastgrove
2192:Opponent
2058:Eastgrove
1973:Opponent
1589:John Wood
1273:Petersham
1255:Imperial
1241:Cammeray
987:Newcastle
532:Wallaroo
482:Rosedale
452:W Coates
291:Bathurst
2302:Wallaroo
2283:Goulburn
2232:10 July
2114:19 June
2108:Wallaroo
2074:Wallaroo
2055:Goulburn
2010:10 July
1945:Jenkins
1507:T Manson
1285:Randwick
1187:Goulburn
1154:Bathurst
874:Rosedale
763:Wallaroo
457:Redfern
434:P Allen
414:Newtown
409:AB Ford
386:Unknown
374:Goulburn
307:Burwood
302:Yeomans
220:Arforma
199:Captain
137:Randwick
120:Premiers
45:Premiers
29:Duration
2350:3 July
2342:Newtown
2316:29 May
2289:24 May
2264:3 July
2256:Redfern
2224:Redfern
2161:Redfern
2145:3 July
2137:Newtown
2085:29 May
2061:24 May
2039:3 July
2031:Redfern
2002:Redfern
1815:Player
1655:Wiseman
1567:Player
1465:26 - 5
1261:Oxford
1090:Newtown
950:Redfern
912:Balmain
837:Burwood
519:c.1863
494:c.1884
446:c.1879
348:Gordon
343:Bourke
280:c.1884
257:c.1873
244:Balmain
209:c.1885
204:Albion
196:Ground
193:Formed
190:Colors
3145:4 July
3119:4 July
3090:4 July
3061:27 May
3009:2 June
2983:8 June
2957:8 June
2931:8 June
2905:8 June
2334:19 - 0
2308:Albion
2305:22 - 0
2280:22 - 0
2277:Arfoma
2248:28 - 0
2245:Gordon
2216:30 - 0
2195:Venue
2189:Score
2077:Albion
2052:Arfoma
2023:Gordon
1976:Venue
1951:
1867:Byers
1633:Harris
1510:Goals:
1505:Tries:
1486:Goals:
1481:Tries:
1410:Goals:
1405:Tries:
1395:Goals:
1390:Tries:
1374:2 - 4
1258:Manly
1122:Albion
726:Arfoma
650:Gordon
599:Ladder
330:Glebe
286:Armit
164:season
123:Oxford
2364:Club
2198:Date
2186:Team
2153:Glebe
1979:Date
1970:Team
1611:Byers
1019:Glebe
713:+156
674:+109
613:Team
547:None
497:None
472:None
449:None
363:None
283:None
260:None
235:None
187:Club
174:Teams
160:1886
37:Teams
3147:2019
3121:2019
3092:2019
3063:2019
3037:2018
3011:2019
2985:2019
2959:2019
2933:2019
2907:2019
2878:2018
2378:2nd
2375:1st
2183:Pts
1967:Pts
1564:Pts
1212:-25
1178:-11
1146:-48
1114:-78
1011:-23
974:-95
937:+10
898:-15
861:-36
824:+15
787:+31
750:+68
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