Union of the English-Speaking Races
IN a lecture recently delivered in London by Mr. Selright Green upon the above subject, it was stated—In the first place the friendly alliance…
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Sport, 1893
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Football Team from the Macleay
NOTWITHSTANDING the disastrous flood, the Macleay football team, and a number of the principal business men, have expressed their determination to visit the Clarence…
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IF the Franklin Theory were but watertight! If one could delude oneself into the conviction that violent exercise for a few moments were equivalent to moderate exertion for hours, how the football fever would…
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ADMIRERS of the game of football are evincing much interest in the four matches to be played on the Clarence next week by the team from the Macleay. On that river football is far more practised than with us,…
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THERE was a good attendance at the adjour[?]ed meeting on Saturday[?] Mr. G. H. Varley in the chair. It was decided to play the match Grafton v. Macleay on Fisher Park on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sporting Notes. Horse-Racing on the Clarence
THE person who at the present time undertakes to write the "History of horse-racing: Its origin, rise, and progress in the Clarence District," would have to rely very much for the matter of his [?]er pages upon…
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ON Tuesday evening a scratch team was go[?] together at Maclean to play the Kempsey men. The local team was[?] of course, much weaker than the one which played on the…
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PURSUANT to arrangement the Clarence v. Macleay match came off on the cycling oval on the racecourse on Saturday afternoon, when the visitors scored their third and final…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sporting Notes. August 3 and 4—R. R. Turf Club races, at Casino. August 5—£50 Handicap pigeon match, at Casino. August 17 and 18—Lismore Jockey Club races
As we are still making alterations in our definition of an amateur, and may end by admitting manual labor men, the following will be of interest…
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SYDNEY, MONDAY.—The third match between representatives of New Zealand and New South Wales, took place on Saturday. The ground was sloppy, and partly under…
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SYDNEY, TUESDAY.—The first day's racing commenced to-day with the HURDLE RACE, which was won by Shiraz, 9[?]3, by three lengths, S. Fielder's Mylos Standish 7st, beat…
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THE animal meeting of the members of the Waratah cricket club was, held at the Willow Tree hotel on Wednesday evening, Mr. T. Lord in the chair. The report showed that…
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THE Warwicks commenced practice on Saturday, but the rain caused a retirement early in the afternoon. The Waratahs have practised for a week, as well as the weather…
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LISMORE, FRIDAY.—The following are the results of to-day's racing. The attendance was a slight improvement on yesterday, but would not exceed more than 400. The rain during the night rendered the track worse…
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SYDNEY, MONDAY.—There was a good attendance at the races on Saturday, Results: Hurdles, 2 miles—Sertum, 9-9, won by three lengths from Hegira 10st (Fielder) and Lady…
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MR. C. B. LOWE, who is on a visit to America, sends the following from Chicago. The Americans are much more enthusiastic than we are. This may be attributable to…
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FOR the second time this season the two football clubs at Maclean met last Saturday, when the Pirates again came off victorious. Naturally, there has exited a good deal of…
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IN the recent contest for the captaincy of the club, Messrs. E. Fitzgerald, H. Phillips and C. Bright competed. The former defeated the two latter. A tournament for mixed doubles, ladies and gentlemen, has…
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FISHER PARK OVAL.—At a meeting of the Warwick C.C. on Saturday, a committee consisting of Messrs. North, Ranken and Jordan were appointed to, in conjunction…
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THE Waratahs scored an easy win on Saturday against Swan Creek on the oval. The visitors made a poor stand for which the break bowling of R. Brindle was mainly…
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