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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1898

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The Monkeys and the Cricket Ball

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 7

An English soldier recently on active service in Burmah writes:—When we were stationed at Rangoon an amusing cricketing incident occurred. The teams were both…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 5

The result of the matches on the Bellingen conclusively prove the supremacy of Arthur Gray and T. Ford as batsmen, and to the careful playing of the pair from Alumny…

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Local Interest. CRICKET

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 2

THE following players have signified their, intention to proceed to the Hearts to-morrow (Saturday) to meet a Bellinger Heads team,— Messrs. G. S. Briner, H. Hamilton, H. Greer,…

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Athletic Sports

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 2

THE athletic sports to be held at Mr. J. Laverty's Taylor's Arm, on Monday next, promise to be most interesting and should draw a large crowd. The following starts…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1898 · page 2

Mr. Editor.—In your issue of December 28th, I notice in your report of the match between Mr. Jordan's Eleven and the team selected to play for this place the following remarks:…

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Our Lawrence Letter. THE RACES.—The races which are to be held on the Lawrence race course on the 26th instant should, if the weather be favourable, be a pronounced success. The entries are not many

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

THE WEATHER. On Thursday after a very close day a thunderstorm passed over the town, and for a space of a quarter of an hour the rain fell heavily. Some of the old residents say that…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

A COMING CHAMPION. — Mr. V. F. S. Crawford is in all probability quite the best Public school cricketer in England. He has scored 51 out of 52 from the bat,…

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Races at Lawrence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 5

There was a good muster at the Jockey Club's annual races on Wednesday, and the racing was very good, despite the condition of the track occasioned by the recent wet weather. Outside Grafton, Lawrence in…

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The Anniversary Regatta

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 4

At one time it seemed as if the Anniversary regatta, which has been a regular festivity in Sydney for more than 60 years, would this year collapse because of lack of support…

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Ciarence cricket Association

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 3

A meeting of delegates from the above Association was hold in the Council Chambers, Maclean, on Friday evening, January 28. Present —Palmer'o Island: A. McLachlan : Tyndale :…

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The Slump in English Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1898 · page 4

Strange as it may seem, a feeling of indignation exists here because the English cricketers made so poor a show in the third test match. Had they made a better show…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1898 · page 5

TO-DAY'S MATCHES—Ulmarra v. Albions, at Swan Crook: Connor. Henderson, Fernance, Whnltes, HoughNapper, Foster Davis, Spring, Matthews, Bailey; emerJ. M'Callum.—Undaanted v. Ramorie, at South…

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Cricket

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOR meets Fernmount, at Fernmount, tomorrow (Saturday). The Fermount team are :- Messrs. A. Tyson, H. Greer, W. D. Higgins, W. Carney, M. Knight,…

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Murrayville Cricket Match

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 5

SIR,—Permit me to draw attention to the report four Saturday's match against Murrayville, which is totally incorrect. First, it was the best team Murrayville could show,not the second…

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The Cricket Worshippers

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 11 February 1898 · page 2

THAT 90 per cent of Australians are laboring under the cricket mania must be admitted by all who keep their eyes open and what matter if they are? Why should a people always keep…

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The Cricket Match

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

The principal features of the cricket match now in progress, so far as the performances of the local men are concerned, have been the batting of M'Kenzie and Howell, and…

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Electorate Cricket Match

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 5

The return match of the season, Grafton v. The Clarence, was played at Maclean on Saturday, and resulted in another win for the up river team by 33 runs on the first…

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Murrayville Cricket Match

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 3

THE correspondent who supplied the report of the recent Murrayville. Chats worth cricket match writes:—"Permit me to send you a few words in reply to the secretary for the Chatsworth…

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Murrayville Cricket Match

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 5

SIR.—Kindly bear with me and allow me again to refer to your correspondent, RE the Murrayville match. First he states that the match was arranged for a second eleven. Now the arrangement made was…

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The Cricket Match

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The cricket match that was finished on Friday was remarkable in many respects. In the first place, the New South Wales team put up a record so far as the aggregate…

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