Cooke's Cricket Team
Our match with Grafton and district was looked upon as the best of the tour, and the local people had got together what they considered the best district team ever sent…
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Sport, 1898
219 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 11
Clarence River Rugby Football Association
A meeting was held on Saturday; Mr. E. Harrison in the chair. Resignations of Vicepresidents were read from Messrs. J. Retallick and J. Cameron. Messrs. Berry and W…
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Mr. Iredale's criticism on Northern cricket, as published in the Australian Star, has come in for a good deal of adverse comment by local players. Some of the veteran's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Football Fancies. Southgate V. Ramornie
On Fisher Park oval on Saturday afternoon, Southgate met and defeated a team from Ramornie by 6 points to nil. The game, however, could not by any stretch of…
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INTENDING nominators for the Opening, 98 Celebration, Pony, and Bowra Handicaps; are reminded that entries close for those races on Thursday next at 6 p.m…
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A LARGE number of footballers met. at. Barrett's Hotel, last Saturday evening, to inaugurate the Bellingen Football Club for '1898 Mr. Miles occupied the chair. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Interest. FOOT-RACING
ABOUT 100 people assembled on the Bellingen Park, last Saturday, to witness a race between J. McNally and J. Brownice, for £5 a side, distance 112 yards. Mcssrs Smythe…
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FOTTBALT CLUB FOR SOUTH GRAFTON.—At a meeting at South Grafton on Thursday evening, Mr. A. J. White in the chair, it was resolved to form a football club. Thirty members were enrolled. Mr. J. T…
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The following weights have been declared for next Wednesday's meeting promoted by Mr. P. M'Mahon: MAY STAKES, 5 furlongs—Caloola 9.10. Pirate 9-10, Albion 9-3, Sleep (late Art) 9st, Sultana 8-7, Zilla 7-12,…
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Weights for May 21 and 24:— Royal Stakes—Cabin Boy 9.8, Loch Marie 9.6, The Chief 9.1, The Grafter. 9st, Tramp 8-12. Charge 8-8, Beverley 8-8, Bob Ray 8-5, Town Clock 8-5, Telegraph…
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There was football galore on Saturday, three senior matches, two of which were between rival Lower and Upper River clubs, and one junior match being played. Rain spoilt at least one of the games, and converted…
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YOUR prediction a fe issues ago that the Maclean Council might get past 49 in the aldermanic cricket match, but would finish on the 52 was a close shave to the actual number recorded. At 53 the last…
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THE first football match of the season, on this river, will be played at Feramount to-morrow (Saturday}, between Bellingen and Fernmount clubs. Belhngen team will be.—…
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Barton he's the Federal back, And captain of the men. The Federal three-quarters are Dave See, aud Sam, and Lobban…
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There was a fair attendance of the sporting fraternity at the pony meeting on the racecourse on Wednesday afternoon, promoted by Mr. P. M'Mahon. The course was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football Fancies. "War-cries."
"Mukan-te-a! Mukan-te-a! Koona, matu, y-a-h!" according to a contemporary, is the "war-cry" used by New South Wales representative footballers when on tour. Probably…
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MACLEAN v. Harwood met at Harwood on Saturday, the former winning by 10 to 3. Maclean had 13 men in the first half and 12 in the second; Harwoud had 14 men all the time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Football Fancies. Bamornie Defeated Grafton
A goodly concourse of people welcomed the meeting of Ramornie and Grafton on the oval on Saturday. The rivalry that has for some time existed between those teams, and the fact that they had met only the…
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THE annual Queen's Birthday meeting of the Bellinger Pony and Galloway Club was held on the Bellingen course on Tuesday, and as the weather for the…
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TO-DAY'S MATCHES.—Maclean v. Harwood, [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] Thompson, Ross, M'Lachlan, W. M'Kinnon, Peterie, M'Laren, Davis, Wilson, Donnelly,…
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