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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1893

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The Adelaide Races. The Birthday Meeting. [By Telegraph.] Course, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 4

The A.R.C.'s Birthday Meeting opened this afternoon. Results have been so far:— Auction Stakes.—May Day, 1;…

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The Polo Races

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1893 · page 4

THE "gates" in connection with the meeting of the Polo Club to be held on Wednesday next were sold by auction this afternoon at Tattersalls…

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FOOTBALL. Victoria V. South Australia

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 May 1893 · page 1

ON the Central Reserve this afternoon the first match of the second series was played. The Victorians and South Australians were the Centesting teams…

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Football

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 2

AT Adelaide on Saturday football matches were played bstween South Adelaide and Norwood and Port Adelaide and Adelaide. The first-named…

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The Polo Races

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 1

THE "gates" in connection with the meeting of the Polo Club to be held on Wednesday next were sold by auction this afternoon at Tattersall's…

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Melbourne Football Matches. MELBOURNE, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 May 1893 · page 4

Several senior football matches will be played to-morrow. I expect to see Essendon beat South Melbourne, and Fitzroy defeat Melbourne…

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Melbourne Football Matches. MELBOURNE, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 May 1893 · page 1

Several senior football matches will be played to-morrow. I expect to see Essendon beat South Melbourne, and Fitzroy defeat Melbourne…

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Irish Football

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1893 · page 3

FOOTBALL in Ireland (says Football: The Rugby Game) may be said to consist of three parts—Rugbeian, Associationist, and Gaelic. The role of play…

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Adelaide Football. Souths v. Ports. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1893 · page 3

Two matches were played yesterday. In the match Ports v. South Adelaides the former wou by 8 goals 5 behinds to 4 goals 6 behinds, chiefly by reason…

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Cricket in England. Good Scow by Ferris. An Agente-General Match. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 May 1893 · page 2

In the match between Gloucestershire and Sussex, Ferris (formerly of i Sydney and a member of previous Australian Elevens) scored 106 for the…

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FOOTBALL. Broken Hill V. Victoria

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 1

The weather this afternoon proved sufficiently fine to enable the match between the Broken Hills and Victorians to be proceeded with. Mr…

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The Wilcannia Races. Run in Heavy Rain. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 3

To-day's races—the second day of the W. T. Club's Annual Meeting—were largely attended; but unfortunately rain set in after midday, and it rained…

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[By Telegraph.] New Racing Rules. Restrictions upon Jockeys. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 31 May 1893 · page 3

The V. R. C. committee purposes introducing a new code of rules to govern racing. These proposed rules are to be almost at once submitted to…

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Football

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 June 1893 · page 1

THE South Australians' team for Saturday will be:—Devine, Trevivian, J. Carty, Trembath, H. Hooper, D. Carty, Angwin, W. Luke, E. Lean,…

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FOOTBALL. South Australia v. Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 4

A MATCH between the abovenamed teams was played on the Central Reserve this afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of people…

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Tattersall's Club Meeting. This Afternoon's Racing. [By Telegraph.] Randwick Racecourse, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 4

The one day's winter's meeting of Tattersall's Club took place at Randwick this afternoon. The weather had cleared up, and there was a fair…

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FOOTBALL. South Australia v. Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 1

A MATCH between the abovenamed teams was played on the Central Reserve this afternoon in the presence of a large concourse of people…

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Sporting. [By Cable.] English Cricket LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 2

In the match between the counties of Notts and Somerset, Shacklock bowled four wickets of the latter team in four successive balls…

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The Gawler Races. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 June 1893 · page 4

At the Gawler races on saturday seven horses started far the Steeple. One stopped, and the other four went the wrong course. The race was given…

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FOOTBALL. Norwood v. Port Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

OUR Adelaide representative writes: This match, which has been awaited with a great amount of interest since the overthrow of the South Adelaides…

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