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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1898

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Sporting. [Reuter's Message] The Boxing Championship. Corbett Challenges Fitzsimmons. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

The American pugilist Jim Corbett has posted 1000 dollars for a match with Bob Fitzsimmons (by whom he was defeated some months ago) for the boxing…

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Intercolonial Cricket. Victoria v. New South Wales. Won by Victoria. Melbourne

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 2

The first match of the season between same representing New South Wales and Victoria was commenced on the Melbourne Cricket Ground…

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Loual Cricket

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 4

THE match at the South to-day, Souths v. Centrals, was finished off in about 15 minutes. Herbert continued his over-week innings of 18 not out to Bray's bowling…

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The Cricket Match. [By Telegraph.] Yesterday's Play. Some High-Claas Batting. M. C. C. GROUND

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1898 · page 2

The weather to-day was delightful, and the people simply swarmed into the cricket ground—drawn a little perhaps by the probability of a big score on the Australian…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1898 · page 2

The Broken Hill Proprietary Mine Officers and St. Peter's met on the former's ground last Saturday. The Officers, going to the wickets first, put…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1898 · page 2

"You could hear it everywhere on the ground," the MINER'S special reprepresentative writes: "what they want is Bobby Peel.... Storer is making…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 2

The wonderful fielding of Jones (says the Argus) has been the subject of much eulogistic comment. Jack Blackham, in his remarks on Tuesday's play, said—"Our…

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Sporting. [Reuter's Message.] English Racing. Another Australian Win. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1898 · page 2

The Australian horse Ebor has won the Sunbury Steeplechase…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 2

The secretary of the South Australian Cricket Association will notify in Monday's MINER, arrangements for next week's test match on the Adelaide Oval…

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Intercolonial Cricket. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 3

The intsrcolonial cricket match, New South Weles versus South Australia. will not are till Saturday, the 8th, owing to the prolongtion of the…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 1

THE Contrals and Brokens met at the South Reserve this afternoon. Contrals scored 124 in their first innings (Dawson 32), and Brokens had lost six wickets for 39 when…

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Accident in the Cricket Field. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 2

Herbert Gray was playing cricket at Leichhardt, and while stopping a hard hit had his finger smashed. He was taken to the hospital, where the…

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Barrier Ranges Athletic League

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 2

At the first yearly meeting of the Barrier Ranges Athletic League, held at Sayers' Hotel, the following officers for the ensuing year were elected:—…

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The Australian Athletic Team. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1898 · page 2

The athletic meeting on the Cricket Ground on Saturday to raise funds to send an Australian athletic team to England resulted in failure…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

J. Hicks, who started the season with the Brokens, has transferred his services to the "Alphabeticale," and will play with the team in its next…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 2

Clem Hill's scores against the present English team are:—200, 45, 19, 95, and 58. The highest individual score in any test match is W. L. Murdoch's 211 at…

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Athletics. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 2

At the athletic sports meeting held at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day M. M. Roseingrave won the Running Long Jump Championship of N.S.W…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

Adelaide expert onlookers put Noble's innings in front of Iredale's, which in its turn was before Donnan's. Noble treated Giffen in particular with the utmost…

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