The Future of Lawn Tennis
THAT LAWN TENNIS has a long future, no one can reasonably doubt. It is not the fancy of a few seasons, which mere love of novelty has allowed for a brief, space to deprive better…
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Sport, 1887
405 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 11 of 21
English Cricket Team for Australia. London, July 2
The cricket team which is being organised by Mr. Vernon to play a series of matches in Australia next season will include, for certain, Hawke, O'Brien, Roller, Bowley, Bates, Peel,…
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Mr. Vernon's team of cricketers will depart for Australia on September 15…
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A MEETING of the committee of the Now South Wales Coursing Club was hold on Monday, when it was decided that the first meeting of the club be held at Rosobill on August 11,…
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AT a meeting of the committee last evening it was decided on account of the fixture by the Now South Wales Club to alter the date of the Goulburn meeting to the 19th and 20th August…
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Major Wardell, secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, has cabled to Mr. W. G. Grace an offer of £1500 and expenses if he will join the, team being organised in England by Messrs. G. F. Vernon and…
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The annual cricket match between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge was played to-day, and resulted in a victory for Oxford by seven wickets…
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GOULBURN COURSING CLUB.—At a committee meeting held on Friday evening it was decided to postpone the next meeting of this club from the 5th and 6th August to the 19th and 20th August…
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AT, the second day's Waterloo Cup Meeting Brummy easily disposed of Sydney, and Bruno beat Confusion. In the third ties Livingstone beat Clyde,…
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PLAYERS v. GENTLEMEN.—The match between the Players of England and Gentlemen took place this week, and resulted disastrously for the latter. The Players went in first and made a total of 395, of…
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THE WATERLOO CUP MEETING was concluded the Digger's Rest near Melbourne on Friday last. The attendance was large. The sport commenced with the fifth tins of the cup in which the two New…
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PLAYERS V. GENTLEMEN.—The return match between the Players of England and the Gentlemen was played last week, and resulted in the latter being gain defeated by an innings and 16 runs…
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INTERCOLONIAL MATCHES.—The first of a series of matches which the New South Wales team of footballers will play in Melbourne under the Anglo. Australian rules took place at the East Melbourne…
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SIR JOSEPH BANKS 440 YARDS HANDICAP.— The large number of seventy-four have accepted for the Sir Joseph Banks 4140 yards handicap of 65 govs., to be run next Saturday afternoon. The prize is a…
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A MATCH for £5 a-side has been made between Mr. A. Nixon's g.g. Yateley and Mr. R. McLachlan's br.f. Alarm; once round the course; weight for age. The…
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THE second match of the season between the above clubs took place on the ground of the former team, Crookwell Park, on Saturday, and, after a splendidly…
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QUEANBEYAN COURSING CLUB.—The date of the first meeting has been altered from the 3rd to the 13th August; date of nomination, 6th August. The following programme has been arranged:— All…
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GOULBURN V. ST. PATRICK'S COLLEGE.—The second match of the season between these clubs took place on the Olympic ground on Saturday afternoon last. The collegians mustered in full force, but when…
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