Athletics
THE SIR JOSEPH BANK'S HANDICAP at Botany was decided on Saturday in the presence of about four thousand spectators. P. J. Maloney, (17 yards), t Melbourne " flyer" of some repute, securing first…
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Sport, 1887
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Cricket
ON yesterday afternoon the junior boys of the lower classes at the Superior Public School met and completely vanquished eleven of the Rev. G. M. D'Arcy Irvine's pupils at North Goulburn…
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A MEETING of the Goulburn Athletic and Gymnasium Club was held on Tuesday evening in a committee-room of the Mechanics' Institute to adopt rules. There were about a dozen…
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GOULBURN ATHLETIC CLUB.—A meeting of members and intending members of this club was held in the committee room of the mechanics' institute on Tuesday evening for the purpose of adopting the…
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OWING to the fact that none of New South Wales cricketers are able to get away to play in the match England v. Combined Australia, which was to have commenced on the East…
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A MATCH between the above clubs was to have taken place on Saturday, but, owing to the inclement weather had to be postponed to some future date. Goulburn…
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THE cricket match between teams of smokers and non-smokers, in which the members of the English Eleven took part, was commenced on Thursday on the East Melbourne Cricket Ground…
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THE following are the acceptances:— Town PLATE HANDICAP—1¼ mile. st lb Mr. A. Wood's Peter ... 8 12…
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THE Melbourne Telegraph is almost lachrymose on the state of cricket in that city. It observes:—"The nearly empty seats of the East Melbourne Cricket…
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AN exhibition of cricket far above the ordinary display shown in this city during the past season or two will be given on the Oriental wicket at Eastgrove on Saturday next, that day being…
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THE first meeting held by the resuscitated Grenfell Jockey Club was in every respect as successful as the promoters could have wished, and a career entered upon under such favourable…
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The annual meeting of Gundagai Jockey Club commend to-day. The course was in grand order, and the weather beautifully fine, which induced a large number of persons to put in an…
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LADIES V. GENTLEMEN.—A cricket match, in which 11 ladies were pitted against an equal number of gentlemen, was played at Lahore, India, on the 14th January. The ladies played with cricket-bats, but…
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THREE or four of our local horses competed at the Gundaroo races on St. Patrick's Day but were unsuccessful, to the Publicans' Purse, won by Pickpocket…
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THE Blakney Races took place on last Saturday, but I am sorry to say they were by no means a success this year, and one of the reasons for this seemed to be that the club was not registered in…
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THURSDAY, the first day appointed for the Burrangong Turf Club annual meeting of 1887, set in with an appearance of rain, but towards noon the clouds began to clear off, had the rest of the day was…
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A MATCH was played on the Yass River, on Saturday, between the Yass River and Gininderra clubs which resulted in an easy victory for the Yass River men by one innings…
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