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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Sport

Sport, 1896

37 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Windsor Amateur Swimming Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 9

COMMITTEE meeting held at Fitzroy Hotel on Monday evening, about 10 members present, Mr J. J Fittpatrick presiding. Accounts amounting to £8/7/1 were passed for payment. It was…

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Windsor Amateur Swimming Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 9

A GENERAL, meeting of the members of the above Club was held at O'Brien's Hall on Monday evening, for the purpose of making arrangements for the proper carrying out of the carnival to be held…

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Windsor Amateur Swimming Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 4

THE following entries have been received by theU}S Hon. Sec. of the N.S.W. Amateur Swimming Association for the One-mile Championship of Australasia, to be swum at Windsor on Thursda16thtb…

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Mile Swimming Championship of Australasia

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 7

THE Mile Swimming Championship of Australasia eventuates on the Hawkesbury on Thursday next, 16th inst, when intercolonial swimmers from New…

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Ladies' Swimming Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 3

IN response to an advertisement in last week's issue, calling a meeting of ladies desirous of forming a swimming [?] in Windsor, something like thirty ladies turned…

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Windsor Swimming Club's Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 12

THE New Zealand swimmers who visited Windsor on Thursday were Messrs W J Stratton (Canterbury), H H[?]ey (Auckland), H J Bailey (Auckland), J Allen (Auckland), J Scott (Auckland), A…

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The Swimming Championship. The Windsor A.S. Club's Carnival. PATRONS:— His Worship the Mayor and Aldermen. President: Rev B Keenan. Starters and Time-keepers; N.S.W. Association Officials. Judges: Aid J J Fitzpatrick and a J Berckelman. Referee: J M Conlon. Clerk of Course: M Greenwell. Handicappers: R H Buttsworth, J E Holmes, and W C Barker

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 4

Never, perhaps, since Windsor was Windsor, has the town presented such an animated appearance as it did on Thursday, the day set apart for the contest for the Mile Swimming Championship…

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Ladies' Swimming Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 8

THE first annual meeting of the above was held in the Sohool of Arts on Monday evening. There was a good attendance of ladies, and the chair was occupied by Mr…

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The Swimming Carnival

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 9

IN connection with the carnival, held at Windsor last week, a considerable amount of space has been taken up in the metropolitan press, and Windsor has been much brought into promiaence…

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McGrath's Hill Picnic Races

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 8

ON Saturday last, the postponed Anniversary Day meeting of the McGrath's Hill Race Club eventuated on the Box Hill Course, kindly lent by Mr Terry. The…

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Ladies' Swimming Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 4

SEVERAL members of the Ladies' Swimming Club essayed the task last Saturday afternoon of learning the art, but it was unfortunate that the tide was terribly low within the enclosure set apart for…

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N.S.W.A. Swimming Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 6

THE Association's rooms in Sydney were crowded last week with a full attendance of Delegates. A charge against Arthur Cavill, of fouling swimmers in the One-mile race at Windsor, and of helping…

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Electorate Cricket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 6

To the Editor. Sir,—Much credit is due to Mr Les Pye, a well-known Windsor cricketer (now dwelling in the historic Borough of Parramatta) for trying to bring about an electorate…

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Windsor Swimming Clubs

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 5

THE hon. secretary (Miss Ada Dunstan), and the hon. treasurer (Miss Ethel Becke) of the Windsor Ladies' Swimming Club, have written to the "Daily Telegraph"…

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Cricket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 4

The selection committee appointed to choose the team of 15 from the Hawkesbury Electorate to do battle for that Electorate versus Central Cumberland on Easter Saturday and Monday consisting of Messrs Dean,…

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Windsor A. Swimming Club's Concert

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 6

ONE of the best programmes presented to a Wind-s sor audience for a long time was that of the Windsor Amateur Swimming Club's first annual concert, given in the Church of England School-room…

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Cricket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 April 1896 · page 7

THE match arranged between fifteen representatives of the Hawkesbury Electorate and the Central Cumberland C C. eventuated on Saturday Easter Monday last, on the Parramatta…

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Football

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 11

THE following team will represent F Lassetter and Co. against Windsor this (Saturday), May 2nd, at Windsor:—Howe (full back), Greenwell, Peell, Morris (three-quarters), Griffiths, Wright…

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Windsor Amateur Swimming Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 30 May 1896 · page 4

A MEETING of the members of the above Club and also the members of the Ladies' Swimming Club, was held at the School of Arts on Friday evening last, to arrange for…

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Cricket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 6 June 1896 · page 9

In a review of the cricket season 1895-6, the "S.M. Herald" says:—"Paddington, last season, was the champion electorate, beating South Sydney in the final match, but this season that proud…

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