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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1862

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Cricket.—raymond Terrace

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1862 · page 2

A return cricket match was played on Saturday (Queen's Birthday), on the Raymond Terrace ground, between the Miller's Forest and Lidney Club, and the Raymond Terrace team…

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(Abridged from the Empire.) Goulburn Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 May 1862 · page 2

FIRST DAY.—MAY 22.—Maiden Plate of £50 with sweep of £3 each added, weight for age, 1½ mile—won by Mr. Massey's Mormon, beating Potentate and four others. Time, 2 min. 59 sec…

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Broadwater Races. (From our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1862 · page 2

These races came off on Wednesday and Thursday, the 21st and 22nd of May. This being the first meeting at Broadwater, I may remark that a verv good course has been selected, although rather too far off the Broadwater…

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Singleton Annual Races. (From our Singleton Corrapondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1862 · page 2

The following are the entrances, which were closed at the Club Rooms, at the Caledonian Hotel, on Tuesday evening, the 10th instant. The three first races having been closed previously, the entries for the third day will…

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CRICKET. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1862 · page 2

A match was played at Jump-Up, on Whit-Monday, between the Singleton C.C. and Great Northern Railway C.C.—the latter winning in one innings, with 64 runs to spare. The following is the score:…

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Singleton Annual Races, 1862. (From our Singleton Correspondent.) First Day, Wednesday, 11Th June, 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1862 · page 2

The Singleton Annual Races of 1862, under the management of the Patrick s Plains Jockey Club, commenced this day, under most favorable auspices, the weather being all that could be desired. A very large…

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Singleton Annual Races, 1862. (From our Singleton Correspondent.) Third Day, Friday, 13Th June, 1862

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1862 · page 3

The attendance on the course this day was more numerous than on the two previous days, whilst the state of the weather was all that could be desired. A good deal of disappointment was evinced that the Town Plate fell…

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Cricket Match

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1862 · page 3

An interesting match took place on Saturday afternoon, in the rear of the Royal Hotel, between eleven of the new Singleton cricket club, called the Union Club, and eleven of the G. N. Railway Club. As this was the…

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Cricket Match. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1862 · page 2

A cricket match was played to-day between eleven of the married and eleven of the single men of the Woolla Brush, which I am ashamed to say, being a young man, came off in favor of the former; nevertheless, it caused…

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Lochinvar Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 June 1862 · page 2

The Lochinvar Races were held on Monday last, on the race-course, at Lochinvar. The weather, though very unpromising in the early morning, improved as the day advanced. The attendance was, under the…

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Mudgee Races. (From the Mudgee Liberal, June 27.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1862 · page 4

After an intermission of one year, the Mudgee Annual Races, commenced on Wednesday, on the course beyond Bumberra. In comparison with previous years, there were very few persons in attendance, and a marked…

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Mudgee Races. (From the Western Post, June 28.) Third Day

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 July 1862 · page 2

The heavy rain which fell on Thursday evening, and again on Friday morning, which at one time bade fair to continue the whole day, disappointed a large number who had reserved their holiday for the last day. The…

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Toryburn Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 July 1862 · page 4

We have been o[?]ged by Mr. [?]. Moore, with an [?] of the racing at [?]o[?] on the 9[?], [?], and [?] in[?]nt. The [?] is [?]d at [?] dist[?] of about twelve…

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Hawkesbury Races. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) First Day.—wednesday

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 August 1862 · page 3

It is now about two years since races took place at Windsor, and many pleasing anticipations were consequently entertained by the sport loving inhabitants of the Hawkesbury when it was announced that the annual…

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Dungog Races. (From our own Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1862 · page 2

I herewith forward you a hurried account of ou[?] annual races that commenced yesterday on the Hamley Fist racecours[?]. The w[?]ther was all that our racing community could desire. First Race.—Maiden Plate of £20…

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Dungog Spring Races. First Day, 3Rd September

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 September 1862 · page 2

Fine weather, numerous spectators, and good horses to contend for the prizes offered, marked auspiciouly the first endeavours of our recently-formed Jockey Club to subserve an important interest of the district, by the…

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Racing at Dungog. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1862 · page 2

This afternoon our race-course was the scene of two or three matches, for which arrangements had been made before our Spring Races. The first match was for £5 aside, mile heats, weight 9 stone…

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Randwick Races, 1862. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Extra Day

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 September 1862 · page 6

Subsequent to the settling on the Randwick meeting, some controversy ensued relative to the respective merits of the horses Shamrook and Promised Land, the upshot of which was that the owner of the latter (Mr. J…

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Maitland Spring Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1862 · page 2

The Maitland Spring Meeting, under the management of the Northumberland Jockey Club was held yesterdny on the Rutherlord Course. The dag would have been thoroughly pleasant but for a boisterous wind which raised the dust in…

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Maitland Spring Races. Second Day

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1862 · page 2

An effort was made by the Jockey Club to get up a supplementary day's races on the Rutherford Course, on Tuesday, according to the announcement made at the close of the previous day's sports. The programmo consisted of a Shorts race…

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