Tamworth Annual Races. (Abridged from the Tamworth Weekly News.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1874 · page 3
The Tamworth race meeting for this year came off on Wednesday and Thursday, 4th and 5th inst., and though not quite bo satisfactorily managed with respect to a few matters of detail as the races of former…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket. Final Match Between the English Cricketers and Eighteen of Victoria. Second Day. (By Eectric Telegraph to S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1874 · page 2
The match between Mr. Grace's team and eighteen Victorian cricketers was resumed to-day, on the Melbourne cricket ground. There was a good attendance. Jupp and W. G. Grace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moree Annual Races for 1874. (From our Special Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1874 · page 2
The above races took place on Friday, March 13, and was one of the most successful meetings held here for some time. Ever since the Midkin sports took place great anxiety has been expressed to see the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COURSING. London, March 19
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1874 · page 2
Warwick, the coursing judge, has left by the mail, under engagement for a season to the Melbourne Coursing Club…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Dungog V. ROCKFIELD. (From a Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1874 · page 4
A cricket match was played at Dungog, between two elevens, viz., the Dungog and Rockfield cricket clubs, which resulted in an easy victory for the sons of the willow of Rockfield. The day was all that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket. the All-england Cricketers at Yorke's Peninsula. Eighteen Yorke's Peninsula V. ALLENGLAND. (By telegraph to S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1874 · page 4
In this match, which began to-day at Kadina, the weather was favourable, and about 1500 persons were present. The Yorke's Peninsula team went first to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket. Yorke's Peninsula V. ALL-ENGLAND. (By telegraph to the S.M. Herald.) Kadina
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 March 1874 · page 2
Great interest has been taken to-day in the cricket match. The weather has been fine, aad the attendance good. The Yorke's Peninsula men went in for their second…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1874 · page 4
The second match of the season between the Maitland and Singleton cluba was played on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, on Saturday last, and the result of the game, so far as it went, tended to show…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CRICKET. (From a Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1874 · page 2
On Easter Monday a cricket match was played at Musclebrook between the first eleven Musclebrook and the National C. C., which resulted in an easy victory for the latter club by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Races and Other Sports in East Maitland
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 April 1874 · page 4
The races announced to come off at Mr. William Miles' Black Horse Inn, East Maitland, attracted a large number of visitors, who enjoyed a good day's sport. The programme…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WALLABADAH. (From a Correspondent.) Athletic Sports and Pigeon Shooting
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 April 1874 · page 5
The above sports took place, as advertised, on Easter Monday, and were attended by a large number of people, numbering, we should judge, between two and three hundred. Every event was well and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ladies' Cricket Match at Sandhurst. (From the Bendigo Advertiser, April 8.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1874 · page 3
It certainly required a very considerable amount of courage on the part of the ladies to undertake to play a cricket match in public. The thing was unprecedented as far as Australia was concerned, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →St. George Races. (From the Narrabri Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1874 · page 2
Races were held at St. George, on the Balonne River, on the 7th and 8th April last. The attendance of spectators was not equal to expectations, and fell short of what it had been in previous years,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle May Races. (From our own Reporter.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 May 1874 · page 2
The following entries were received on Tuesday. MAIDEN PLATE. Mr. A. Loder's oh. g. Novice, 2 yrs Allright's b.f. Corisande, 2 yrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Wallangra V. WARIALDA. (From a Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 May 1874 · page 5
The return match between these two clubs was played at Wallangra on Monday, the 4th May. The ground was in first order, considering the short time the club has been in existence. On the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Races
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1874 · page 3
The autumn races of the Newcastle Jockey Club came off yesterday, and were attended by about 2500 people. It was in every respect the most successful meeting the club has yet held, and will go…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle May Races
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 May 1874 · page 2
We gave in Tuesday's issue the results of the first day's racing cf the autumn meeting of the Newcastle Jockey Club, which took place, on the Queen's birthday, Monday, May 25, and now furnish our readers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Manilla V. BARRABA. (From the Tamworth News, June 16.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1874 · page 3
On Wednesday last, the 10th instant, the return cricket match between the Manilla and Barraba Cricket Clubs came off at Barraba. About 11 o'clock the stumps were pitched, and the Manilla team went…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Racing Notes. (From a Turf Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 2
The sportsmen of Maitland having, after years of quiescence, at length established a Racing Club, and announced an opening meeting, the Mercury may follow with the times, and devote some little space…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Seaham V. Clarence Town
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1874 · page 3
A match between the above clubs came off on Saturday, 20th June, at Clarence Town. Owing to the unpromising appearance of the morning the Seaham men were late in arriving on the ground…
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