Cooranbong Races. (From our Cooranbong Correspondent.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1875 · page 5
These races came off on Friday, 8th October, on Mr. John O'Leary's course. The weather was beautifully fine, and the attendance good for a small place like this; and what surprised…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1875 · page 3
A match was played on Saturday afternoon on the Albion Ground between an eleven of Law and Cash combined against a team selected from the Albion Cricket Club. The combined team were the…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1875 · page 4
THE great swimming match between J. B. Johnson, of England, and Thomas Coyle, of Chester, Penn., on the 22nd ult., resulted, as has already been…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1875 · page 2
A MEEEING of gentlemen favorable to holding races at Singleton on New Year's Day, was held at the Royal Hotel, on Tuesday evening. Mr. W. Curtis was voted to the…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 27 October 1875 · page 4
The principal Lookmakers here have held a meeting a take into consideration the report of the racing at the late Randwick meeting in which statements…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1875 · page 3
The following are the entries for the principal races for the Victoria Jockey Club Meeting:- Melbourne Stakes.—Knottingly, Libertine, Troy, Dagworth, Stockbridge, Wongalere, King of…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 3 November 1875 · page 2
A circlet match. Town v. Conntry took place on Saturday, which favor of the Town by air run are wickets. In the first innings of the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1875 · page 4
This club opened the season on Saturday last, the 30th ult. The time had been postponed later than usual, out of respect to the memory of the late G. B. Townshend, Esq. The death of this lamented…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ensuing Melbourne Races. (By telegraph from Nemo to the Herald.) Wednesday evening[?]
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1875 · page 2
Richmond went a great gallop yesterday afternoon. The weather was fine this morning, and the course was in much better order. Kingsborough went twice round the tan in good form; Neredah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Spring Races. (By Electric Telegraph to the Echo.) Flemington
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1875 · page 2
The first day of the V. J. C. meetjng at Flemington, to-day, broke in inauspiciously in regard to weather, which was showery, with strong, westerly squails. The course was very heavy, and against a…
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The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 10 November 1875 · page 4
A correspondent of the Brisbane Courier writes :—" The time appears to be very far distant when any other feeling than one of deadly hostility will exist…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1875 · page 3
The following is the description given of the running for the Melbourne Cup Race: The attendance of spectators on the course during the running was estimated at one hundred thousand. After a little…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Prince of Wales' Birthday. Great Highland Gathering on the Albion Ground. Races at Morpeth. Athletic Sports at Muswellbrook
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1875 · page 2
Tuesday, the Prince of Wales' Birthday, was kept as a general holiday in Maitland. There was fine weather, rather warm till noon, but after that a breeze sprang up from the south-east, gradually…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Singleton V. NEWCASTLE. (From the Newcastle Pilot.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 November 1875 · page 6
This match was played on Tueaday, November 9th, at Singleton, and ended in an easy victory for the visiting team. The toss was won by the Singleton captain who elected to take first…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1875 · page 2
A match was played here last Tuesday between the Newcastle Ironclad and Baymond Terrace Clubs, which resulted in a victory for the latter by four wickets. The game towards the close was intensely…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1875 · page 3
A match was played at Singleton on Saturday, the 13th instant, between an eleven of the Albion Club, West Maitland, against an equal number of the Singleton Club. The match was not completed, and…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1875 · page 4
On the Prince of Wales' birthday, a cricket match was played at Wallsend, between eleven of the Hinton Club, and an eleven of the Wallsend Club, which resulted in a victory for the Hintonites with…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1875 · page 2
A well-contested match was played at Millfield on Saturday last, between eleven of the Millfield Club, and an eleven of the Cessnock Good Hope Club, which resulted in a victory for latter, with one run…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1875 · page 4
On Saturday lost, 13th instant, the annual cricket match between the shearers and washers employed by the A. A. Company at Warrah, was played, resulting, as will be seen below, in a victory for the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 November 1875 · page 2
The first elevens of these two clubs met [?] castle [?] Saturday last. The day was all that could be desired, and the wickets in fine order. The Albions (with the weakest team we have yet seen…
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