Football
The following players have been selected to play with the second fifteen of the Singleton Football Club against the Carlton first fifteen, play to commence at 3 o'clock:…
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Sporting. Cricket
Only one of the Australian Eleven clean bewled in the first innings of the All England match. The Oxford-Cambridge cricket match was…
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The members of the above club met at dinner at Mr. R. Lavis's Hunter River Steam Packet Hotel, Morpeth, on Saturday evening last. The Mayor of Morpeth (Mr. J. G. White) occupied the chair, and the vice-chair was filled by Mr…
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William Muldoon, the great American wrestler, is about to visit Australia,…
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On Saturday the first twenties of the above clubs met at East Maitland for the return match in the presence of a fair number of spectators. In the previous contest the Northumberland Club only…
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Members of the Singleton Football Club are reminded that a scratch match will take place on the Club's ground this afternoon at 4 o'clock…
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A bexing match, under the Marquis of Queensberry rules, was made on Thursday between Tom Lees (who recently defeated Farnan) and Professor Jackson, for £200…
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The local team will play a match this afternoon against the Advance Club from Newcastle, which no doubt will be very interesting, as the visitors play a very fast came…
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It is strange (observed London truth of June 3) that the [?]le success which the present Australian team should have gained so far shou'd have been scored on the occasion…
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We learn that beth Harriman and Edwards are getting on well with their training. These men are matched to walk six days and night for £200 aside. The date…
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The members of the Northumberland team which was to have engaged the Newcastle City Club on Saturday in the coaly city were very disconsolate when the inclement weather made a…
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SIR,—I notice in your valuable issue of 13th inst., a report of a football match played here on Saturday last between the West Maitland Football Club and our local team, which I would have replied…
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This match resulted, as was expected, in a rather easy win for the visitors, by 10 points to nil. The Singleton Club had a very weak team in the field, five of their best men…
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Maiden Plate, two sovs,—H. Vagel's Triolus, 1; Hogan's Cripple, 2. This race was run amidst great excitement, as the contest was so close; the horses running up evenly to near the winning post…
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This combination of amusements took place on Friday, July 9th. There was a very large concourse of people present in the paddock during the day, and at the concert in the evening the attendance…
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The second deposit of £75 in connection with the Lees Jackson boxing match, was placed in the hands of the stakeholder at Sydney on Thursday…
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Mr. W. C. Grace has declined to join Ward[?]'s team of cricketers for Australia. Shaw's team leaves in August…
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THE match to be played this afternoon against the Maitland Club has fallen through on the request of the latter. Members of the Singleton and Carlton Club are requested to…
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On Saturday the first twenty of the Northumberland Club, accompanied by a strong following, journeyed to Wallsend, to do battle for the second time this season with their old rivals. The weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Late Football Match at Raymond Terrace. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
Sir,—If not too late in the day, allow me to say a word or two in reply to your correspondent, "Fair Play." It cannot be denied that the recent match at…
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