Football. MAITLAND v. FERNDALE
One more match has been added to the list of those played for the possession of the Raysmith Challenge Cup. Last Saturday the Ferndale F.C. journeyed to Maitland only to be beaten by our…
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Sporting News. Football
THE Carltons met and defeated Maitland on Howe Park on Saturday afternoon. The local men throughout were too good for their opponents, at whose end the ball was almost…
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The above clubs met on the Banks-street Reserve on Saturday last to try conclusions for the premiership, and as this was the long-looked for event of the season, both teams took special care in the…
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Mr W. W. Read, playing for Surrey in nine county matches, and one representative match England v. M. C., C. scored no less than 1064 runs for thirteen innings (three not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rosehill Coursing Matches. [By Telegraph From Greville's Co.] Sydney, Friday evening; reed. 5.40
ROSEHILL CUP: First ties—Brummy beat Glenroy, St. Winifred beat Oughterside, Magnet beat Royal, Laburnum beat Lady Glenroy, Bazouk beat Lord Carrington, Sheet Anchor beat Bootjack, Cyprus…
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Despite the many predictions to the contrary, the weather yesterday, when the race meeting of the Newcastle Jockey Club opened, was beautifully find, and the sky waa clear and sunny. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Football. SYDNEY F. C. v. NORTHUMBERLAND F. C.
The rapid strides which Association football is making in public favour was evinced on Saturday by the larger number of persons who put in an appearance on the Albion Ground despite the…
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The match A?ociation Rules, which took [?] at Maitland on Saturday last, between [?]Northumberland and Sydney Clubs, for [?] championship of the colony, resulted in…
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The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishop of London have urged the colonial bishops to take measures for dealin with the liquor traffic amongst native…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle Races. (By our own Reporter.) Second Day
The race meeting of the Newcastle Jockey Club concluded on Tuesday, when with the exception of a very brief interval during the afternoon the weather was beautifully fine and clear. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Football. MAITLAND v. NEWCASTLE
The final match of the season in connection with the Raysmith Challenge Cup was played on Saturday last at Newcastle. In the previous rounds of the cup contests, Maitland and Newcastle had each…
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We take the following report of the second of the series of matches for the championship of the colony from the S. M. Herald. The first contest was won by the Northumberland club by eight goals to four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Great Football Match. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—In common with many others, I was unable to account for the terrible defeat of "our boys" on Saturday, in the great football match for the premiership of the colony, under Association rules…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Athletics, Past and Present
With reference to the ancients, we know very little of the real performances of their athletes. It is only very occasionally that any of the classical historians relate details, and some of these are…
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The Maitland Football Club has this season been defeated on two occasions only, the victors in each case being the Newcastle club. Both games had been very closely contested, in one instance the…
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The following nominations have been received for the principal events to be run for at the above races, to take place over the Rutherford course, Maitland on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rix's Creek Cricket Club
THE first meeting of the Rix's Creek Cricket Club was held on Friday last, and was attended by a large number of persons interested in its we[?]are…
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We are informed by the secretary of the N. J. C., that in making up the list of entries for the forthcoming meeting of the Club several entries were omitted, and we therefore print the total as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Football in Melbourne. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—Knowing the kindly interest your paper takes in the game of football, I take the liberty of sending you a paragraph taken from the Melbourne Herald re the great match Carlton and South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sporting News. Northern Jockey Club Races
By an oversight on the part of the Northern Jockey Club several entries were mislaid on Monday. It in now announced that Mr Rouse's mare Vespasia is entered for…
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