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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1890

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Scone Cricket Club

The Scone Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 2

THE annual meeting of members of the above was held at Ferguson's Hotel on Thursday evening. There was a good attendance, Mr. J. A. K…

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The Muswellbrook Cricket Club

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 7

The annual meeting of the members of the Muswellbrook Perseverance Cricket Club was held at the School of Arts, on Tuesday night. There was a very good attendance, and the proceedings were marked…

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Albion Cricket Club. Annual General Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 8

These who have the interests of the Albion Cricket Club at heart had reason to be gratified at the large attendance at the annual general meeting, which was held at the Royal…

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The Pearl Cricket Club. Annual General Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1890 · page 4

If any cricket club in the Northern district should adopt "Excelsior" for its motto, that body should be the Pearl Cricket Club. Some seven or eight years back a number of youths banded themselves…

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East Maitland Cricket Club

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above club was held at Evatt's Hunter River Hotel, East Maitland, on Thursday last. Mr. F. S. Isaacs, one of the Vice-Presidents, occupied the chair, There was a large…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 September 1890 · page 4

A competition for the amateur boxing championship of Australia commences at the Bondi Aquarium on October 4. Paddy Gorman, the Australian pugilist,…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 September 1890 · page 4

The football season in Sydney was brought to a close on Saturday last. A Melbourne bookmaker staked altogether £1300 on the South Melbourne v, Carlton…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 10 September 1890 · page 4

Many are the varieties of cricket (observes a writer in an English society paper). We have had all sorts and conditions of matches, from those pitting the married men against…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 4

Francis P. Slavin, the Australian, and Joseph M'Auliffe, the American, are both in active training for their fight at the end of this month, at the Ormonde Club, for a purse…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 4

An enthusiast in cricket has sent to the Refree the following statistics as to the great W. G. Grace, calculated up to the end of his not-out innings at Lords', for England,…

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Cassilis. Cricket Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Cassilis Cricket Club was held at the Cassilis Hotel on Monday evening. Mr. G. Piper presided. The attendance was very good. The following report was presented by the…

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Wanted—on the Cricket Field

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 3

An ardent admirer of cricket has asked us to reprint the following:— Wanted! The captain who ever succeeded In pleasing his men und the critics around;…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 3

At the banquet given by Mr Henniker Heaton, M.P., to the Australian and Kent teams of cricketers at Canterbury, Mr Heaton said he had beard some of the Australians…

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Singleton United Cricket Club

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 17 September 1890 · page 2

" WITHERED LEAVES " and "Milky White" will be performed by our local amateurs at the dramatic entertainment to be given next Monday night at the…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 4

Peter Jackson tights Joseph Goddard at the Crystal, Palace, Richmond (Vic.), on October 20th. for £400, given by the Palace Company. The winner receives £300, and…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 4

The outlook of the coming cricket season appears very good so far as this district is concerned. During the past two or three years cricket has not flourished with the…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 September 1890 · page 3

Odds of 25 to 20 have been laid on M'Auliffe in his. match against Slavin, but the betting is even on the latter. It is reported in New York that John L…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 September 1890 · page 3

The Singleton United C.C. open their season on Saturday next with a match married v. single. The latter will no doubt win, the benedicts having two much…

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The Albion Cricket Club and the H. R. A. AND H. ASSOCIATION. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1890 · page 3

SIR,—I desire through the columns of your paper to correct a statement made by a member of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association at the annual meeting held last Monday…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 September 1890 · page 3

A match for £400 has been made between Peter jackson and [?]to come off in Melbouune next month. Jackson left Melbourne for Sydney on Wednesday, and…

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