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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1893

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 3

The score of 133 made by Alee Bauncerman against the Combined Past and Present of Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the [?]gets he has ever made in…

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Sporting Fixtures. Horse Racing

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 7

August 17—Singleton Jockey Club August 19—Newcastle Jockey Club August 24—Wallsend Jockey Club; entries, Aug. 19…

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Singleton Jockey Club Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 August 1893 · page 7

The following weights have been announced by the handicapper (Mr. W. C. Quinton) for the principal events to be competed for at the above reunion, to come off over Singleton course on…

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Football. Rugby Rules. Kaitland F.C. V. FIRATE F.C.

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 4

On Saturday the only match that took place on the Albion Ground was that between the Pirate and West Maitland F.C., when the former again asserted its supremacy to the tune of 8 points to 5…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

After a well-contested and fast game, Muswellbrook, on Saturday, defeated Murrurundi by 9 points to 3. In the previous match, Murrurundi won…

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Sporting. CRICKET

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

The Australians gained an easy victory over Liverpool and District, winning by an innings and 34 runs to spare. The Australians made 195, of…

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Adelaide Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 5

At the Grand National meeting held at Adelaide on Saturday, Iluree won the Welter Handicap, from. The [?] British [?] [?] the Lightning Handicap from Covenant and Ragamuffin;…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 3

The football matches at Sydney on Saturday were most important. The University team beat the Wallaroos, and Randwick beat the Parramatta. The tw[?]…

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Athletics

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 3

Professor Miller, the well-known athitee, proposes to attempt to break the world's record, by putting a dumb-bell weighing 39lb. 5000 times at arm's length without…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 2

In the match against Gloucestershire, the Australians in their first innings are all out for 207…

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Sporting. Football. Muswellbrook V. SCONE

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 2

The final match of the season, as far as the Scone club is concerned, will be played between the above clubs on the local Park to-morrow afternoon…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 2

There are many rumors floating about with reference to the exclusion of Coningham from the Australian matches. The real reason why the selectors have so…

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Singleton Races

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 3

THE meeting of the Singleton Jockey Club, which took place on Thursday, passed off most successfully. The weather was beautifully fine, but the attendance of the…

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Sporting Fixtures. Horse Racing

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 3

August 10—Newcastle Jock[?] Club August 31, Sept. 1.—Northern Jockey [?] entries, Aug. 23. Oct. 10, 11—Tamworth Jockey Club entries,…

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Singleton Races. (From our own Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1893 · page 3

Unfortunately for the interests of the sport of kings and king of sports in the district of Patrick's Plains, the denizens of Singleton apparently take but little trouble whether the local jockey club is…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 2

The return match between the Australian Eleven and Gloucestershire was won by the former by eight wickets. The Australians made 207…

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Newcastle Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 4

The Newcastle Jockey Club held what is announced to be the first of a series of monthly race meetings on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a small attendance, the usual concourse of…

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Victoria Club Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 5

The above meeting took place at Caulfield on Saturday, when Killalon won the Hardle Race, the Two-year-old Handicap felll to Lady's Maid, by Nowminster from Lady-in-Walting, Athata being…

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Sporting. Football. Muswellbrook v. SCONE

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 2

VERY few events in the sporting line have excited a greater amount of interest here than the final football match of the season as far as the…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 August 1893 · page 2

The match on Saturday last, at Sydney, between the University and Randwick clubs, for the football premiership of the colony, was won by the former by 3 points…

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