Football
The Carlton B team defeated Burwood on Saturday in the first junior final, and thus is the second team of the same club to secure the badges this year. The scores were 5 to 8…
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Cricket Yarns
Mr. W. J. Ford, writing in the, Badminton Magazine, says that one is often asked, "What is the most curious thing you ever saw in the cricket-field?" I generally quote the…
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A cricket team composed of members of the House of Commons proposes to make a tour of Canada and Australia…
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Percy Cavill won his mile race with Tyers at Blackpool last Saturday by 40 yards. Many of the greatest swimmers in…
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J. H. Tyers having Cavill the second of the three matches Arranged viz., the long distance race, to be swum in the sea at Blackpool on the 22nd instant, over a five and a…
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Mr Stoddart's cricket team left England on Friday for Australia. Prince Ranjitsinghji will join the other members of the team at Naples…
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A match was played at East Maitland on Saturday between the Chadlington and Hinton clubs and resulted in a win for the former by 38 games to 32. Afternoon tea was served round by the…
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Bacon, the world's distance champion, early last month attempted the task of breaking the five miles record set up in 1803 by White, "the Gateshead clipper,"…
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Percy Cavill, the long-distance amateur champion of Australia, who defeated J. H. Ty[?]s over a mile course at Blackpool on Saturday last, has abandoned the race over a mile and a quarter course which…
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September 25.—Wallsend September 25—Branxton. October 6 —Quirindi ; entries, Sept. 29. October 9—Gresford ; entries, Sept. 30…
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The annual meeting of the Eelah Cricket Club was held last evening at Mr. J. Bambach's rooms. West Maitland. There was a fair attendace. The chair was occupied by the President, Mr. J. Bambuch…
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J. H. Tyres, the English amateur swimmer, having refused to swim against Percy Cavill, the Australian amateur champion, in the race over a 5½ miles…
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J. Hellings, of Sydney, starting from scratch, won a 60 yards' handicap swimming race at Ealing yesterday, in [?] 2-5th seconds. V. Lindberg, of Bondi, and W. J. Stratton, the New Zealand…
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The inter-district matches which have been arranged by the Hunter River District Cricket Association are as follows:—On November 9, against Newcastle on the Albion Ground at West Maitland ;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Singleton Cricket Club
A meeting of the South Singleton Cricket Club was hold on Thursday night, eight members being present. Mr James Cusick occupied the chair. The election of…
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"Half the charm of playing cricket," writes C. B. Fry, the famous cricketer, in the July number of the Windsor Magazine, "is that you knock up against men as they really…
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October 6—Quirindi; entries, Sept. 29. October 9—Gresford ; entries, Sept. 30. Nov. 9, 10—Northern Jockey Club Jan. 26—Northern Jockey Club…
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The weather for the meeting of the Wallsend Jockey Club this afternoon was beautiful, and the attendance excellent. An usual the management could not be improved. Results:—…
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