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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1897

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 6

December 11—Newcastle Tattersall's Club; minor entries, 29th Nov. December 15, 10—Scone ; entries, Dec. 6. December 22, 28—Narrabri; entries, Dec. 15…

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Cricket ENGLISHMEN v. Northern District

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1897 · page 2

Being a great lover of our national game, cricket, I took advantage of the excursion steamer Favorite on Saturday, and got out to the cricket grounds…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 November 1897 · page 3

There were a large number of ladies present at the match on the Newcastle Cricket Ground on Saturday. Eight of the 10 wickets of the…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1897 · page 2

December 11—Newcastle Tattersall's Club: minor entries, 29th Nov. December 15, 16— Scone; entries, Dec.6. December 22.23—Narrabri; entries, Dec. 15…

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Cricket. the English Cricketers at Olen Inneb. Stoddart's Team v. New England. Glen Innes

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 November 1897 · page 2

The match, between a New England team of 22 and Mr. Stoddart's English cricketers, was concluded yesterday afternoon, the visitors, winning by an innings, 2 wickets, and 158 runs. The local…

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Singleton Cricket Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 November 1897 · page 4

The committee of the above met last evening when Mr.J.Atkin presided. There were also present: Messrs.L.A.Lamb, J.S.Dunnet, E.G.Melville, S. Warburton, C.Maguire, W.J.Cragg,…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 4

December 11—Newcastle Tattersall's Club; minor entries, 29th Nov. December 15, 16—Scone; entries, Dec. 6. December 22, 23—Narrabri; entries, Dec. 15…

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Cricket Mud Splashers v. NEWPARK

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 November 1897 · page 2

On Saturday last a game was played on the latter's wicket, which resulted in an easy win for the Mud Splashers by 31 runs. E. Barnes captained the…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 5

At Glen Innes many of the spectators continued to refer to Ranji as the "Duke." A sequence of H. Doncan's scores for New South Wales against English Elevens…

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Singloton Cricket Club

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 2

At a meeting of the commitee of the local club, held on Wednesday night last, about a dozen members were present, Mr J. A[?]kin in the chair. The Secretary (Mr…

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Roports of Cricket Matehes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 2

While the English team of cricketers are touring the Australian colonies, arrangements have been made by MR BURNESS of the Caledonia Hotel whereby…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 6

December 11—Newcastle Tattersall's Club; minor entries, 29th Nov. December 15, 16—Scone; entries, Dec. 6, December 22, 23—Narrabri; entries, Dec. 15…

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Swimming in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 November 1897 · page 3

Stratton, the erstwhile New Zealand swimmer, has easily defeated Hunt, the champion of the London Polytechnic Swimming Club, in a 50 yards race…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 November 1897 · page 4

December 11—Newcastle Tattersall's Club; minor entries, this evening. December 15,16—Scone; entries, Dec. 6. December 22, 23—Narrabri; entries, Dec. 15…

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Cricket. the English Cricketers. Stoddart's Team in Queensland. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 November 1897 · page 2

When the report of the match between Stoddart's team and 13 players representing Queensland and New South Wales closed in Saturday's issue, six wickets had fallen for 591 runs. Stoddart and…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 November 1897 · page 2

December 11—Newcastle Tattersall's Club. December 15, 16—Scone; entries, Dec.6. December 22,23—Narrabri; entries, Dec. 15. December 27,28—Wallsend; entries, Dec. 17…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 December 1897 · page 3

A. C. Maclaren will be 26 years of age to-day. Wainwright's 37 at Brisbane is his highest score to date…

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A. J. C. Races

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 December 1897 · page 3

A day's racing was held at Randwick on Saturday under the auspices of the A.J.C. committee, Results:— HURDLE RACE, about 2 miles.-A…

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International Test Cricket Match

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 December 1897 · page 2

In connection with this interesting event, the Railway Commissioners announce the issue of tickets at specially low farcs by the train leaving Singleton at 1.8 p.m. on…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 December 1897 · page 2

December 11—Newcastle Tattersall's Club. December 15, 16—Scone; entries. Dec. 6. December 22, 23—Narrabri; entries, Dec. 15. December 27, 28—Wallsend; entries, Dec. 17…

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