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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1898

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The Test Cricket Matches in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 5

In connection with the next visit of an Australian cricket eleven to England, the Marylebone Club has decided that it ought to select the players and grounds for the test matches, and that one…

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Muswelllbrook Athletic Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

THE sports meeting to be held under the auspices of the above Club on the 24th of May (the programme of which appears in our advertising columns)…

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Athletics

Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 6

J. Flanagan, the ex-English amateur champion hammer thrower, now living in America, was dangerously ill when the last mail left, with typhoid fever and…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 2

The match be tween Carlton and Hamilton was postponed owing to the inclement weather. The weather in Sydney on Saturday was wretched, but it did not prevent the football catches coming…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 6

May 24—Newcastle; entries, May 18. May 24—Lostock; entries, 11th May. May 24—Congewai, May 24—Quirindi; entries, May 17…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 6

May 24—Newcastle; entries, May 18. May 24—Lostock; entries, 14th May. May 24—Congewai. May 24—Qufrindi; entries, May 17…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 2

MR, C. E. PEACHEY, of the Australian Hotel, Aberdeen, has generously intimated his i[?]tention of giving a trophy of three guineas, to be…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 6

May 24—Newcastle; entries, May 18. May 24—Lostock ; entries, 14th May. May 24—Congewai. May 24—Quirindi; entries, May 17…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 2

There seems to be some hesitancy among local kickists in the matter of started the game for the coming football season. Last year Maitland had a team equal to any in the north, and it would be a…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 3

In the match Marylebone C.C. and Ground against Sussex County on Friday, J. T. Hearno took 11. wickets for 72 runs and A. E. Trott seven wickets for 60 runs…

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A Racing Investigation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 3

This morning the Canterbury Park stewards met for the purpose of further inquiring into the running of Butler in the Railway Handicap yesterday at Canterbury Park, and after a lengthened…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. the Calendar, Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 2

May 21—Newcastle; entries, May 18. May 24—Lostock; entries 14th May. May 24—Congewai. May 24—Quirindi; entries, May 17…

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Cricket in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 3

At a mooting of the Surrey County Cricket Club to-day Sir Richard Webster, M.P., the president, who occupied the chair, referred to the recent statement of Lord Hawke, captain of the Yorkshire…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 2

May 24—Newcastle; entries, May 18. May 24—Lostock; entries, to-morrow. May 24—Quirindi; entries, May 17. June 14, 16—Tamworth…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 5

The South Singleton C.C. journeyed to Newcastle on Thursday morning to play a match against the local team down there, but owing to the rain the game was not…

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Football Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

Just by way of reminding folk that the football season has commenced, it may be mentioned that already a local casualty has to be chronicled. While a hid named F…

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Football Meeting

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

A general meeting of the members of the Singleton Football Club was held at [?]techanics' Institute on Thursday evening. Mr Wm. Poppenhagen presiding over a…

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Football Club

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 3

A meeting was held at Meehan's Club Hotel on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of forming a football club. After some discussion the club was declared formed, and…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

May 24—Newcastle; entries, May 18; May 24—Lostook; entries, to-day. May 24—Quirindi; entries,May 17. June 14, 16—Tamworth…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 16 May 1898 · page 2

After a splendid game on Saturday, under bad weather conditions, Sydney beat Wallaroo by 9 points to 8. In the the first balf, Wallaroo were leading 8 to 3, and the game looked bad for Sydney,…

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