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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1898

1,031 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 51 of 52

Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 2
Also in The Scone Advocate

The match between the Sydney Grammar School and the school teachers was continued after we went to press yesterday. O'Halloran carried his score to 61, when he was bowled by Powell. He…

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Bazaar and Concert. Boxing Night

The Scone Advocate · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 3

WE would remind our readers that the bazaar in connection with the R.C. Church funds, will be opened in the School of Arts on Boxing night. It…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 3

December 26—Lochinvar. December 26—Dan O'Connell Course, Branxton. December 26—Stroud. December 26 and 27—Wallsend…

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Melbourne. the Intercolonial Cricket Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 3

Heavy rain was fulling in Melbourne to-day, and prospects for the cricket match are anything but favourable. The Victoria as think on a queer wicket they will more than hold their own…

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Cricket. Thalaba V Clarence Town

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 2

A match between the above clubs was played at Thalaba on Saturday last, and resulted in an easy win for the home team by an innings and 24…

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To-day's Sporting News Newcastle Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 23 December 1898 · page 3

Following are the entries for the Newcastle Jockey Club's race meeting, to take place on January 5:—SHORTS HANDICAP, six furlongs.—Bluey, Henry…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 4

The following will represent the Carltons in a match against the Waratah Cricket Club on Monday, December 26th (Boxing Day), at Waratah; players to journey by…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 6

The following have been selected to represent Victoria in the mutch against the Now South Wales Eleven commencing on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day:—…

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Blandford Races

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 2

We would remind our readers that the annual race meeting will be held on the Blandford course at the Plough Inn on Monday next, Boxing day. As this is one of the…

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Abbottsford Shearers' Races

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 2

The completion of the shearing at Abbottsford, Wingen, was celebrated on Monday last by races, and a ball at night. The day was fine and cool, and there was a very fair…

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Cricket. Albions v. Sydney Grammar School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 3

This match, played yesterday, on the Albion Ground, was unfortunately interfered with by the rain, and had to be abandoned in the afternoon. The Albions won the toss, and went in to bat on a…

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The Australian Grace Darling. a Port Jackson Boxing-day Reminiscence of 1863

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 2

Towards the close of the year 1838 the United Kingdom and, indeed, the whole of Europe, rung with tokens of public applause, with the deed Grace Darling and her father had performed in…

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Athletic Sports

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 24 December 1898 · page 2

We would remind those who intend to enter for the All-comers Handicap to be run at the athletic sports which are advertised to be held at Meehan's Club Hotel on New…

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Boxing Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1898 · page 3

The holiday to-day was cool, cloudy, and pleasant, and such as would give considerable zest to those who went out-doors to enjoy it. The town was almost deserted from early morn until dewy eve…

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Cricket. Northern District v. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1898 · page 3

The weather this morning was threatening when the teams arrived on the Albion Ground, but the wicket was found to be in good order. Richardson captained the Sydney man, and L. Moore was…

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To-day's Sporting News Wallsend Jockey Club Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 December 1898 · page 3

The Christmas meeting of the Wallsend Jockey Club opened to-day in the presence of a very large crowd of people. The weather though cloudy, was fine, and the course was in excellent order, thanks…

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Wallsend Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1898 · page 2

The Christmas meeting of the Wallsend Jockey Club, which opened on the well-known Maryland course yesterday, was very successful both from a sporting and financial point of view. The club's…

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Our Singleton Letter. Boxing Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1898 · page 2

Yesterday (Boxing Day), a large number of townsfolk went a pleasuring, as they usually do when a public holiday gives them the opportunity to escape from the languid bent of the weather, and…

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Cricket. Sydney v. Northern District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 December 1898 · page 3

Our report cloned yesterday with the fall of Jansen's wicker, Richardson was eleventh man, and, although he did not shape very well at first, be was fortunate enough to stay at the wickets…

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