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Sport, 1899

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Echoes of Sport. the House Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 3

Aug. 10,12— Northern Jockey Club. Aug.22,28—Quirindi; entries, Aug. 12 and 21. Sept. 27, 28—Narrabri; entries, Sept. 12 and 25. PIGEON SHOOTING…

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Athletics

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 August 1899 · page 3

A couple of weeks ago the ARGUS announced the fact that the champion irish athlete, T. P. Kiely, had Cast the 16lb hammer 162ft. 4in Now it transpires…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 2

The English footballers have now played 16 matches, of which they have won 13 and lost 3. They have scored 237 against 78 points. Their next match will be third test match, which will be…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

Victoria Square will be the scene of an engagement between Singleton and Next Fifteen this afternoon. The contest shculd present some interesting features, provided…

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Wonderful Cricket Records

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 14

The present moment makes anything in the cricket line of interest to readers of all classes, and the following extraordinary cricket records will show that the "boys" now in England will have a…

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International Football Match England V. AUSTRALIA. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1899 · page 3

The football match, England versus Australia, was played this afternoon. The weather was fine, but the ground was soft and sticky owing to last night's rain. A light wind was blowing across…

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Swimming in Europe

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 3

F.C.V. Lane, the Sydney swimmer, won the Furing Championship at the Brighton Bather yesterday by 15 yards, defeating both P.H. Lister (Osborne Club) and Edwards. J.H. Derbushire…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 August 1899 · page 3

The match between Maitland and Central Newcastle on Saturday, was a poor exhibition of football. The Newcastle men had the best of the game all through, and finally won by 14, points to…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

M. A. Noble and V. Trumper have each scored 1253 runs in England. Noble has hatted 36 times, six not out, Trumper 33, with two not out, so that their…

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Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

The above races on Saturday last resulted as under:— Flying Handicap, 6 furlongS. Severity, Sst (S- Calinan), I ; Djin Djin, [?]…

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A Cricket Story from Hull

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

It would appear that the scorer for a certain Hull cricket club is a bit of a humourist. On one of the pages of his score-book the following entry appears :—Ford, "had," 48…

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Late News by Cable. London, Aug 7. Swimming in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

The Sportsman says that P. C. V. Lane, of Sydney, who won the 220-yards swimming championship at the Brighton Baths, is one of the best swimmers that have ever visited England…

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Football. [By Referee]. Singleton V. Next Fifteen

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 4

The much-talked-of match between the above teams was played on Victoria Square on Saturday afternoon last, and resulted in in runaway win for the representative team…

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Dungog Junior Cricket Club. Annual General Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 2

The annual general meeting of, members of the Dungog Junior O C. was held in the School of Arts on Saturday night. There was a large…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 4

In an old print, it is stated that H. Morley, of the old Sussex eleven, was once in for two hours, and only got one run; and that in another match he was was in three hours for nine runs…

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Football. Aberdeen v. Scone

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 2

SCONE and Aberdeen Clubs met on the former's ground on Saturday last in the Poynting trophy competition, Both clubs had strong teams in the field;…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 August 1899 · page 2

The following players will represent the Dobadil Club (?) against St. Patrick's on Saturday afternoon: Full-back, Win[?]; three-quarters, Jarman, Magee, Heath;…

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Northern Jockey Club Races. First Day

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 August 1899 · page 3

Judge, Mr. Walter Eales; handicapper, Mr. John Daly; starter, Mr. W. C. Markwell, clerk of the course, Mr. Thos, Judge; clerk of the scales, Mr. C. H. Prentice; hon, secretary, Mr…

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