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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1899

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 3

The match between the English team and Western District, played at Bathurst on Wednesday, resulted in a win for the Britishers by 19 points to…

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Fancy Dress Football Match

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 2

THIS event, the first of its kind in Scone, and one which several residents took up and have been working in with commendable enthusiasm for…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 2

Aug,—Northern Jockey Club, Aug.22,23—Quirindi; entries, Aug.12 and 21. Sept.27,28—Narrabri; entries, Sept.12 and 25. ATHLETIC SPORTS…

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Races Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 3

The race meeting of Tattersall's Club, which was to have been held this afternoon at Randwick, has been postponed until Wednesday. SCRATCHINGS…

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FOOTBALL. [By REFEREE]

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 5

The Englisihmen defeated the Western District at Bathurst on Wednesday by 10 points to nil. The following players will represent St…

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Football—England v. Australia

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 13

The football match, England v. Australia, was played on Saturday. The weather was fine, but the ground was soft and sticky owing to Friday night's rain. A light wind was blowing across…

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An Early Cricket Ground

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 1

In the fortieth year of Elizabeth a piece of ground at Guildford was claimed as public property, because boys had always played cricket on it when it was not being used for…

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International Football Match England V. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 3

The International Football Match was played this afternoon. The heavy and continuous rain rendered the ground party under water. There was a good attendance, including the Governor and…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1899 · page 5

Jim Phillips, the well-known umpire, who is touring England aa scorer for the Australian cricketers, writes: "Making all due allowance for the good play of the Englishmen in the test match at Leeds,…

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District News. Branxton. Branxton United Cricket Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 14 August 1899 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Branxton United Cricket Club was held on Saturday evening, the 12tb instant, but on account of the very inclement weather prevailing the attendance was rather…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 4

The heavy rain on Saturday i revented any local football being played. colony will be played at Sydney today against the Public Schools Past and…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 4

To Australians the exclusion of J. T. Hearne and Young from this England team in the test match now being played comes as a genuine surprise. In the first four…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 3

THE fourth and final match of the Poynting trophy series this season between Muswellbrodk and Scone clubs was played on the Show Ground on…

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Our Letter Box. [The Editor will at all times be glad to receive communications upon subjects of local or general interest; but it must be distinctly understood that we do not identify ourselves with the opinions ot correspondents.] Scone-Aberdeen Football Match. To the Editor of the Chronicle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 2

SIR,—Although I know it is not customary to receive correspondence in answer to communications appearing in a contemporary, I hope you will…

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Sporting News. Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 August 1899 · page 4

The following will represent the Centennial Club in a match with St. Patrick's on Saturday: Full-back. Winn; threequarters, Ball, Magee, Heath; fire-eights,…

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Races Postponed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 3

Canterbury Park races, set down for to-morrow, have been indefinitely postponed owing to rain…

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A Dog Playing Football

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 3

A most amusing scene was witnessed on Sunday afternoon, in Moore-street, Dublin, where a number of gamins were playing football with a large bladder under their own special…

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Dungog United Cricket Club

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 2

The annual general meeting of members was held at the Bank Hotel on Saturday night. There was a fair attendance, and Mr. H. E. Elliott…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The following players-will represent, St. Patrick's in the match with Centennial Club this afternoon :- Full-back, Sheehan; three-quarters, W. Cusick (captain), E…

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