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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1899

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Cricket Material

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 2

We have received a very fine lot of Cricket. Bats, Gloves, and Brills, and our prices are as low as Sydney or Maitland, and you save freight. In proof of this…

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Singleton Cricket Club. The New Ground on Howe Park

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 2

A meeting of the Committee of the Singleton Cricket Club was held at the Mechanics' Institute on Tuesday night. It was decided to…

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Howe Park Suggestion. a Reply to "Ratepayer" and "Cricket-" "Thrice he is Arm'd Who hath His Quarrel Just." (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus.)

Singleton Argus · Thursday 12 October 1899 · page 1

SIR,-I can afford to smile at the two Intempernte and ungentlemealy effusions over tbe above headings. If they had a logical and a good cause…

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Cricket. To-morrow's Fixtures

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 4

To represent the 2nd Pearls against Hinton on the Park:—Andrews, Cahill, Edmunds, Freeman (2), Homan, Kingsley, Lethbridge, Reynolds, Swiney, Whyburn, Hammond (12)…

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Howe Park for Cricket Purposes— an Excellent Step

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 4

The recent formation of several new cricket clubs this season has had an excellent result, in which the people will mainly share. The starting of the new institutions has led to a great…

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Yankee Football—in Prose and Verse. a Sudden Change

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 2

How subtle are the reasons That sway a woman's mind; It varies like the seasons, Is fickle as the wind…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 5

The following will represent the Rovers in the match against sedgefield to-day at [?] play to commerce at 2 o' clock sharp:-Fester [?]…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 6
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

The following will represent the South Singleton C.C. against the. Lillywhite C.C. on the Fermer wicket this afternoon:-A Brooke.W. Brooker. J. E. Collins. j…

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Blandford Races

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 2

A public meeting for the purpose of arranging for the annual Boxing-Day Races at Handford is advertised to be held at the Plough Inn, Blandford, at 8 p.m. this…

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Murrurundi Cricket Club

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 2

The following is the tram selected to play against the Scone C. C. at Scone to-day (Saturday):—W. S. Goard, Jos. Starp, John Sharp, E, Wand, H. Chidgey, G…

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A Magistrate Rules that Boxing is Legal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 9

Two young men named Burden and Higgins were charged at the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Saturday, with having "unlawfully agreed to fight a boxing match" at the Golden Gate Club…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 October 1899 · page 3
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Victoria and South Australia will meet at Adelaide on Friday, November 24. The following will represent the Half Holiday C.C. against the Singleton C. C…

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Cricket Materict

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 October 1899 · page 2

We have received a very fine lot of Cricket Hats, Gloves, and Balis, and our prices are as low as Sydney or [?] and you save freight. In proof of this…

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Late News by Cable. London, Oct. 16. Racing in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 17 October 1899 · page 3

The Australian-bred horse Oban is favourite in the bitting for the Cambridgeshire Stakes,…

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Swimming in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 3

J. H. Hellings, of Sydney, has won the 150 yards swimming championship of London. Time, 1 minute 46 [?] seconds…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 3

The following will represent St. Patrick's against Singleton on Saturday next on Victoria Square:- A. M'Ginley. P. Dance, E. Moroney, W. and E. Fitagerald, J…

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Cricket Material

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 October 1899 · page 2

We have received a very fine [?] of Cricket [?], Gloves, and Bails, and our prices are as low as Sydney or Maitland, and you save freight. In proof of this…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 October 1899 · page 6

At the Balliol Baths (England), on September 3, Major W. Taylor, the long plunge champion, covered a distance of 7Sft in the allotted time, and going on did…

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