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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1891

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Randwick Races. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 January 1891 · page 3

Tattersall's Club race meeting was well attended yesterday, and the Club Cup was won by Muriel…

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Cricket. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 21 January 1891 · page 2

The cricket match between the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne was concluded on Saturday. Sydney won by 7 runs. The match was well…

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Frederickton Regatta

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 28 January 1891 · page 2

Once more Anniversary Day has brought together the aquatic sportsmen of the Macleay in a friendly rivalry on the Frederickton course. The day for…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 January 1891 · page 5

The Intercolonial cricket match closed yesterday. It was won by New South Wales by one innings and 94 runs. The Victorians in their second…

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Killed by a Cricket Ball. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 February 1891 · page 2

A young man named Little has died from the effects of a blow from a cricket ball…

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Atlantic Racing in 1890. A.c. in the "Graphic."

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 7

It is quite possible that the name of racing may be vehemently objected to. The captains and owners of the greyhounds of the ocean will protest that the faintest imagination of…

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Football

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Central Kempsey Football Club, was held at the Court House Hotel, West Kempsey, on Friday night last. The president,…

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Boxing. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 April 1891 · page 4

Peter Jackson has signified his willingness to fight Goddard in Sydney…

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Football

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1891 · page 2

The first match of the season was played on Saturday last on the Kempsey Ground before an assemblage of about a hundred people. The…

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Football. KEMPSEY v. FREDERICKTON

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 6 May 1891 · page 3

THE second match of the season between the above clubs took place at the Frederickton Reserve on Saturday last. H. D. Morton captained the Kempseyites while J. O…

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The Wauchope Races. [By Special Telegram.] Wauchope, Friday evening

Macleay Argus · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 4

Whitethorn is scratched for all engagements, and Fugleman for the Wauchope Jockey Club Handicap. All others are accepted…

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Gladstone Regatta

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 2

OWING to the very unpropitious weather on Monday the regatta was not so great a success as had been expected. Daylight broke with heavy weather,…

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Wauchope Races

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 May 1891 · page 2

A very good number of persons assembled on the Wauchope course on Monday, in spite of the very unfavorable weather. The various events…

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The Macleay Races

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 June 1891 · page 4

AT an early hour this morning our city was astir. All anxious for straight tips and sundry nips and to hear the latest news concerning our great…

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The Macleay Races

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 23 June 1891 · page 2

THE Electoral Stakes of £300, with perks, added. Nomination £40, to go to the fund. Electoral course. Five subs. N.S.W.L.A. rules…

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Pee Dee Races

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 2

Pee Dee was alive at an early hour on Saturday, and a bright day and the hope of good sport added to the knowledge of the geniality of the host,…

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Football

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 2

The two rival clubs, Kempsey and Frederickton, were fully represented on Saturday at Frederickton and a most exciting game was witnessed…

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News by Wire. Cricket. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 4

The Sheffield cricket team for Australia consists of W. G. Grace, Stoddart, Radcliffe, Phillipson, McGregor, Lohmann, Sharpe, Briggs, Attewell,…

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Boxing. London

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 8 September 1891 · page 2

The Bollingbroke Club at Frisco has offered 800dol. for a fight between Dixon and Johnson…

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Football

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 September 1891 · page 4

The football season of 1891 now being closed, the Kempsey Football Club assembled at a general meeting on Friday evening, at Mr. M'Lennan's…

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