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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1893

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Cricket In America October 17

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1893 · page 4

The match between Australia and Toronto cricketers, was to have been commenced at Toronto, Canada, on Saturday, but play was prevented by rain, and the commencement of…

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A Difficulty of Racing Law. Void Nominations. Can They Be Avoided

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 November 1893 · page 2

THE death of the nominator of any prominent Derby favourite, says the Field, invariably rouses a discussion upon the inconveniences which attend certain…

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Cricket. Kempsey v. Rising Star

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 November 1893 · page 5

A one-innings match between the above was played on the Kempsey ground on Saturday, and resulted as follows :--Kempsey, 93; Rising Star, 43…

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Cricket at Killalce. How Killaloe Played Bally[?]dly. Ingidents of the Game

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1893 · page 6

I WAS PADDY Malo[?], the spalpeen, that first [?] the crickets to Killalos—[?] cess to it. Twas to Cork the [?] to sell [?] and it was there that he saw the…

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Cricket. HUNTINGDON v. Port Macquarie

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 5

THE above match was played on the Huntingdon ground on Saturday last, J. Condon captained the Port team and E. Trotter, the Huntingdon, and the latter winning the toss elected to bat on a good…

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Athletics. Its Pleasures and Dangers

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 2

SIR B. W. RICHARDSON, lecturing at Birmingham on "The Athletic Life," referred to some criticisms on the "degradation of modern athletics" by the attempt to make them a…

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Cricket Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 December 1893 · page 5

In the match between New South Wales and South Australia, the latter in their first innings made 106 runs and New South Wales 118. When…

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Beechwood J.C. Races

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 December 1893 · page 5

THE above races commenced at Beechwood on Thursday last. The weather was fine, but [?] not, and there was only a fair attendance of spectators present. The racing on the…

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Boxing Day

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 December 1893 · page 5

There was quite an exodus from town on the previous morning, chiefly to Crescent Head and the South West Rocks. The weather was dull, hot, and threatening,…

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Lower Macleay J.c. Races

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 December 1893 · page 5

These races were very well attended, a large number of visitors from Kempsey being present. The weather was fine and the affair passed off most successfully…

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Wauchop[?] J. [?] Races

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1893 · page 2

THE annual meeting [?] club took place on the [?] Tuesday and Wednesday [?] and 27th December). The attendance was good, and…

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