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New England · Sport

Sport, 1873

13 stories in New England's papers

Racing at the Lagoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 6

OWING to Mr. Brereton having obtained the right of entree to the Armidale race course, for the athletic sports there on New Year's Day, several of the other…

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The Athletic Sports

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1873 · page 4

ON Thursday evening the Judge, Treasurer, Secretary, and other members of the New Year's Day Athletic Sports Committee met, at the Wellington Inn, for…

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Bundahra Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1873 · page 4

I HAVE the honour to enclose a short account of our Christmas, or rather our New Year's racing. The races were postponed from…

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Athletic Sports

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 4

SINCE the public meeting, at which it was decided to have Athletic sports on Anniversary Day, the Committee, then appointed, has met twice…

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Country News. Bundarra Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1873 · page 6

A MEETING was held at Mr. Honey's, Commercial Hotel, on Thursday, the 16th ult., for the purpose of arranging sundry matters in connection with the Annual…

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Armidale Annual Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 22 March 1873 · page 4

IT rarely has been that on the opening morning of the Armidale Annual Races the state of the weather has not occasioned misgivings respecting the…

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Cricket. Single Versus Married

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1873 · page 4

A MATCH between eleven single and eleven married men was played on Easter Monon the usual cricket ground to the North of the race course, The weather…

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By Electric Telegraph. Randwick Races. Thrusday Evening

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1873 · page 5

Flying Handicap: Cyclops, Wanderer. Maiden Plate: Arrow, Abbot, King Tom. Produce Stakes: Rose D'Amour,…

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The Glen Innes Annual Races. (Abridged from, last Saturday's Guardian.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1873 · page 4

WEDNESDAY was a great day at Glen Innes, and the races were more numerously attended than any that have taken place over this course for years. There…

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Cricket Armidale Walcha

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 31 May 1873 · page 4

ON the Queen's Birthday these old competitors again met, on the Armidale ground. The weather was almost warm enough for summer, and between 200…

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By Electric Telegraph. (Through Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney, Thursday Night. Randwick Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1873 · page 4

Shorts: Rosalie, Mantana, Sweet Briar; Ladies' Plate: Wanderer, Mormon, Paladin…

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By Electric Telegraph. (Through Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney, Thursday Evening. Melbourne Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1873 · page 5

Maiden: Mountaineer, Sylvia Colt, Triton. Railway: Atalanta, Mirth, Imperial. Plate: Hook, Flora…

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Country News. Races at Terrible Vale

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Saturday 13 December 1873 · page 4

I SEND you an account of the Terrible Vale Station races, inaugurated by the Messrs. Taylor Brothers, some three years since, as a sort of harvest home on…

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