Country News. Falconer Races
THESE races came off on New Year's Day, being a beautiful, cool day, without dust or rain. The racing was very good, and all went…
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The Tamworth Annual Races. (Abridged from the Examiner.)
THE annual race meeting of the Liverpool Plains Jockey Club commenced on Wednesday and terminated on Thursday last, and, on the whole, passed off as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Ladies' Cricket Match at Sandhurst
It certainly required a very considerable amount of courage on the part of the ladies to undertake to play a cricket match in public. The thing was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Defects of Cricket As a Public Spectacle
THE hosts of people who during the next three months will crowd cricket grounds, delighted in witnessing the game, would most likely never be aware that cricket…
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THE above came off successfully on Wednesday last. The spot chosen was a portion of land situated at Beardy, the property of Mr. T. G. Rus[?], and kindly placed by that gentleman at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. (To the Editor.)
SIR,--Can any of your readers inform me what has become of the Glen Innes cricket club? The cricketing season is now approaching, and the club, if still in existence, should be now getting into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dundee Boxing Day Races
"Some push along with four-in-hand, Whilst others drive at random; In whisky, buggy, or go-cart, Curricle, or tandam."…
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