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New England · Sport

Sport, 1891

58 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 3

Football

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon a match was played between the Glen Innes and Fire Brigade and Band [?] and after a hard struggle resulted in a draw, each side scoring three points. [?]…

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Football. Armidale V. Oxford

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1891 · page 5

THE first match of the season was played on Saturday afternoon last on the Armidale Cricket Oval, which has been well prepared by the field being well squared…

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Black Mountain Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 8

MONDAY last broke beautifully fine, and as the mists rolled off the mountain tops, and old Sol shone forth in all his glory, the hearts of lads, who liked to see the…

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Tennis Matches

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1891 · page 8

ACCORDING to arrangement, a lawn tennis team from Uralla, consisting of six players, met an equal number from the Armidale Association, on the grounds of the…

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Football Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1891 · page 2

A MEETING of the Glen Innes Club was held on Wednesday evening, when the entries for the badge competion were considered. After some discussion it was decided that all the entries were informal, as…

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Latin and Native Races of Spanish America

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1891 · page 1

One must be just in his estimate of Spanish-American civilization. If there are in Yucatan, and adjacent States hundreds of thousands of the descendants of the once…

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Football

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 June 1891 · page 4

ABOUT 3.30 on Wednesday last the members of the Armidale and Glen Innes Football Clubs entered the arena to try conclusions in the first match this season for…

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Football Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 2

ON Wednesday last the Glen Innes footballers travelled to Armidale to meet the local players in the first match in the New England Senior Badge competition. A very good team, though not the…

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Football Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1891 · page 2

In obedience to a challenge accepted, on Wednesday last the Glen Innes Juniors paid a visit to Armidale, for the purpose of trying conclusions with a combined team from the Grammar School and St…

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Do Athletics Shorten Life?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1891 · page 2

APROPOS of some contemplations over the careers of Cardinal Newman end John Boyle O'Reilly, lately indulged in by a contemporary, the MEDICAL RECORD says:…

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Football Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 2

THE Glen Innes football team that travelled to Inverell on Friday last had a trip that was the very reverse of pleasant Leaving Glen Innes on Friday about 4 p.m., in an open…

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Football

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1891 · page 4

ON Saturday afternoon last a very limited number of footballers donned the Jerseys for a practice game, and after a brief game showed they were very much out of…

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The Dangers of Football

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 3

THE LANCET has just published a very opportune article on the dangers of football, as the game is played at present. The writer…

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Dogs in the Cricket Field

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 July 1891 · page 3

DR. W. G. Grace, in his recent book on "Cricket," shows what dogs can do in the cricket field. "From first to last," he says, "we…

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Tennis. (Tuesday's News.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1891 · page 8

A TEAM of tennis players, from Armidale, tried conclusions with the representatives of Tamworth on the Oval on Saturday. Rain fell overnight, the whole of the day…

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Football Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 3

IT will be remembered that some few weeks back a team of footballers from Glen Innes visited Inverell, and in the face of extremely bad weather, and a weak team, being a man…

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Football. Armidale V. Tamworth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 4

ON Saturday last a team of footballers from Tamworth arrived by the mail train, and were met at the railway station by the members of the local Club. The…

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Disgraceful Scene As a Football Match

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 3

A most disgraceful scene was witnessed lately at a football match in Bellevue Park, Alloa (Scotland). An eleven a side tournament was…

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Killed by a Cricket Ball

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1891 · page 3

AN inquest was held lately at Redcar (Eng.) on the body of Laurence Appleton Armitage, (son of Mr. M. Armitage, surveyor to the Redcar…

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Tennis Match

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 August 1891 · page 2

TEAMS representing the Glen Innes and "Tenterfield Tennis Clubs met on the ground of the latter on Thursday last. Play commenced about 12 o'clock, and continued throughout the day,…

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