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Sport, 1896

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Cricket

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 3
Also in The Armidale Chronicle

The cricket match, Victoria v. South Australia, was commenced at Melbourne to-day. Victoria went in first and lost seven wickets for 95 runs…

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Sporting News. Cricket Fixtures

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 3

Walcha v. Uralla, at Walcha, Saturday, 8th February—Won by Walcha by 6 wickets. Walcha v. Kentucky, at Walcha…

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Intercolonial Cricket. VICTORIA v. South Australia

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 4

The Intercolonial cricket match, Victoria v. South Australia, commenced in Melbourne to-day. The wicket was soft…

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Cricket

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1896 · page 2
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

IREDALE made 124 on Saturday. GLEN INNES v. Emmaville at Emmaville next Saturday. PLAYING against South Sydney on Saturday for…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 February 1896 · page 2

Mr. Musgrove has withdrawn his resignation as manager of the Australian Eleven. F. Iredale scored 124 for Central…

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Cricket

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 February 1896 · page 2

TURNER, Bruce, and Lyons are to select the Rest of Australia eleven. Percy M'DONNELL passed through Glen Innes on Tuesday morning. Destination: Sydney…

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The Prince and Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 5

The Prince of Wales has announced his intention of attending the first match in which the Australian team takes part in England…

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Telegrams. Sydney. Friday. Intercolonial Cricket. N.S. WALES v. South Australia Tall Scoring

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 4

The Intercolonial cricket match, New South Wales v. South Australia, was commenced in Sydney to-day. The weather was bright and cool…

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Cricket

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1896 · page 3
Also in The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser

SYD. TRAVERS received a nasty and painful blow on the third finger in taking one of Harris' fast ones at Emmaville on Saturday, aud Abbott was installed in his stead behind the wickets…

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The "Test" Cricket Match. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1896 · page 5

W. HOWELL has been picked to play in the test match, and it is likely that either Lyons or Worrall will have to stand out to make room for him…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1896 · page 4

Clem. Hill has an average of 71.4 runs per innings in intercolonial matches this season. T. R. M'Kibbin is the only single…

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Intercolonial Cricket. New South Wales v. South Australia

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1896 · page 4

The above mated, which was commenced on Friday, was continued on Saturday. The South Australian innings concluded shortly after 2…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Intercolonial Cricket. New South Wales v. South Australia

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 March 1896 · page 2

The match was continued to-day, the weather being perfect and the wicket good. Turner and M'Kibbin had charge of…

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He Preferred Lawn Tennis

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 3

MR. Froude, the historian, was once called upon to choose between a drive with a philosopher and a game at lawn tennis, and chose the latter. The late Canon…

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CRICKET. Great test match commences in Sydney to-day

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1896 · page 5

IT is proposed to present Turner with a national testimonial, on similar lines to that recently presented to Dr. Grace in England. Turner provided a great feature of play in the intercolonial match…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 3

Armidale and Tamworth meet on Saturday next, 14th inst. Harry and Jones are omitted from the Australian Eleven in the test…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday, The Test Cricket Match. Details of the Play

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1896 · page 4

H. Trumble was omitted from the Australian Eleven. H. Trott captained the Australian Selected team and Percy M'Donnell…

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