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Sport, 1898

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Tricks and Games in Swimming

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 7

PLAIN swimming, with its attendant diving, treading water, floating, and rolling in the warm sand, is quite good enough sport for most young…

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V.R.C. Autumn Races. Second Day.--tuesday

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 2

Hurdle Race--Clodalkin, Jack Hanwell, Sheoak. Ascot Vale Handicap--Bobadil, Cordite, Cocos. Australian Cup--Ayrshire, Battalion, Aurum. Other starters : Bundook, Trenthan, Mischief. The…

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Cricket

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 3

The London " Sportsman "complains that Stoddart's team has been a dismal failure…

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Thursday. Y.R.C. Races. Ambebite the Champion

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 5

The V.B.C. Autumn Heating was continued at Flemington to-day, with the following result:- Hurdle Race: Clondalkin, Cynis,…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 3

Playing for St. George against East Sydney on Saturday, H. H. Small scored 51. C. J. Eady, the Tasmanian cricketer,…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 3

Captain Stoddart celebrated his 35th birthday yesterday, P. S. Waddy, the crack Maitland batsman, has been presented by Capt…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1898 · page 3

M'Laren is the second batsman and the first Englishman to complete 1000 runs in an Australian season. Ranji comes third on the list…

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Inter-varsity Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1898 · page 2

A cricket match was commenced in Sydney to-day between the Sydney and Melbourne Universities. At 4 o'clock Sydney bed lost one wicket…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Thursday, 4.14 p.m. RACING

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 3

The Newcastle Cup resulted as follows:-- Ravens Plume, Tramp, Betsy Prig…

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Cricket

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

South Australia resumed their first innings against the Englishmen to day, and at luncheon the scores were --Darling, b Mason, 88; Lyons, caught, 79 Hill, lbw, b Hearne, 8;…

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A Cricket Record

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

In the University-Essendon match a record score has been made by the former--IOI6 runs for eight wickets. The innings is to be played out during the week…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 3

Mason, the English cricketer, will be 25 years of age to-day. George Giffen celebrates his 40th birthday tomorrow. Stoddart's 40 in the Adelaide match…

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Boxing. JACKSON v. JEFFRIES

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

The fight between [?] james jeffirisa, of America, and peter Jackson, the Australian colored pagilist, which took place[?] San Francisco on…

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Cricket. Times on Stoddart's Team. Completely Out-classed. Hill and Darling's Batting

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

The London Times says that Mr. Stoddart's team was continually outplayed in all branches of the game, and that they are unable to adopt the…

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Cricket

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2

THE English Cricketers are once again on the mighty deep, having left Adelaide on Thursday in the Ormuz. Time flies ! SHIELD matches for Saturday next--Glencoe v…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 3

Playing in Sydney on Saturday for St. George Club, H. Small made 45 and 17. J. C. Wilson, playing for Central Cumberland, scored 99…

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Cricket

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 2

MR WETHERSPOON intends taking a district team to Inverell at Easter. It is estimated that 320,000 people paid for admission to the five test matches…

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Football and Manslaughter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 4

AT Leicester Assizes, England, recently before Mr. Justice Hawkins and a jury, Henry Moore, of Enderby, was charged with the manslaughter of John Boyd Briggs, on October 25…

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Tennis

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 2

The tennis tornment on the American system was concluded on Saturday last, Mr. Boulton and Mrs. Malthy winning with 33 games, Mr. St. Clair…

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Cricket

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 2

N.S.W. eleven will play 18 cricketers at Tamworth on Saturday and Easter Monday…

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