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New England · Sport

Sport, 1902

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Golf Club

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 2

THE promoters of the Golf Club have now completed all arrangements in connection with the establishment of the links, and on Wednesday afternoon a good practise was…

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Personalities. a Lady's Swimming Feat

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 2

LADY Agnes Townshend recently swam completely round St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. The distance is over two miles, and…

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Cricket Chatter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 3

THE Englishmen have just concluded a match against a Victorian Country 16, and had a high old time at the expense of the provincial men, winning by ten wickets…

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The Cricket Season. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1902 · page 5

THE selectors of the English teams for the test matches are Lord Hawke, M'Gregor, and Bainbridge. Half the gate takings have been allotted…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 3

The inter-State match between N.S. Wales and Victoria was concluded in Sydney on Wednesday, the former winning by 60 runs…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Cricket, N.S.W. v. ENGLAND

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 February 1902 · page 5

The cricket match between the English team and N.S. Wales was commenced to-day, in beautiful weather…

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Cricket Chatter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

IT is not likely that Darling will play in the fourth test match, which commences at Sydney on the 14th instant. Joseph has a nice little property to tend over in Tasmania…

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N.b. Cricket Union

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the above was held in the School of Arts on Saturday evening, when Mr. J. A. Martin presided, and Messrs' Carter, Fakes, M'Creadie, Hagon, Schaffer,…

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The Cricket Season. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1902 · page 5

MR. M'LAREN states that if Marsh, the fast bowler, whose deliveries have been questioned, is included in the Bathurst team, the match will not be…

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A Golf Story

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 5

A beautiful golf story, guaranteed as being "mostly true," is sent by a correspondent of the "Globe." Some years ago I was playing in a match in India, Bangalore v. Madras,…

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A Cricket Dispute

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1902 · page 4

At a meeting at Bathurst last night, it was resolved not to withdraw Marsh from the team selected to play against the Englishmen…

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Cricket Chatter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 2

THE Tasmanian giant, C. J. Eady, was to have left Hobart yesterday for Sydney, for the purpose of practising for the fourth test match. It was during the Australian Eleven…

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The Annual Races

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the New England Jockey Club took place on the local racecoarse on Wednesday and yesterday, 4th and 5th inst…

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The Cricket Squabble

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 2

SIR, -- As a lover of sport, and one who thinks that men(when appointed to represent their fellow-men or club to do their duty irrespective of their personal opinion) should,…

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Varieties When Football Was a Crime

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 1

The came of football, which was known in England prior to 1175, was never regarded with favour by the law, and an Act was passed in the reign of Edward…

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Late News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] Cricket. BATHURST

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 5

THE Bathurst cricket authorities have decided to withdraw Marsh from their team. The English cricketers will,…

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Our Wires. Through Grevile's Telegram Company. Armidale Races. Wednesday, 6 p.m

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 3

The races to-day were well attended. In the City Handicap, Myall, Poerlike, BK, and Steel busk fell at the back of the course, but none of the riders were seriously injured. Borough Handicap :…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 3

A match between the English cricketers and Noble's N.S.W. team, resulted in a win for the former by an innings and 128 runs…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 4

In the match Englishmen v. Western District, the former have five out for 242. M'Gahey made 71, Quaife 78 and Garnett 61…

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Sporting. CRICKET

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 2

The match, England v. Bathurst, has been abandoned, During his career Syd Gregory has bit up 14 centuries in first-class cricket…

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