Football
An important football match is to be played this afternoon on St John's ground, between the University team and the first fifteen of the Newcastle Football Club; and as the former has…
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Sport, 1884
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Latest Sporting News. Singleton Races
This meeting under the auspices of the Northern Hunt Club, will take place on Wednesday next. There are six events, and the fields for each race will be large. The chief attractions of the day…
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The Waratah Club journeyed from Sydney to Maitland, and received a defeat at the hands of the Northumberland team by three goals to nil on Saturday afternoon. The game was played under…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The fourth and last day of the A. J. C. Spring meeting came off on Saturday last. The weather again was splendid, but the attendance was not nearly so good as was…
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Owing to errors in transmission, some mistakes occurred in the weights for the above races in yesterday's issue. For "Tittle," in Maitland Handicap, read…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—£6319 were paid as prizes at the late Randwick races…
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IN the second test match, England v. Australia, the "Home News" says there was plenty of fun on all three days for all whose whole soul was not concentrated on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Sporting News. Singleton Races. Judge, Mr. John Alford; Treasurer, Mr. T. F. G. Pockley; Secretary, Mr. H. V. Howe; Starter, Mr. J. M'Alpin; Handicapper. Mr. W. C. Quinton; Clerk of Course, Mr. H. York, jun.; Clerk of Scales, Mr. F. C[?]tis
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—The races held under the auspices of the Northern Hunt Club came off on the Singleton Racecourse to-day, in the presence of about 500 people…
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The annual meeting of the above was held last Monday night; Mr. Jas. Fletcher. jun., occupied the chair. After the usual preliminaries, the secretary gave a report…
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"We understand that a large number of entries have already been received for these sorts,which take place on the 27th of this month. All our athletes are in active training, and close contests…
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The Lambton Cricket Club will hold a meeting to-night at Bunn's Hotel. The members of the Wallsend United Cricket Club will also meet this evening a Trotter's…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—Reid, the jockey in the last race but one to-day, was thrown from his horse during the race, and was killed on the spot…
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MAITLAND, Monday.—The course is in fine order to-day for the races on Wednesday and Friday. The Following is to-day's running.—J. Moore's string was out at…
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The following excellent remarks appear as a leader in last week's Australasian:— "With nine-tenths of the racing men of our time money is the primary…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the inquest on the jockey Hadley, who was killed at the Canterbury Park races, a verdict of accidental death was returned, and the…
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An advertisement elsewhere announces that entries for the above meeting close to-night, so that those competitors who have not already expressed their intentions of taking part in the…
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Our Lambton correspondent writes:—The first match of the season was played at the Recreation Reserve on Saturday by the Lambton C. C. and Tighe's Hill C. C…
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J. W. H. Cooper is most successful on a dry, hard wicket. 2. English grasses. 3. Murdoch never scored 400 runs in a single innings in England or anywhere else…
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The English amateur. W. G. George, ran eleven miles 932 yards in an hour, and as the record was made in a heavy downpour of rain the performance is quite as good as Deerfoot's eleven miles…
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The well known firm of Messrs. E. J. Clarke & Co. of this city have signified their intention of presenting for competition during this and next season a cup and eleven trophies to be played for…
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