Football
The Victorians opened their season on Saturday, and the attendance at the principal match, that between Essendon and Fitzroy, was estimated at 12,000. The following are…
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Sport, 1894
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Athletics
A fight for the 10-stone championship of the world and a stake of £600 took place at the Bolingbroke Club, London, on Friday night last, between Dick Burge and Harry…
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On Saturday next the official opening of the Rugby Union's ground will take place. A match has been arranged between the Maitland and Newcastle Districts, and all the…
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A match for £10 a side took place at Muswellbrook on Friday last between two sprinters viz., Cameron and Riley, on the cricket reserve. A large crowd of people assembled…
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By the death of Mr. William Newman, the well-known English cricketer, various societies and persons will benefit to the extent of £11,000. To each place of worship in…
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Entries close to-night for Moroney's 64th Nursery Handicap, which will be run next. Saturday night. L. A. Simpson, who recently won the…
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Peter Jackson recently wrote to a St. Louis sporting man as follows:—"Mr. Brady, Corbett's manager, says that our side has made no effort to find a place for us to meet…
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The football ground, improved to such a great extent by the Northern Branch of the New South Wales Rugby Football Union, will be opened to-day, when some rare fun as well as…
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There is a great probability of our seeing among Stoddart's cricket team the Indian student, Ranjitsinghi, who played so finely against the last Australian team in the…
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Moroney's 60th Nursery Handicap will be run off to-night at the Olympic Hall. The following names were too late for publication:—Munsie, S. W., 32¼; Hollis, H. P.,…
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The ground lately fenced in and improved by the Northern Branch of the Now South Wales Rugby Union was opened on Saturday in the presence of large crowd of…
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The intercolonial series of lawn tennis matches commenced on Saturday on the Association Ground, Moore Park, between the New South Wales and Victorian…
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The new rule suggested by English cricketers with reference to "throwing the ball" is as follows:—"A ball is 'thrown' (Law 12) when the arm, being bent at the…
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The Tamworth News contains the following in memoriam form with regard to the recent handicap at the Oval:—"Sacred to the memory of honest footracing, which after…
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In a football match played at Cheltenham (Victoria) on Saturday between teams representing the local football club and the Moorabbin club a young man named…
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The intercolonial tennis match between Victoria and New South Wales was concluded on the Association Ground, Sydney, on Monday. New South Wales had secured a…
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What is looked forward to in bowling circles as a very interesting match will take place on the Newcastle Bowling Ground this afternoon. The Mayor of Newcastle has…
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It has been arranged by the Now South Wales Rugby Union that a team of Sydney footballers will start for New Zealand on August 25, and play a series of matches in…
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At a meeting of the committee of the Newcastle District Cricket Association, held at the Centennial Hotel last night, it was decided that the 11 bats offered by Mr…
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Some people contribute their portion to the mass of human woe by eternally declaiming against everything that offers innocent amusement to our youth. Among these may…
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