Swimming
Alf. Holmes was not possessed of the 50 yds record very long, for by the last mall received we notice that a Scoteh lad has negotiated the distance in 20seao dead, whereas it…
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Sport, 1896
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Cricket
Second Ironclads v. Carrington, Y.M.C.A. wicket.—Former's team: Lindsay, Steele, Moister, Gallagen, Miller (2), White, Colgan, Gregory, Giles, Snessby, Andrews (12th)…
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THE intercolonial cricket match was brought to a conclusion to-day in the presence of only a moderate attendance. The home team, with one wicket in hand, were 175 runs to…
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The proposition for inviting a team of British bowlers to visit Australia and New Zealand during the present year has been enthusiastically taken up by the Australasian…
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The receipts for the intercolonial match totalled just on £1700. People who saw the match say that sufficient use was not made of Howell, who kept…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The Sportsman to-day comments in unfavourable terms at the selection of the Australian Eleven, which has been made in…
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The Bondi Club's carnival on Saturday attracted a very fair attendance. The Members' Handicap was won by S. Adams, with R. Godhard second, and C. Winn third. W…
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Now that the team has been chosen to do battle for Australia in the old country, it is to be hoped that we shall not have a repetition of the squabbles that occurred during the…
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The Albion and Pearl A teams met on the Albion Ground on Saturday afternoon in a two afternoons' contest. The Pearl captain won the toss, and took possession of the…
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J. Curry, who won the wood-chopping contest at Grafton on New Year's Day, offers to make a side wager of £25 with M'Pherson, the Tasmanian axeman, who challenged…
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At the usual weekly meeting of the committee of the Federal Club last night, Mr. R. Blackall in the chair, accounts amounting to £19 odd in connection with the late carnival…
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Several correspondents have written approving of the suggestion thrown out in yesterday's issue that a big match should be arranged as a benefit to Messrs. Turner and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket in the Colonies. the Game in the "Sixties." Some Interesting Facts. (Compiled by "The Tinman.")
Now that the cricket boom is on, a few particulars regarding the early history of the good old game in the colonies may not be out of place. I…
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At the meeting of the association on Monday night, W. J. Stratten, of Now Zealand, asked that some memento of his third in the One Mile Championship he given him. It…
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The general dissatisfaction with which the exclusion from the Australian Eleven of A. E. Trott and J. Lyons was received appears to be having a salutary effect in…
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The Y.M.C.A. Swimming Club held the second of its monthly handicaps last night in the Corporation Baths. The distance was 60 yards, and there were 14 entries, divided…
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At a meeting of the committee of the South Australian Cricket Association on Tuesday night, it was decided to send four delegates to the meeting of the Cricket Council in…
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T. Vipen, well known in local sporting circles, has returned to Perth from Coolgardie. He had a job from the goldfields which he will never take on again…
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Teams representing the Sacred Heart College and the High School met at the college on Wednesday, and the game resulted in a draw. In the first innings the college scored…
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The following are the respective bowling averages of A. E. Trott and Trumble for this season:—Pennant matches: A. E. Trott, seven wickets for 273 rune, average 39;…
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