Northern District Rugby Union. Annual Meeting
THE annual meeting of the Northern District Rugby Football Union was held at the Metropolitan Hotel on Saturday night. There was a large attendance, the chair…
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Sport, 1897
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Maitland District. CRICKET
AN interesting match between teams representing the veterans of Singleton and Maitland respectively was played on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, on Saturday last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. the Senior Cricket Matches
In the senior cricket matches on Saturday Norwood with 163 best South Adelaide with 156. North Adelaide, with 234, beat Hindmarsh with 166. Adelaide, with 321, beat…
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According to the Sydney papers Cavill's performance in the half-mile championship race in Sydney on Saturday was full of merit. His time as registered by Messrs. R…
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The San Francisco Bulletin says:—An old Chicago ring follower remarked the other day: " I never saw a man improve in appearance as Jim Corbett has in the last three…
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Mr. B. J. Burke, hon. sac. N.S.W. A.S.A., has written to the Telegraph as follows:—"In your report of the half-mile championship race you state the distance was made up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Football Club. Twenty-first Annual Meeting
The twenty-first annual meeting of the Newcastle Football Club was hold at the Great Northern Hotel last evening. There was a fair attendance, the president, Mr. E…
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C. T. B. Turner will leave Sydney in the course of this week to take up his residence in Brisbane. According to an English newspaper, J. T…
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A committee meeting of the Newcastle Football Club was held last evening, when it was decide to hold a meeting of the players on Tuesday night next for the purpose of…
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The committee of the Federal Club are working hard to ensure the success of the carnival to be held next Saturday evening. In addition to all the local cracks, the leading…
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At a meeting of the committee of the Bowling Association held in Sydney on Thursday night, Mr. W. M'Leod, of the Newcastle Club, wrote suggesting the…
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The third series of second round of the second junior competition will be played to-day. As this is the last match, it will decide which teams are to compete in the senior…
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THE second annual meeting of the Hunter River District Lawn Tennis Association was held at the Great Northern Hotel last night. The annual report, which was read and…
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Central Cumberland and North Sydney played a draw in Sydney on Saturday. Scores: C.C, 250; N.S, seven for 187 (Hopkins not out 74, Deane 29, and Duff 26.)…
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Mr. J. Rourke's team and the Woodville representatives played their return match on the West Maitland Park oval on Saturday afternoon, and the former secured an easy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Races at Rosehill. Fielder Wins a Double
There was a very large attendance to witness the racing at Rosehill on Saturday. Some capital sport was provided, and betting on the different events was very brisk…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Chat With M. Dooley. His Defeat by Goddard. Boxing in S. Africa. the Sport on the Boom
MICK DOOLEY, the well known heavy-weight boxer, who, after putting Peter Felix through his facings in Melbourne in July last year, left for South Africa,…
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Some definite action will be taken at a meeting of the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association next Thursday night for the purpose of bringing Mr. J. H Tyers,…
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The East Maitland Lawn Tennis Club opened the season on Saturday last in the presence of a large and fashionable gathering of ladies and gentlemen. The grounds…
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If recent news from American be true, there will in all probability soon be an exodus of football players from some of the American States, where it is proposed to inflict…
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