Swimming
At the Natatorium on Monday night, Mr. J. Regan, of the Enterprise Club made an attempt to lower the existing amateur record for 440 yards, but was compelled to abandon…
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Sport, 1897
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Football
In answer to an advertisement in Saturday's Herald a good number of footballers assembled at Lloyd's Hotel, Carrington, for the purpose of forming a club to play…
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A DEPUTATION from the Northern Jockey Clubs, consisting of Messrs. Moroney (Newcastle), Pinchin (Singleton), Fletcher and Thirling (Wallsend), waited on the…
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The Norwood and New Lambton teams opened the season on Saturday last on the latter's ground, and after a friendly and evenly-contested game, a draw was declared…
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Tom Ball, well-known in this city, was at latest dates in Calcutta, hurling challenges at the world. It will be remembered he claimed to be a brother of Alf. Ball, the well-known…
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The Federal Club has lost one of its most energetic workers in Mr. J. Byatt, who in dissatisfied with the manner in which some of the officials of the club treated the Sydney…
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The Waverley Club have invited the Newcastle Club to dine with them in the club's pavilion at Waverley at 1 p.m. on Easter Monday…
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The Royal Oaks, s Sydney team, met the Carltons on the 'Clads' ground, send the result was a decisive victory for the visitors. The local team went to the wickets first and…
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Messrs. Wolfe, Prentice, and Co.'s representatives and a combination from the Maitland Mercury office played on the West Maitland and Park Oval yesterday, 12 men a side…
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Yesterday afternoon the second race meeting of the season was held on the Flemington course, Waratah, when the promoters were rewarded with a large attendance, the…
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Samson, at the Westminster Aquarium, gave a convincing proof of the wonderful muscular power he possesses in his arm as applied to chain breaking, this power being…
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On Saturday afternoon the St. Peter's first junior and Morpeth teams met at Morpeth, and the visitors were successful by 19 runs. Going first to the wickets, the home team…
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The race from San Francisco to England between the four Clyde built sailing vessels Queen Maragret, Rahane, Ross-shire, Cromartyshire, and the American ship Puritan resulted in a win for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Racing Steamer. a Narrow Escape
LONDON, Saturday.—The steamer Ibex, owned by the Great Western Railway Company, and running between Weymouth and Jersey, touched…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racing in Adelaide. The Onkaparinga Cup. Won by Lord Grenville. Adelaide
The principal centre of attraction to-day was the Onkaparinga race meeting at Oskbank. The chief event was the Cup, which was won by Lord Grenville, Thunder Queen…
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Word comes from Coolgardie that at the local swimming club's initial carnival, last months, W. M. Kelly, late of Parramatta Swimming Club, won the 100yds Open and…
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A general meeting of the Carlton Football Club is announced to be held at the Royal Hotel this evening At a meeting of the Rugby Union it was…
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During 1896 the gate receipts of the Warwickshire County Club reached £2601, for which large amount (a record for the county) the Australian Eleven was mainly…
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A general meeting of members of the Carlton Football Club was held at Fryar's Royal Hotel last evening. Mr. J. Colgan, one of the vice-presidents, occupied the chair, and…
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Peter Jackson, writing to "Amateur," of the Sydney Referee, says:—"Pay no attention to the rumours you hear of my dissipation and being a wreck, &c. I am, thank…
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