Swimming
At the Palace Emporium's carnival at the Nat. on Thursday night advantage was taken of the occasion to swim off the race for the 220 Yards Championship of New South…
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Sport, 1898
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Cricket
Playing for the South Australian workshops the other day against the Victorian workshops, Clem Hill retired after making 105. The South Australian team won the…
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Virgoe and Onghton are to meet this evening for the purpose of posting a substantial deposit for their handball match, which is likely to eventuate about the latter end of…
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HALF HOLIDAY v. HINTON.—This match was played on the Cricket Ground on Saturday. Hinton batting first made 131, Scobie 28, J. Bramble and Holland 23 each, Gilbert…
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THE match between teams representing the Hunter River and Robertson Cricket Associations was opened on the Albion Ground on New Year's Day, but owing to the heavy…
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The 1st of January was the day chosen by the above club on which to bring off their annual fixture, "omago being selected as the convincing ground. The steamer Rose…
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About 1000 people attended the race meeting held under the auspices of the local Jockey Club on Saturday. The weather was dreadfully warm until shortly after 3 o'clock,…
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W. Green and H. Dempsey met at the Harbour View Hotel on Saturday night for the purpose of talking over matters in connection with the projected glove contest…
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The Newcastle cricketing team, organised by Messrs. E. J. Bond and J. D. Beeston, had a most enjoyable trip to Clarence Town on New Year's Day'. The steamer Etna…
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The parish church at Pakefield, a village near Lowestoft, was the scene of an amusing incident on a recent Sunday. Pakefield, it seems, has a curate of the muscular…
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Two out of the test matches have been decided, and each side having scored a win the third meeting will be looked forward to with much interest. In the match just…
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Mr Creswell, the secretary of the South Australian Cricketing Association, has telegraphed from Melbourne that on account of the prolongation of the test match now being…
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Two handicaps were contested at the Corporation Baths last evening, one under the auspices of the Centennial Club, and the other under the management of the Pirates…
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A meeting of the committee of the Maitland Amateur Swimming Club was held at the boat shed, Walsh Park, last evening. Mr. John James occupied the chair, and…
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Profess Wm, Klein is a native of the Fatherland, and possesses a unique record in weight lifting, and as a wrestler in the catch-as-catch-can (otherwise Lanceashire…
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Entries are rolling in for the Federal Club's big "splash" which is to eventuate in the Corporation Baths on the night of the 13th. Fifty nominations have already been…
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London Cricket contains a very eulegistic notice of Leslie W. Pye, the brilliant young Sydney player, who came into such prominence last season. Pye in 47 innings (12 not…
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The cricket fixtures for this afternoon are as follows:—Albion A V. Morpeth, at Morpeth; Pearl A v. East Maitland A, on the West Maitland Park; Pearl B v. Hinton, at…
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In the Fremantle Town Hall recently a club swinger named "Tas" Griffiths, who claims to be the 1895 holder of the Australian amateur club swinging record, swung the 5lb…
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The Pearls and East Maitland A teams opened a two days' match on the Maitland Park on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a fair number of spectators. The Pearls…
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