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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1880

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Ballina Regatta

Northern Star · Saturday 3 January 1880 · page 2

OBEDIENT to the call of time and duty, your own left the Lismore Wharf by the favorite steamer, Sarah L. Hixson, at 2 o'clock on Xmas Day, and as we sped down the river,…

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Lord Harris on Colonial Cricket

Northern Star · Saturday 24 April 1880 · page 2

IN Lilly white's Annual for 1880 is a chatty paper by-Lord Harris on the doings of his Eleven in Australia. Concerning Evans he says: "In any opinion he is certainly the best…

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Regatta Meeting

Northern Star · Saturday 11 September 1880 · page 3

[?] meeting of persons favourable to the [?]used Regatta was then held, Mr Dawson [?]g the Chair. It was decided by resolu[?] that a Regatta be held on the Prince of…

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Rocky Mouth Regatta. Rocky Mouth, October 8

Northern Star · Saturday 9 October 1880 · page 3

Rush won Ourigger Race, and led all through. Trickett and McDonald were level until thirty yards from flagship, when both stopping, a foul occurred between Pearce and Trickett. The…

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Latest Telegrams. [From the P.t.a.] Maitland Races

Northern Star · Saturday 9 October 1880 · page 2

Black Swan, won the Duckenfield Stakes, Premier, 2; Gleam, 3. SYDNEY, OCTOBER 7. The Agricultural Society holds their…

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Cricket

Northern Star · Saturday 13 November 1880 · page 3

WRITING upon the late match the S. M. Herald,' says,—The great match on the Kennington Oval has been the subject of a good deal of comment in the English papers,…

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Woodburn Regatta. (From Our Correspondent). JUDGE—Mr. H[?] T. Dawson. TREASURER and STARTER—Mr. D. McPhee. SECRETARY—Mr. T. C. Lodge. STEWARDS—Messrs. T. H. Lane[?] T. H. Isbester, Robt. Armstrong, and J. Lang

Northern Star · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 2

ACCORDING to advertisement, Tuesday, the 9th instant—the Prince of Wales birthday— was celebrated here by a Regatta, the first sport of that kind ever indulged in at this…

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Ballina Regatta

Northern Star · Friday 31 December 1880 · page 2

ACCORDING to promise I left the Lismore wharf by the steamer Sarah L. Hixson on Sunday morning, and as we went at a good pace down the river, I noticed that everything…

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