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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1897

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Colored Races Restriction Bill

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1897 · page 5

IN the Assembly on 24th ultimo Mr. Reid moved the second reading of this Bill, which was eventually agreed to. In the discussion Mr. Ewing said he considered there was no…

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Sporting. Q. T. C Races

Northern Star · Saturday 4 December 1897 · page 7

THE following weights are among those allotted for the various Handicaps at the forthcoming Queens land Turf dub's meeting— TRIAL, HANDICAP, 7 furlongs— Petrowrin, top…

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Cricket Notes

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 December 1897 · page 3

AT Arimdale Ranjitsinhji was suffering from a sore throat and was unable to leave his room. MR.STODDART lost a bunch of keys and a sovereign puse containing two or three sovereigns from his…

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Cricket Match

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1897 · page 8

THE Bungawalbin team defeated the Woodburn players on the ground of the latter on Saturday last by 29 runs. The visitors batted first and were dismissed for the…

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Cricket Match

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 8

A TEAM of cricketers from the local club journeyed to Tatham on Saturday last to play the return match with tho up-river wiliowists, and wore defeated by eight…

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Rous J. C. Annual Races

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 8

THE annual race meeting of the above Club was held on the local track on Saturday last, and proved in every way a very successful meeting. The day was rather warm,…

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