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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1897

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Cricket. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1897 · page 3

The cricket match was continued. Victoria in their second innings made 230, Trumble being 82. South Australia in their second innings has lost three wickets…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 January 1897 · page 2

A two day's cricket which will be comm[?] the local ground this [?] between the [?] even of the Mer[?]tile and Ma[?] Works Clubs. The following are…

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Cricket. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1897 · page 3

The most successful bowler yesterday in the match South Australia v. New South Wales was Coningham, who secured four wickets for 69 runs,…

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Cricket. Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1897 · page 3

The Queensland cricketers won the match against 18 of South Canterbury by 183 runs…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 2

Teams chosen by Messrs. Trader and Cutler, presidents of the District and Morcan. tile Clubs respectively, met on Saturday, the elect of the former scoring 79 against their…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 2

Candidates are [?] up early to the [?] where [?] will be [?] to take [?] [?]…

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The Cricket Council. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 3

Mr. J. E. Gibson last, night resigned from the Australasian to Cricket Council, that body having in his opinion failed to do its du[?]y in dee ing…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1897 · page 2

A general meeting of members of the Mereautile Cricket Club will be held at the Empire Hotel to-morrow evening…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 2

A [?] match will be played by members of the differnet clubs this afternoon Teams picked on the ground at 2.15. The [?] has been examined at Aden…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Cobar, Races. Cobar

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 March 1897 · page 4

THE races commenced yesterday, and the Opening Handicap was won by Havelock, with Dexter second. The Turf Club Handicap was won by Torrent, Caroline second, and Dexter third. Tripos, who…

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An American View of Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 March 1897 · page 6

Cricket when viewed through American [?] suffers in comparison with the national game of [?] In a recent issue of the [?]…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 3

Jim Noonan, well known as a cricketer in this town, playing for Bclalie against Cannamulla, scored in the first innings 20 runs of a total of 48, and in the second 23 of 38…

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Cricket. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 3

The Premier has received a letter from Lord Jersey, stating that Phillip Sheridan has been unanimously elected a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. Sheridan…

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Lawn Tennis

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 2

A meeting of Indies and gentlemen was held in Mr. Broome's office on Wednesday evening last for the purpose of forming a lawn tennis club. Mr. C. McA. King was…

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Cablegrams a Boxing Match. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 3

In the boxing match in Now York between ban Creedan, the Australian pagilist, and Charley Strong, the former knocked out his opponent after…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 2

A two-days match between the first eleven of Bourke and the next fifteen will be commenced this afternoon on the local ground. Nowmarcb, [?]…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 2

The match arranged for Saturday last did not take place. Soratch teams chosen by Messrs. A. Smith and Barnes met, and a good game resulted…

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Football

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Pioneer Football Club was held on Thursday evening at the Empire Hotel. The attendance of members was fair. The election of officers for the…

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