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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1897

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Football. (By Telehraph.) Sydney, September 7

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 September 1897 · page 2

The New Zealand Rugby Union has disqualified Harris, Calman, and Roberts, membirs of the Australian team, for two years. owing to disconduct At Auckland…

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A Cricket Item--the Indian Prince

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 September 1897 · page 4

AN Anglo-Indian writer says--"I remembered this Prince Ranjtitsinhji (as prince not only in title but every sense) when he was a little chap at school to the Rajkumar College at Rajkote (in…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

Cricketers are requested to assemble on the ground at half-past two o'clock this afternoon, when scratch teams will be chosen…

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Swimming Championship. London, September 9

The Western Herald · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 2

The swimming championship [?] drew an enormous crowd. At three hundred yards Ca[?] retired, being twenty-five yards behind N[?]tta. The latter lowered the…

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The Swimming Championship. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1897 · page 3

At the five huudred yards swimming championship race between Joseph Nuttall aud Ernest Cavill there were enormous crowds. At…

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Dubbo Polo and Golf Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 3

A MEETING of the above club was held at the Royal Hotel on Saturday evening. Mr. J. Rutherford, jun, was in the chair, and there was a good…

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B.j.c. Races

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

Following are the nominations for the two principal grass-fed events to be run at the forthcoming B.J.C. Spring Meeting which eventuates on the 20th and 22nd October:—…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 2

A scratch match will be played this after-noon on the ground. All cricketers are requested to 'roll up.' (BY CABLE.)…

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A Cricket Team for Australia

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 September 1897 · page 2

A CRICKET team composed of members of the House of Commons proposes to make a tour of Canada and Australia. Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P., will be manager of the team, and will visit…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

A scracth match will be played on the local cricket ground this afternoon. Teams will be picked at 2.30…

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Mercantile Cricket Club

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of the above Club was held on Thursday evening at the Caledonian Hotel. About 15 members attended. The minutes of the previous annual meeting…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 2

A scratch match was played on the Ground on Saturday afternoon last. The teams were chosen by Messrs. Tibbits and J. Ferris. Bidduiph, Ferris, and Campbell…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 2

A scratch match will be played this afternoon. Teams will be chosen at half-past two o'clock…

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Football. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 3

The Council of the Rugby Union last night decided to invite a team of English players to visit the colonies next season…

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Athletics

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 2

Lovers of sprinting should be on the Show Ground early on Monday morning, to witness the match between Warman and Hemsworth. This event will come off, it is…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 2

The first match of the season will be commenced this afternoon, between the [?] [?] and District [?] The following [?] have been selected: District [?]…

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Stoddarts Cricket Team. Albany

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 3

MR. A. C. MACLAR[?]N, one of the members of Stoddart's All England Eleven, which is about to visit the colonial, arrived yesterday by the R.M.S. O[?]uba. He is in the best of heath, and has had a…

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Cricket

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 October 1897 · page 2

The unfinished match, District v. Mercantile, will be resumed this afternoon. (BY TELEGRAPH.) SYDNEY October 22…

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Swimming. (By Cable.) London, October 23

The Western Herald · Saturday 30 October 1897 · page 3

The swimming contest between Hellings and Darbyshire was won by the latter by four yards. ALL who travelled by the Messageries…

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Swimming in England

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 November 1897 · page 2

LONDON Oct 27. -- The race over a quarter of a mile course, between Ernest Cavill, the Australian professional swimming champion, and James L. M'Cusker, the American champion, took place at…

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