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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1897

145 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 8

Big Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 December 1897 · page 2

The match between Stoddart's English Eleven and 13 of combined Queensland and New South Wales was concluded on Saturday, and resulted in a draw very much in…

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Big Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 December 1897 · page 2

The Englishmen commenced a match against 13 of Armidale on Friday. Ranji was confined to his own room with a sore throat and did not play. The Englishmen…

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Cricket. BRAIDWOOD V. Combined Monkittee-packwood

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 December 1897 · page 2

This match was played on the Recreation Ground on Saturday afternoon last and resulted in a win for Braidwood by an innings and 61 runs. Elmonds, the captain of the combined team, won the toss…

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Cricket

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 December 1897 · page 2

The Englishmen are very sore at the action of the cricket authorities in postponing the commencement of the match till…

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Monetary Advances to Crown Tennis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 December 1897 · page 2

As the laws stand, at present it is virtually impossible, owing to the absence of tangible security, for the holders of settlement lease or homestead selections to borrow money for the purpose of…

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Cricket Mems

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 2

RANJITSINHJI quite overshadowed th[?] rest of the English team even McLare[?] with his successive centuries is obscured. The Indian Prince's style and prownes[?]…

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