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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1899

273 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 14

Jembaicumbene Races

The Braidwood and Araluen Express · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

The annual race meeting got up by the Jembaicumbene people under the auspices and guidance and the energetic management of the secretary, Mr. J. Feehan, came off on…

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Nelligen, Friday. Boxing Day Picnic

The Braidwood and Araluen Express · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

Perhaps there is no festival at Christmas time that is more looked forward to by young and old as the Nelligen annual picnic, and this year was no exception to the rule…

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Randwick Races

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

The following were the results of Mondays racing:—Flying Welter—Tanner, Thyras, Sadur Gift—Gozon, Auld Lang Syne, Kirry…

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Cricket. VICTORIA V. South Australia

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

The intarcolonial match Victoria v South Australia commenced at noon on Saturday. The pitch was in excellent order, and the ground generally was twice as fast as in the…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

The Victoria South Australia cricket match ended abruptly in a win for Victoria by an innings and 218 runs, who have now won the Shefflield for this year. Trumble…

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The Cricket Match 7.30 p.m

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

The cricket match was commenced to-day, The weather was beautiful and the attendance good. The wicket played badly at the start owing to too much water being put on…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Monday. Intercolonial Cricket Match

The Braidwood and Araluen Express · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

South Australia, 2nd innings: Hack, 35; Giffen, 68, Lyons, 2[?] not [?] 142, [?] wickets for 300. Another Supposed Queensland Murder…

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Cricket. QUEANBEYAN V. DUNTROON

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 11 January 1899 · page 2

On Saturday a team of Queanbeyan cricketers, organised by Mr Garraway, visited Duntraon and played a match with a team organised by Mr E. O. Campbell. The match…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 3

New South Wales won their match on Wednesday, after a hard and memorable fight. The plucky uphill game played by the Sough Australians gave them no easy…

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Queanbeyan Races

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 2

Those interested in the great Australian sport of horse racing are reminded that the annual meeting of subscribers to the Queanbeyan Race Club will be held at Pooley's…

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Cricket

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

My attention has been called to a paragraph appearing in your contemporary from a Bungendore correspondent in which it is stated that the Bungendore cricketers…

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Intercolonial Cricket

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

The South Australian cricket team, commenced a match at Brisbane on Saturday against a Queensland eleven. Queensland Were disposed of for 100. South Australia…

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Tirranna Pionio Races

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Tirranna Pionio Race Club was commenced onThursday and continued on Friday. The attendance was one of the largest ever scen at Tirranna…

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Remarkable Cricket Coincidences

The Braidwood and Araluen Express · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 3

An enthusiast (says the “South Australian Register,” has discovered some interesting coincidences in the recent intercolonial match between South Australia and New South Wales on the…

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Major’s Creek Races

The Braidwood and Araluen Express · Tuesday 17 January 1899 · page 2

Hereunder are the weights for Major’s Greek races :— OPEN HANDICAP. Bubbles 9s [?] 6lb, Lady Fleetwood 7[?] 13lb,…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—In the intercolonial cricket match the South Australians are 555 for 7 wickets—Giffen made 115…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Match

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 18 January 1899 · page 2

The match between South Australia and Queensland commenced at Brishane on Saturday. Summy Jones was unable to play for the latter, owing no sad news of the…

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Cricket

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

TO-MORROW the Bungendore cricketers will contest with Queanbeyan for the Pooley Challenge Cup. Bungendore are said to have a very strong team this year…

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Cricket

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

OUR boys go to Queanbeyan on Saturday to play for the Pooley Cup. It will be a hard job to get the best eleven, but a fairly good team have promised…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 2

Next week will see the commencement of the return intercolonial cricket match between N.S. Wales and Victoria, and either during the course of the same or immediately…

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