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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1899

273 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 14

Football Match

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 2

The following are the team selected to play Gininderra on Saturday next:—Full back, P. Naylor; three quarters, W. Smallhorn, W. Meredith, and W. Heeger;…

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Football. the Englishmen Win

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 2

On Saturday the English footballers played a team representing N S W. The ground was soft, the light good, and the weather fine. There were fully 30,000…

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Cricket. the Test Match

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 2

The match between Australia and England was resumed on Friday. The Australian, who had lost two wickets for 156 resumed batting. There was an enormous attendance. Noble, who was 42…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 2

London, Thursday—The match, Australia versus Leicestershire, has been postponed until to-morrow owing to the rain…

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Football

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

The C.F.F.C. have again challenged the Revers toplay for the Toohey Challenge Cup on Saturday next when a good game should result…

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Football. England v. AUSTRALIA

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

The “test match” has evidently come stay. The first meeting of England and Australia in a test football match took place in Sydney on Saturday last on the Crciket…

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Football. ENGLAND v. Australia. an Easy Australian Victory

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

THE first meeting of England and Australia in the test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday was responsible for the attendance of a mighty, gathering of…

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Football

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 2

The Queanbeyan team of second fifteen footballers did not go out to Gininderra as was arranged, owing, we are informed, to the latter not being able to raise their full team…

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Australia Wins at Football

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

There were over 28,000 people to witness the football match in Sydney on Saturday between England and Australia. Mr W. G. Garrard, of New Zealand, was umpire…

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Spoiled the Cricket Eleven

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 1

In Liverpool live a worthy couple who have ten sons. It chanced, not long since that to this interesting family there came a dill farther addition in the shape of a baby…

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Centuries at Cricket

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 3

Although the present Australian Eleven are scarcely half through their [?] its members have already more century scores to their credit than any previous team. The…

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Football and Bicycle Race

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 2

MORE than ordinary interest seems to be centred in the football match which takes place in the park between teams representing the Queanbeyan and Captain's Flat…

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FOOTBALL--ROVERS v. C.F.F.C.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 2

THE third match of the season for the Toohey Cup was played on Saturday last between the C.F.F.C. and the Rovers who have held the Cup since the beginning of…

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Football. QUEANBEYAN v. Sutton. a Drawn Game

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 2

ON Saturday a team representing the local club visited Sutton and played a team of that place a friendly match. During the morning a few heavy showers fell, but the…

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Football Another Australian Victory. the [?] in Queensland

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1899 · page 2

The Englishmen made their first appearance in Brisbane on Saturday afternoon 8000 spectators were present and the almost enthusiasm prevailed…

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Cricket

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 2

The test match was resumed on Friday. The Englishmen made an [?] start. [?]ife and Fry, the not oat [?] took their places at the wickets, the score standing at four wickets for 119…

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Football and Cycling

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 2

The Captain's Flat Rovers Football Club will visit Queanbeyan on Saturday next, to play our boys for the right to hold the Land challenge cup. Unless Queanbeyan pulls…

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Captain's Flat. Football

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 July 1899 · page 2

The match between the Rovers and the C. F. Clubs for the Toohey cup came off on Saturday and resulted in a draw, neither side scoring. The game was very exciting all…

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Football

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 2

To-morrow the first bon test for the Land Challenge Cup will take place in the rec. when the redoubtable Rovers from Captain's Flat meet the equally valiant local…

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