Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Sport, all years

Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1900

843 stories in Riverina's papers · page 1 of 43

Cricket

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

An eleven from the Adelong Club played a match on Boxing say against a Sharp's Creek team on the batter's ground. The visitors, who speak…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Grahamstown Races

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

The annual races at Grahamstown took place on Boxing Day. The weather was hot, and in the afternoon there was a heavy dust storm,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Adelong Races

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Adelong Jockey Club was ashered in with very hot weather, which, however, did not have a militating effect upon the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sporting Notes. Races to Come

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 2

Devlin's Siding Race Meeting, Jan. 20 Yass Jockey Club, Jan. 25 and 26, 1900. Tambarumba Jockey Club, January 26, 1900 Yorong Race Club Annual Meeting, Jan. 26…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Intercolonial Cricket. VICTORIA v. South Australia

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 January 1900 · page 3

The sccond match of the present season between Victoria and South Australia was commenced in Melbourne on Saturday. Victoria batted first, and when stumps were…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sporting. Racing Fixtures

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 3

Binalong Jockey Club, Jan. 5, 1900. Yass Jockey Club, Jan. 25 and 26, 1900. Muttama Annual Meeting, Jan. 26, 1900. Cootamundra Turf Club, Feb. 14 and 15, 1900…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Randwick Races. Hurdle Race

The Temora Star · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 2

Weltare... ... ... 1 Stellarine ... ... 2 Landmark ... ... 3 Lady Hampden Stakes :…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Adelong Annuals. First Day's Racing. a Record Attendance

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 3 January 1900 · page 7

THE meeting of the Adelong Jockey Club commenced on Monday last under favorable auspices, the attendance being the largest ever seen on tho Adelong…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The Boxing Day Boating Fatality

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1900 · page 2

The relatives of some of the victims of the skiff accident on Boxing Day, by which Ada and Lily Ward, Elizabeth Lee, and Priscilla Harding lost their lives, are…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cricket

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

The annual match between teams from the Wagga and Tumut Association was played on the Recreation Ground on New Year's Day. Neither team was…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ganmain Picnic Races

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

The first meeting of the Ganmain Race Club took place on New Year's Day, and was a great success. The day was an exceptionally hot one. The sports were held…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ganmain Races. a Large Attendance. — Heat Intolerable

Coolamon Echo · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 3

New Year’s morning broke hot—a murky heat that seemed to make you uncomfortable all over, fancying that your clothes were sticking in patches to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Cricket. NARANDERA V. Jondaryan and Darlington Point

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1900 · page 2

The Darlington Point and Jondaryan cricket team visited Narandera last Saturday to play their return match against the N.C.C. Thy day was warm enough and a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cricket

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3

A match will be played at Lake Albert this afternoon between a team representing Lake Albert and the Wagga "B" team. The following will represent Lake…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sporting Notes. Races to Come

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3

Carnage has been compelled to miss the stud season at Graditz, in Austria, in consequence of an attack of influenza. It has been finally decided that the risk…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Racing in England. the Past and Present

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3

THANKS to Flyiug Fox, the late Duke of Westminister is at the head of the list of winning owners for the season in England, the champion three-year-old being…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Sporting Chatty Notes. Races to Come

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 3

Yass Jockey Club, Jan, 25 and 26, 1900 Tumbarumba Jockey Club, Jan. 26, 1900 Jugiong, Wednesday, January 31. Cootamundra Turf Club, Feb. 14 and 15…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Decay of the Latin Races. Giuseppe Sergi, in the "Nuova Antologia."

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 4

Immobility in nations is virtually retrogression, because to cling to one's original position amid a universal forward movement is to fall behind…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Notes on the Races

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 2

Earl Olive performed most consistently through the meeting, and in the Sir Oliver-Earl-mare gelding Mr. Hossett has a horse of whom we have…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Sporting Notes. Races to Come

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1900 · page 3

Devlin's Siding Raco Meeting, Jan. 20 Yass Jockey Club, Jan. 25 and 20, 1900. Tumbarumba Jockey Club, January 26, 1000 Yerong Race Club Annual Meeting, Jan. 20…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →