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Sport, 1884

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The Humphery Trophy Cricket Matches

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 27 March 1884 · page 2

ON Saturday last the eighth match in connection with the Humphery Challenge Cup was played between Burrier and Milton, on the ground at Ulladulla, ending in a one innings…

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Our Telegrams. Hawkesbury Races Sydney, April 3

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 2

HAWKESBURY HURDLE RACE: Flamborough, 1; Exchange, 2; Uhlan, 3. Rowley Mile: Polestar, 1: Empress, 2; Brown and Rose, 3. Claret Stakes:…

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Special Telegrams. Hawkesbury Races, Thursday, April 3

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1884 · page 2

Hurdle Race won by Flamborough; Exchange 2, Uhlan 3. Rowley Mile won by Polestar (8st 4); Empress (7st 9), Brown and Rose (7st 4)…

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Special Telegrams. Hawkesbury Races, Second Day, April 5

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1884 · page 2

THE Shorts, ¾ mile, won by J. Barry's g[?] Hypatia, by Kelpie aged, (9st): S. Fielder's ns b g Maroney, 5 yrs, (8st 12), 2; The Witch (6st 7), 3…

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Cobargo Races

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1884 · page 2

THE first meeting under the auspices of the newly-formed Cobargo Jockey Club was held on Easter Monday, in Mr. J. Coman's paddock. The course, although rather…

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Cricket. ALEXANDRIA C. C. (SYDNEY) v. BURRIER

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 24 April 1884 · page 2

AFTER various vicissitudes by land and water, this team reached Burrier at mid-day on Thursday, the 17th inst. Play was commenced at once; and after a most exciting match resulted…

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Truth and Fiction. (In Unequal Proportions.) a Bad Boy and His Pa. the Boy Telleth About His Pa and the Minister—they Go Swimming—the Bad Boy Keepeth Them in the Water Three Hours—he Is Chastised—anon He and His Pa Drive Home—the Drive in the Wrong Road—she's a Daisy

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1884 · page 1

"Say, you think of about everything mean there is going, don't you," said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he came in to show that his black eye had been cured…

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Original correspondence The Humphery cricket Trophy. to the Editor of the Shoalhaven Telegraph. [It is be distinctly understood that we do not identify ourselves with the opinions of correspondents.)

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 1 May 1884 · page 2

SIR, In the last issue of the Shoulhaven Telegraph; I noticed a report of a cricket, match played at Barrier. The introductory remarks made reference to the ill-feeling caused between…

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Curiosities of Cricket

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1884 · page 1

Cricket itself is a curiosity to most foreigners. French, Spanish, and Portuguese writers, besides those of other countries, have described it with bewildering vagueness…

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Greenwell Point Regatta

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 15 May 1884 · page 2

We learn that the Greenwell Point Regatta Committee are likely to have a more than usually interesting programme on the 24th. The champion Illawarra sculler, Mr. Beach, is to be present, and…

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Curiosities of Cricket

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1884 · page 2

Another distinction between sides is Married and Single. The beginning of the alphabet has been pitted against the latter part—A to K against L to Z. During the…

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Greenwell Point Regatta

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 22 May 1884 · page 2

WE give in this issue the entries for the several events forming the programme for the 24th inst. at Greenwell Point Regatta. The progamme speaks for itself; and with the addition of the…

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Candelo Athletic Club

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 May 1884 · page 2

A COLD, bleak day, with a strong southwesterly wind blowing, accompanied by occasional piercing showers of rain, welcomed in the 65th anniversary of Queen…

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Cricket Match

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 31 May 1884 · page 2

THE [?] and Wagonga Cricket Clubs met at Wagonga on Queens’ Birthday [?] match of the season. The elevens of these clubs had met previously at [?]…

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Shoalhaven Athletic Sports Club

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 5 June 1884 · page 2

JUDGE, Mr. H. M'Kenzio; Starter, Mr. E. Rowe; Treasurer, Mr. Scotchmer; Secretary, Mr. R. Seccombe; Assistant Secretary, Mr. R. Patterson. Handicapping…

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Sydney Races

Moruya Examiner · Saturday 7 June 1884 · page 2

The following is the result of the racing at Randwick on Saturday last:— [?] Race.—D[?]dreary, 1; Fla[?]brough,…

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Original Correspondence. (We do not identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by Correspondents.) FOOTBALL (To the Editor of the Bega Standard.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 July 1884 · page 2

SIR,—There, being no other amusements in town on Queen's" second birthday," I strolled down to the ground top see the football match. The game, I believe, was…

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New Laws of Cricket. Passed by the Marylebone Cricket Club, April 21, 1884

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Saturday 5 July 1884 · page 2

1. A match is placed between two sides of eleven playera each, unless otherwise agreed to; each side has two innings, taken alternately, except in the case provided for in law…

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New Laws of Cricket. Passed by the Marylebone Cricket Club, April 21, 1884

The Bega Gazette and Eden District or Southern Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1884 · page 2

Either BATSMAN is out—28. It in running, or at any other time, while the ball is in play, he be out of his ground, and his wicket be struck down by the…

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Humor. A Lesson in Boxing. Knocked Out of Time by the Great Unknown

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Thursday 10 July 1884 · page 2

JIMMYSON is very proud of his muscle, and yesterday he took the new boarder from St. Louis to the gymnasium to show him some thing about the manly art…

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