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Sport, 1852

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Sporting Intelligence. Shoalhaven Races, 2852

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1852 · page 2

THESE races, the first o[?]an annual series, came off on Monday and Tuesday, the 12th and 13th instant, on the clear ground, south bank of the Shoalhaven River, the property of…

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Cricket

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 8 May 1852 · page 2

Pursuant to arrangement, the match between the Royal Victoria Club and the Military took place on Saturday, at the Cleveland Ground. During the morning the weather looked…

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Cricket. the Royal Victoria v. the Military

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1852 · page 4

A MOST interesting game was played on Thursday, at the Cleveland ground, between the Royal Victoria Club and their old opponents, the military; and we have to congratulate the…

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North Shore Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1852 · page 2

A FEW sensible and loyal subjects of Her Majesty, resolved to make the 24th May, the anniversary of Her Majesty's birthday, a holiday in reality as well as in name, by getting…

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North Shore Subscription Races

Empire · Tuesday 25 May 1852 · page 2

Yesterday, on the, ocousion of the anniversary of Her Majesty's Birthday, several pulling matches got up under the superintendence of Messrs. W. Dind and John Lord, came off at the North…

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North Shore Regatta

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 29 May 1852 · page 5

NOTWITHSTANDING the unpropitious state of the weather on the Queen's Birth-day, on Monday last there were some excellent and well contested matches, and as the day cleared up towards noon considerable interest was attached to the races by numerous…

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Cricket Match

Empire · Tuesday 1 June 1852 · page 3

Yesterday the proposed match between the Australian and Marylebone Clubs came off on the ground at Hyde Park. The wickets were pitched about half-past nine o'clock. A better day for…

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Homebush Races, 1832

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1852 · page 2

THE Metropolitan Turf Meeting of the colony commenced yesterday and certainly not only under brighter auspices, but with more brilliant success than on any similar occasions for many…

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Homebush Races

Empire · Friday 4 June 1852 · page 2

On Wednesday the Annual Homebush Meeting commenced with considerable [?]ut. The weather and the state of the course were all that could be desired. In the morning…

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Homebush Races. Second Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 June 1852 · page 2

THE attendance on the course yesterday was as usual, in spite of the fine weather, confined pretty much to the parties interested in the results, and those whose whole souls were…

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Homebush Races. Third Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 June 1852 · page 4
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THE sports at Homebush yesterday, if anything surpassed in the eclat with which they went off, than of Wednesday; the weather was more brilliant; the Parramatta road was as much…

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The Turf. Homebush Races

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 5 June 1852 · page 2

STEWARDS:—The Honorable E. Deas Thomson. Esq., J. B. Darvall, Esq., M.L.C., and Capt. Fitz Roy, R.A. CLERK OF THE COURSE:—Lieut. Huthwalte, R N…

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Western Road Races

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 26 June 1852 · page 2

We are happy to state that the attempt to establish races annually in this locality has been successful. The meeting on Thursday, although hurriedly got up, with hardly sufficient notice,…

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Moreton Bay. the Northern Races. (From our Ipswich Correspondent.)

Empire · Saturday 26 June 1852 · page 3

The Northern races advertised to come off upon the Ipswich course on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 8th, 9th, and 10th instant, have just been realised, with the following result. But…

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Ipswich Races. (From Correspondents of the Moreton Bay Courier.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 26 June 1852 · page 2

TUESDAY, 8TH, JUNE.—Our day's sports commenced this morning shortly after 11. Three nags only were entered for head prize, or North Australian Stakes, viz, Foxhunter, War…

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Sporting Reviewer. Races to Come

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 3 July 1852 · page 2

Patrick's Plains. 11th, 12th, and 13th August. Illawarra.......24th, 25th, and 26th August. Maitland........25th, 26th, and 27th August…

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Cricket

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 10 July 1852 · page 2

On Monday, a match was played on the Hyde Park Ground, between four of, the Young Australians, and four of the Shamrock Club, for 5s. a bat and a new ball. The former, consisting of…

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Races to Come

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 17 July 1852 · page 2

Patrick's Plains..11th. 12th, and 13th August. Illawarra......24th, 25th, and 26th August. Maitland...... 25th, 26th, and 27th August…

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The Turf. Mudgee Races

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 17 July 1852 · page 2

This provincial meeting, now obtaining considerable celebrity in the sporting world, came off as advertized on the 30th June and 1st and 2nd July, and although the heavy rains and high…

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