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Sport, 1854

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CRICKET. Match to take place—weather permitting

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 March 1854 · page 2

Gar[?]. Roral Victoria Club, new Military Cricket Ground, Friday. 17th March. CRICKET.—The match between Lindlar and Williams for £[?] came off at Windsor on…

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Windsor Bye-races

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 1 April 1854 · page 2

These races came off on Sr Patrick's Day, on thc Wind or Course, in presence of a good master of the sporting gentry. 1st Race —A prize of £10, for all horses, to…

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Yass Races. (From our Reporter.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 1 April 1854 · page 2

We cannot congratulate our sporting friends in this district on the result of our annual races. Still they deserve notice, if only to point out some few matters which, if attended to on…

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CRICKET. Matches to take place-weather permitting

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 1 April 1854 · page 2

Sydney University Club v. Garrison Club; New Military Cricket Ground, Victoria Barracks, Saturday (this day.) Australian v. Marylebone, return match; Hyde…

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Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1854 · page 5

YESTERDAY, a match between the famous Marylebone and Australian Cricket Clubs, for supremacy and for half-a-sovereign aside, commenced at the Cricket Ground, on the Sydney Race Course…

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The Yass Races. (From a Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1854 · page 3

THESE races came off the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th ultimo, and notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, and the short notice given of the races this season, there was a good sprinkling of the right sort…

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Carcoar Races

Empire · Saturday 8 April 1854 · page 3

The Carcoar Annual Races, for 1851, came off on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the 28th, 29th and 30th March, and if weather could be called unpropitious, torrents of rain,…

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Shoalhaven Races

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 8 April 1854 · page 5

Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather, the races came off on the days appointed, and although the course was not so numerously attended as it would have been in a fairer season, nor had we the brilliant assembly of the fairer part of…

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Cricket Match

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 April 1854 · page 5

On Monday last a match at the manly and healthful sport of cricket was played at the usual cricket-ground, in Hyde Park, between the Union Club, and the Junior Marylebone Ciub. In the early part of the day, the wind was rather high somewhat…

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Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 April 1854 · page 5

THE long pending match between the Australian and Marylebone Cricket Clubs was concluded yesterday. Owing to the renown which these two clubs—the senior clubs in the colony—have obtained, coupled…

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Sporting Reviewer. Races to Come

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 22 April 1854 · page 2

Mudgee........25th. 26th. and 27th April. Hawkesbury.........17th. 18th, and 19th May. Homebush......31st May. and 1st and 2nd June. Mudgee September Races......5th, 6th, and 7th…

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Sporting Reviewer. Races to Come

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 29 April 1854 · page 2

Tambaroora.............10th, 11th, and 12th May. Hawkesbury.........17th, 18th, and 19th May. Homebush.....31st May, and 1st and 2nd June. Mudgee September Races.....5th, 6th, and 7th…

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Hawkesbury Races, 1854

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 20 May 1854 · page 2

This spirited- and satisfactory meeting, commenced on Wednesday last, in presence of as large a concourse of people as ever we witnessed on the Windsor Turf. The night before…

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Windsor. the Hawkesbury Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 May 1854 · page 7

THE above annual sports commenced here on Wednesday last, the 17th instant, at the racecourse, equidistant from Windsor and Richmond. The weather was all that could be desired for the occasion, the…

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North Shore Regatta

Empire · Thursday 25 May 1854 · page 2

The holiday always observed in Sydney on the recurrence of the anniversary of her Majesty's birth-day was yesterday devoted to the diversions of a Regatta, at North Shore. The gentle…

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The Regatta

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 27 May 1854 · page 4

In every respect the regatta of yesterday eclipsed its predecessors. The prizes were better, the entrances were more numerous, the boats were better and more scientifically rigged, and the races were more animating and better contested. The…

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North Shore Regatta

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 27 May 1854 · page 2

The lovers of acquatio sports in Sydney must have been fully gratified on Wednesday. The weather was magnificent, although for the sailing contests a little more wind might have been wished for. The following is a correct list of the races:-…

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North Shore Regatta

Empire · Tuesday 30 May 1854 · page 2

Pursuant to advertisement, a meeting of the committe was held at Mr. Di[?], on Saturday afternoon, at there o'clock, for the purpose of presenting and paying the different p[?] to the…

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Homebush Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 June 1854 · page 5

THE metropolitan meet of the colony commenced yesterday, and it had as usual excited very considerable speculation. In the first place, there was the great fact to determine whether the favourite horses were to run;…

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Homebush Races, 1854

Empire · Thursday 1 June 1854 · page 2

That large portion of our population who take an interest in sporting matters were on the qu[?] vive yesterday, it being the "Derby day of New South Wales." The weather in the early part of…

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