Cricket at Maitland
According to arrangements made some time back, two elevens, natives respectively of Europe and Australia, met on the cricket ground, near the Grammar School, yesterday, to play a…
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The Bathurst District Cricket Club. Europeans V. Australians
In accordance with the spirit of the times, cricketing was the amusement which principally engaged the attention of those of our fellow townsmen who had not been drawn away by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sofala Annual Races. (From a Correspondent of the Buthurst Free Press.)
All parties interested in the management of our race meeting, may congratulate themselves upon the eclat with which it passed off. Popular stewards, favourable weather, zealous and competent officials, a good course…
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THIS regatta should have taken place on New Year's Day, according to announcement; but as there had been three or four days' constant rain, and the river having risen considerably, it was postponed to the 2nd…
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This regatta should have taken place on New Year's Day, according to announcement, but as there had been three or four days' constant rain, and the river had risen considerably, it was postponed to the 2nd instant,…
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STEWARDS: Frederick King, J.P. John Cowper, J.P. A. R. Riley, J. P…
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THE second anniversary of this favourite meet came off as advertised, on the 15th, 16th, and 17th instant. The weather was all that the most ardent lover of the sport could desire. A numerous company had…
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THIS was the race for Waka Taua Canoes. And never, probably, in this or any other port af the world, was there a more animated or energetic struggle. Three canoes, of nearly equal proportions, started. They were superbly decorated with the feathers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AQUATICS. Brisbane Anniversary Regatta
First Race—For all skiffs, pulling a pair of sculls. From the flag-ship moored off Victoria Wharf. thence round the Flag-boat moored off Walmsely's point, passing it on…
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A match between eleven of the Bathurst District and eighteen of the Union Cricket Clubs commenced on Saturday last and terminated on Monday evening. The ground chosen for the…
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Several of the cricketers of the town and neighbourhood have prepared the following petition to his Excellency the Governor-General, praying for a grant of land for the purpose of forming a public…
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The following is the score of a match played on Saturday last between an eleven from Parramatta, and the Phoenix Club. PARRAMATTA ELEVEN…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Turf. English Racing Statistics, 1856
The racing statistics of the past season form a more suggestive and striking turf homily than could be penned on the doings of the season. They present a summary, at a glance, of the…
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A match waa arranged to come off at Geelong on Saturday, February 7, between two elevens of the Corio and St Kilda Clubs. The players were on the ground about nine a.m., and though…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn Annual Races. [From Our Correspondent.]
TUESDAY, 17th February.—Our annual "meet" commenced this day under a broiling sun, a dusty race-course, and a smaller field than I ever remember to have seen during my experience of eight years and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria Jockey Club Races. (From the Argus, February 19.)
The first races under the auspices of the Victoria Jockey Club, after many hindrances from without and commendable perseverance on the part of the members, came off yesterday, on the Melbourne Racecourse. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn Annual Races. (From the Goutburn Chronicle, February 18.) First Day.—tuesday, February 17
The annual meeting for 1837, commonced under very favourable auspices. So far as the weather was concerned, the most inverate pleasure-seeker could not grumble. The sun shone out gloriously, and the heat…
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The general quality of the sport yesterday was wellsustained, but was not superior to that of Wednesday. Jockey Clubs, like individuals, must, it appears, undergo a certain amount of apprenticeship before they can…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Armidale Annual Races STEWARDS— Messrs R. Taylor, R. Furnifull, J. Moore, and W. Neill. First Day, Tuesday, February 10th
First Race—The MAIDEN PLATE of 35 sovs; for all horses that never won an advertised prize; weight for age; heats, once and a half round the course…
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The match between the Royal Surrey (formerly the Young Surrey) and Albion Cricket Clubs, which was commenced on last Saturday week, and had to be adjourned in consequence of the lateness of the evening, was…
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