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

Sydney · Sport

Sport, 1857

236 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 12

Cricket

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 2

A match at cricket will be played at Petersham, on Monday, 13th April, between eleven members of the Petersham Club and eleven of the Sydney Currency Club. Wickets to be…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cricket Match

Australian Band of Hope Journal · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 16

Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Maneroo. [From Our Correspondent.] Nimitybelle Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 4

APRIL 5TH.—These races came off on the 1st instant, and so satisfactorily did everything go on as to excite the admiration of every lover of rcgularity and social amusement on tho course that day. The inhabitants of Nimitybelle may justly feel a generous…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Berrima Races. (From the Goulburn Chronicle of Wednesday.)

Empire · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 2

Berrima is ordinarily a very quiet little place. The Sydney coaches passing through it gives however an appearance of bustle and activity during a portion of the day. The township is well, even picturosquely situated,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Berrima Races. (Abridged from the Goulburn Chronicle of Wednesday.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 4

THE meeting was fixed for Thursday and Friday in last week, when in accordance with published advertisement, tho races duly took pace. The stewards were Messrs. H. Badgery, J. Morrice, J. Shelly E. Carter, B. Rush, and M. Larkin. Mr. J. Powell…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Orange Annual Races. (From a Correspondent of the Buthu[?] Free Press, April 4.)

Empire · Saturday 11 April 1857 · page 2

Through some mistake in the programme our Annual Sports did not commence until Wednesday, the 25th instant, but we were more than compensated by an improvemont in the weather, and consequently an…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 April 1857 · page 4

BALMAIN AND PYRMONT.—The return double wicket match came off yesterday, at Balmain, between the Club of that name and the Pyrmont Cricket Club, in presence of a considerable number of the residents of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Liverpool Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 April 1857 · page 5

THE autumn meeting of the Liverpool Turf Club took place yesterday, according to announcement previously made, and the interference with which, we regret to say, by unauthorised advertisements in the public…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Telegraph Cricket Club

Empire · Thursday 16 April 1857 · page 5

Eleven young cornstalks to Nowtown did go. With their hearts full of glee their courage to show; They met on the ground and manfully did play, And all this took place on Easter-Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Liverpool Races. Second Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1857 · page 4

THE second day, in the annals of racing, is always supposed to come off second best, and in the meeting yesterday there was no exception to that rule. Notwithstanding that the weather was most auspicious,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Liverpool Races. Third Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1857 · page 5

THE third and last day of the Liverpool Turf Club's Autumnal Meeting came off yesterday, as we anticipated, with far greater eclat than was expected at the commencement of the meet. The attendance was…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Second Day. Publicans' Races

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 18 April 1857 · page 2

Mr R. Turner's b g Sancho P. Logon's b g Orlando P. Logan's' b g Emperor B. Richards' ch g Wilberforce…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Berrima Annual Races. APRIL 2nd and 3rd First Day

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 18 April 1857 · page 1

The stewards wet over night at Mr lewis Levy's Inn, which they made head quarters, to receive entries for this day's racing. The resuit was that £42 accrued to the funds…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Racing Intelligence. the Lachlan Races. (From a Correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press.)

Empire · Tuesday 21 April 1857 · page 2

These races came off on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of April, on our beautiful Cowra course, attended by the largest and most fashionable assemblage that over appeared there before, and particularly remarkable for…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bombala Annual Races. (From the Correspondent of the Goulburn Chronicle, Tuesday, April 7, 1857.)

Empire · Tuesday 21 April 1857 · page 3

The first day of the races was ushered in by as beautiful weather as the most fastidious could desire; and from the known arrival of all the crack celebrities in Mancroo, together with those from Twofold Bay and…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Newington Races

Empire · Wednesday 22 April 1857 · page 2

The Newington races came off on Ester Monday, with the following results:- The Woolpack Purse of £10, for all horses that have never won £10 in any race; heats 1½ mile…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cricket Match at Dapto. (Abridged from the Illawarra Mercury, April 20.)

Empire · Wednesday 22 April 1857 · page 5

On Monday, the 13th instant, the opening cricket match of the season was played between the Illawarra and Dapto Cricket Clubs, on a piece of ground adjoining the site of the Illawarra Hotel, Dapto. The attendance…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Cricket

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 25 April 1857 · page 2

PARRAMATTA AND LIVERPOOL v. RICHMOND AND WINDSOR.—A match, which was looked. forward to with considerable interest and great confidence in their success by the cricketers of…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Bombala Annual Races., Tuesday, April, 7, 1857

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 25 April 1857 · page 1

The first day of the races was ushered in by as beautiful weather as the most fastidious could desire; and from the known arrival of all the crack celebrities in Maneroo, together with…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

The Braidwood Subscription Races. (From the Goulburn Chronicle of Wednesday.)

Empire · Saturday 25 April 1857 · page 5

Our town and district for the last week have been the scene of unusual pleasure making. The weather seemed to give its unlimited assistance to aid our sports, for seldom, of late, have we been witnesses of such "bright…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →