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168 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 9
SIR,—Upon reading the programme for the above Regatta, I am sorry to say that I did not see a race for sailing skiffs, nor any race in which such boats could enter. Now I think the committee is acting very injudiciously in net making a race for boats of this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is scarcely too much to say that the present week is to be devotad to cricket, for the Assembly have deemed the intercolonial matches of sufficient importance to induce them to postponic the hour of sitting from 4 to 7 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR-Can you inform me the reason why the Committee for the above Regatta has not made a race for skiffs under canvas? Perhaps "it is an oversight) if so. I wish, you would be kind enough to draw their attention to it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE third of the great cricket matches played in successive years between the rival colonies of New South Wales and Victoria, and the second which has been contested on Victorian soil, commenced yesterday on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The third of the great cricket matches played in successive years, between the rival colonies of New South Wales and Victoria, and the second which has been contested on Victorian soil, commenced yesterday on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The match between Australia and England (says the Melbourne Herald of Monday) was not resumed on Saturday, in consequence of several of the cricketers on both sides failing to make their appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE grand match has terminated in the defeat of New South Wales by 171 runs: an enormous majority, no doubt, but which it was soon evident, after the fall of the first three or four wickets in the second innings,and the unfortunate accident which put Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The grand match has terminated in the defeat of New South Wales by 171 runs—an enormous majority, no doubt, but which it was soon evident, after the fall the first three or four wickets in the seoond innings,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Before commencing a report of the above highly interesting struggle between the picked elevens of the sister colonies, it may be useful to give a sketch of the prior contests which have taken place. The challenge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following are the entrances for the various races to take place to-day:— FIRST RACE.—1. Flirt, Thomas Chandler. 2. Dart, Jnmes Galbraith. 3. Star, S. Huggett. 4. Lily of St. Leonard's, J. Connor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The annual regatta in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the colony, came off yesterday. Compared with the fetes of former years, the affair was a miserable failure, both as respects the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The numbers that congregated yesterday upon all favourable points to witness the anniversary regatta gave evidence that there was no decadence in the patriotic feelings that have hitherto marked each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A match came off on Saturday, the 23rd instant, between the Imperial Cricket Club and the pick of Mr. Huston's School, in Cleveland Paddocks, in which the former came off victorious, beating their opponents in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The annual aquatic entertainment in commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Colony came off on Tuesday last, and, as usual, collected from all quarters an immense assemblage of spectators. The day was all that could be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In accordance with announcement, the second Dapto Regatta came off yesterday on the waters of the illawarra Lake; than which a more spacious or better adapted sheet of water for aquatic sports we have never seen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →" And speaking of 'Doesticks', here are some thoughts of his ' Upon seeing a Cricket Match", which although now 'some three moons wasted' (having been during that time,time in type), will, nevertheless, prove…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A most interesting and beautiful meeting was held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 27th, 28th, and 20th January. The horses were the best that ever visited the Turon banks. Almost all the stakes produced the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Much has been said on both sides respecting deep-keel yachts, and centre-board yachts, and no doubt it is best to encourage that class of boat which is best suited for general purposes. One cannot blame the principal yacht owners for refusing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The sixth Anniversary Meeting of the Sofala Races commenced and ended under a broiling sun. The heat was intense, and it required a plentiful supply of gingerbeer and other liquids to enable persons to exist in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GENTLEMEN,—Very many questions, pertinentand impertinent, have been put to some of the representatives of the New South Wales Cricketers since their return from Melbourne, as to how they managed to lose the game lately…
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