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Sport, 1862

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Singleton Races. (From the Singleton Times.) Thursday, 26Th December

Empire · Wednesday 1 January 1862 · page 5

FIRST PRASE.—The Maiden Plate of £15, with a sweepstaken of 2 sovereigns each added. Mr. Alex. Bowman's [?] Atalanta, [?] yrs. Richard Dine's oh m Queen of Diamonds, [?] yrs…

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Hunter's Hill Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 4

THE annual regatta of yesterday was a great success in every sense of the word, and each succeeding year appears to establish it more firmly in the public estimation. It must be borne in mind that the Hunter's…

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Hunter's Hill Amateur Regatta

Empire · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 2

ARRANGEMENTS having been made by the committee who this year undertook the management of this regatta, to convey subscribers from Sydney to the s[?] of contest by the splendid steamship City of Newcastle, we…

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Our First English Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 3

IT is August,—Parliament is up,—battles, murders, and sudden deaths do not suit the dog-days,—it takes all the graphic powers of a Russell to excite an interest in the mad doings…

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Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 5

BY far the best match among our players this season was that which came off yesterday, between the N. S. W. Eleven and a first-class Eighteen. Between three and four thousand persons were at one period…

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Cricket Match

Empire · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 3

A CRICKET matoh between the eleven selected to play against the Victorians in the forthcoming intercolonial match, and eighteen soleated from the principal cricket clubs, took place…

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The Randwick Races

Empire · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 2

A VELY[?] derabl[?] portion of our community spent yesterday at the Rindwick Races. Up to the morning of the event, very little excitement appeared to exist in Sydney relative to them, it being confined chiefly to the…

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Randwick New Year's Day Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 5

IF numbers be a criterion of the success of any particular festivity, the Randwick meeting of yesterday certainly comes within the category of successful events; for notwithstanding the attractions of a…

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Origin of Boxing-day. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 4

SIR,—In your paper of this day I observe one of your correspondents inquiring about the origin of Boxing Day. Allow me to remark that in that useful publication, Waugh's Australian Almanac, you will find the…

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[By Electric Telegraph.] Cricket. All-england V. Victoria. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Melbourne, Wednesday, 7 p. m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1862 · page 4

THIS morning the weather was magnificent— cloudy, with a southerly wind. Punctually at 12 o'clock the cricketers came on the ground—the All-England eleven, having…

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[By Electric Telegraph.] Cricket. All-england V. Victoria. Second Day. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Melbourne, eight o'clock p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1862 · page 5

It is a clear and hot day, with the wind south. The play was resumed at noon, the score standing—Bennett, 6; Stephenson, 6 (neither out); bye, 1; leg bye, 1; wides, 4: total, l8…

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[By Electric Telegraph.] Cricket. All-england V. Victoria. Second Day. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Melbourne, eight o'clock p.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1862 · page 7

It is a clear and hot day, with the wind south. The play was resumed at noon, the score standing—Bennett, 6; Stephenson, 6 (neither out); bye, 1; leg bye, 1; wides, 4: total, l8…

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Hunter's Hill Regatta

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 2

THE annual regatta of Wednesday was a great success in every sense of the word, and each succeeding year appears to establish it more firmly in the public estimation, It must be borne in mind that the Hunter's…

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Cricket

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 2

BY far the best match among our players this season was that which came off on Wednesday, between the N. S. W. Eleven and a first-class Eighteen. Between three and four thousand persons were at one period…

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Randwick New Year's Day Races

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 2

After the rather protracted spoil which had been experienced in regard to racing in or near the metropolis the little fixture of Wednesday last proved most welcome to our turfites, the great majority of whom made it a…

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New Year's Day Sports. Randwick Races

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 2

IF numbers be a criterion of the success of any particular festivity, the Randwick meeting on Wednesday certainly comes within the category of successful events; for notwithstanding the attractions of a…

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Cricket. All-england V. VICTORIA. Melbourne, Wednesday, 7 pm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 2

This morning the weather was magnificent— cloudy, with a southerly wind. Punctually at 12 o'clock the crickEters came on the ground—the All-England eleven, having…

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Cricket. the English Eleven. (From Bell's Life in Victoria, December 28.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 2

The event of the past week has been the arrival and debarkation of the eleven cricketers from the "tight little island." The telegram announcing the fact that the Great Britain, with the cricketers on board, was…

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Telegraphic News. Cricket. All-england v. VICTORIA. Melbourne, Wednesday, 7 p.m

Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 4

THIS morning the weather was magnificent—cloudy, with a southerly wind, Punctnally at 12 o'clock the cricketers came on the ground—the All-England eleven, having…

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[By Electric Telegraph.] Cricket. All England V. Victoria. Third Day. Melbourne, Friday, 7 p.m. [From Our Special Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 4

CAFFYN and Iddison resumed their punctually at noon to-day, and both play[?] carefully, Makinson bowling slows. Bet[?] 2 to 1 against going out to-day. 210 fot [?]…

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