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Sport, 1862

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The Great Cricket Match

Empire · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 5

The match between the All England Eleven and Twenty-two of Victoria and New South Wales, commenced this morning. The United Twenty-two played remarkably well, and at the time of adjournment for…

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Cricket. the Intercolonial Match. Victoria v. New South Wales

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 2

The seventh encounter at cricket between the colonies of Now South Wales and Victoria. FIRST DAY.-TUESDAY, 9YH JANUARY. The game was commenced on Thursday last, on the…

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Foot Races. Race for the Six-mill Champion Belton England

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 7

THE [?]grounds of Hackney-wick were thronged on November II, to witness the contest between Edward Mills, of Itackney, the holder of the Six-miles Challenge Champion Belt, and John Brighton, of Norwich (the challenger), the latter being also the…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match. New South Wales v. Victoria. [From Our Special Reporter.] First Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 4

THE Seventh Intercolonial Match between New South Wales and Victoria was commenced on Thursday last at a quarter-to twelve His Excellency Sir H. Barkly, accompanied by Lady and Miss Barkly, and Captain Bancroft,…

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Cricket. [By Electric Telegraph.] [From Our Srecial Correspondent.] All-england Eleven V. Twentytwo of New South Wales and Victoria. Melbourne, 11.35 a.m

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 7

This interesting match between the United Elevens and the All England Eleven commenced at 11.40 this morning. The latter won the toss, and sent in the United. Deane plays…

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The Grand Cricket Matches. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1862 · page 5

SIR,—Will you kindly permit me, through the medium of your paper, to throw out one or two suggestions in reference to the forthcoming grand cricket matches. I would first suggest that the telegraph be placed at the…

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Cricket. [By Electric Telegraph.] [From Our Special Corresponddent.] All-england Eleven V. Twenty-two of New South Wales and Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1862 · page 4

When the stumps were drawn on Friday, the score stood: All England first innings, seven wickets down for 73 runs. Wells and Caffyn resumed their places at the wicket…

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Cricket

Empire · Tuesday 21 January 1862 · page 2

There is no doubt that the public of Sydney are a cricketing community. Utilitarian and old-fashioned as their tastes are sometimes accused of being, it cannot be denied that, in this particular respect, the interest taken…

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Cricket. Eighteen of the Metropolitan Clubs of Victoria Versus All-england Eleven. [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1862 · page 5

TO institute any comparison between tho play of the English and colonial cricketers is out of the quostion. The latter were immeasurably overmatohed at all points. Mistakes were doubtless made by the English players, just…

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CRICKET. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1862 · page 5

SIR,—The following sketch was written during a voyage from England to Australia in 1841. Should you think it suficeintly interesting to the cricketing community here just now, you are at liberty to…

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Lord's Cricket Ground. a Sketch, by W. C. W.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1862 · page 5

FEW scenes in the metropolis of England have afforded us more real gratification than,a match in Lords cricket ground. Fromour boyhood we were always delighted to contend in this noble game and we have seen good play in…

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Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1862 · page 4
Also in Empire

OUR playors returned yesterday from Victoria, and in the evening a full inceting of the general committee of the New South Wales Cricket Association was held at Poehlman's, to arrange preliminaries for the All-England match…

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The Great Cricket Match. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1862 · page 8

SIR,—Can you inform your readers out of what funds the Parliamentary Grand Stand is being erected, or whether the members of the Legislature have subscribed towards its erection; and, moreover, are…

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Cricket. Twenty-two of United New South Wales and Victorian Cricketers Against All-england Eleven. [From Our Spbcial Reporter.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1862 · page 2

THIS interesting match had originally been arranged to have been commenced on Thursday the 16th instant. Owing to continued heavy rain until the afternoon of that day the ground was unfit to be…

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Cricket

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Mail

The representatives of New South Wales at the late intercolonial and international matches returned on Thursday, in the "Rangatira," from Melbourne; and in the evening, the Committee of the New…

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Nelson Races

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 4

The annual holiday of Nelson, the races, came off on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 26th, 27th, and 28th of December, the time of the meeting having been changed from March to Christmas week. Whether…

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Wallgett Races

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 4

These races commenced on "Wednesday, the 1st January, and although not so numerously attended as at last year, the attendance was considerably better than night be expected, from the circumstance that the…

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