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Sport, 1863

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Cricket

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 October 1863 · page 3

ALBERT CRICKET CLUB.—The annual general meeting of the Albeit Cricket Club was held on Monday, at Lawrence's. Mr. J. M. Leigh being in the chair. Mr. P. C. Curtis, the secretary, stated that since the…

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Cricket, As It Was and Is

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 October 1863 · page 3

ONCE upon a time—that magic period of our childish romances and feiry tales—gentlemen attired in kneebreeches and cocked-hats, and ornamented about the head with pigtails, might have been seen dotting the…

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Cricket Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 October 1863 · page 5

THE Annual General Meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association was held last evening, at Lawrence's rooms. Mr. R. Driver, M.L.A., was in the chair. The honorary secretary, Mr. Clayton, read the following…

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New South Wales Cricket Association

Empire · Saturday 17 October 1863 · page 5

THE annual meeting of the members of the New South Wales Cricket Association was held at Lawrence [?] ome, last evening, Mr. R. Driver, M. L. A. in the chair The secretary, Mr. J. R. Cayton, read the following…

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[?]Od Races.—tuesday, July 28. [?](From the Home News, August 26.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 17 October 1863 · page 4

STEWARDS' CUP, value 300 says (Handicap), by subscription of 10 sovs each, with 100 added from the race fund; for 3-yr-olds and upwards; winners extra. T.Y.C. 73 sub…

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Cricket

Empire · Wednesday 21 October 1863 · page 2

The various Clubs are engaged in arranging matches for the present season. All lovers of the game are on the dptoe o' expectation relative to the visit to these colonies of that splendid team which we have seen named as…

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Cricket Association

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 October 1863 · page 6

THE Annual General Meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association was held on 16th instant, at Lawrence's rooms. Mr. R. Driver, M.L.A., was in the obair. The honorary secretary, Mr. Clayton, read the following…

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Cricket. the Old England Eleven

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 24 October 1863 · page 2

It is probable that this gallant band are now on the sea, as by the last mail Marshall received advices from George Parr, to the effect that he had just returned from Liverpool where he had secured passages by the Great…

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Swimming Match for the Championship of England

Empire · Monday 26 October 1863 · page 3

ONE of these exhibitions of skill in the useful art of swimming, which its promoters in London are trying successfully to popularise, came off on Monday evening. The match was between E. B. Mather, of Manchestor, the present…

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Cricket

Sydney Mail · Saturday 31 October 1863 · page 3

CRICKET.—On Saturday afternoon, last a match was played between the Liverpool-street Steam Saw Mills Club and Sugar Works Club, Parramatta-street. The Liverpool-street Steam Saw Mills Club being…

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Cricket

Sydney Mail · Saturday 7 November 1863 · page 3

CRICKET.—A meeting of the Intercolonial cricket committee was held yesterday afternoon, at Marshall's Hotel, Swensten-street; Mr. Woolley in the chair. The principal business of the meeting was to consider…

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The American Yacht Gipsy and English Schooner Yacht Alarm. Royal Victoria Yacht Club Regatta. (From the Times, August 23.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 November 1863 · page 4

YESTERDAY was set asi[?] as the "quiet" day in the programme of the Royal Victorians, but it proved, as is often found to be the case with similar arrangements, to be unusually interesting. In the morning the whole of the Victoria squadron at anchor in the…

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Albury Races. Second Day, Wednesday, November?

Empire · Tuesday 10 November 1863 · page 3

There was a manifest improvement in the [?] people present on the course, the attendance being [?]? double,that of the first, day, The Hardle Race [?]? the funds, and the two main events of the day [?]?…

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Cricket in the Domain. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 November 1863 · page 5

SIR,—I was very glad to see "Point's" letter in your Thursday's issue. It is really time some check was put upon the clubs, and compel them to keep their proper practice grounds…

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The United Kingdom. the Tyne Regatta (From Bell's Life in London.)

Empire · Tuesday 17 November 1863 · page 3

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28— This important aquatic gathering-patronised as the official bill announced, by all the influential names in the town, and which was very generally expected to be one of the most successful regatras ever seen…

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Aquatics.—tyne Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 November 1863 · page 4

THIS regatta took place on the Tyne on August 28, and was very unsatisfactory in its results, only one of the races (the Tyne Challenge Cup) being decided. Green, the Australian, was to have competed in the Tyne Champion Cup, and had also entered…

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The Tyne Regatta, and Green's Challenge to Row in New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 November 1863 · page 4

THE following communications have been addressed to the Editor of Bell's Life in London, and appeared in that journal on the 26th September:— Mr. Editor,—In justice to the public, and likewise to myself, I…

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Aquatics. the Tyne Regatta

Sydney Mail · Saturday 21 November 1863 · page 8

This regatta took place on the Tyne on August 28, and was very unsatisfactory in its results, only one of the races (the Tyne Chalionge Cup) being decided. Green, the Australian, was to have competed in the Tyne Champion Cup, and had also entered…

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Aquatics. Tyne Regatta. (From the Home News, September 26.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1863 · page 4

This regatta took place on the Tyne on August 28, and was very unsatisfactory in its results only one of the races (the Tyne Challenge Cup) being decided. Green, the Australian, was to have competed in the Tyne…

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The Late Tyne Regatta. (From Bell's Life in London September 26.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1863 · page 4

MR EDITOR, —In justice to the public, and likewise to myself, I wish to make a few remarks on the race for the Championship of the Tyne between myself and Chambers. Having lost the station, Chambers took the…

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