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This regatta, which is always looked forward to with anticipations of pleasure, came off yesterday, and so far as the racing generally was concerned there was nothing to find fault with; but the attendance, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ST. ANDREW'S DAY, 30TH NOVEMBER, 1866. President—Thoms Ware Smart, Esq., M.L.A.; Vice-President—The Rev. R. Mansfield, (Chairman of the Balmain Muncipality); Umpire—Mr W. Watson; Starter—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Monday the stewards of the Geelong Racing Club met at the British Hotel to draw up the programme for the annual races, which will take place on Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th January. There are six events…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Plate.—Miss Fisher 1, Bosh 2. Selling Steeple Chase.—Young Camel 1. Ballarat Handicap.—Play Boy 1, Dane 2, E[?] Selling Stakes.—Merry Maid 1…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This match was brought to a conclusion last Saturday, in favour of the East Melbourne by eight runs. The afternoon was far from favourable—a cold southerly wind blowing, with the agreeable variation now and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →These races came off, as advertised, on Wednesday and Thursday, November 21st and 22nd, at Mr John McCubbin's Denison Hotel. They were well and respectably attended, and to add to the sport the circus gave a performance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →If it will afford "Lover of Cricket" any satisfaction, I may state that I have no intention whatever of denying my high opinion of "Longstop's" judgement in Cricketing matters, or that I would rather summit to a lecture from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The MAIDEN PLATE of 50 sovs, with a sweepstakes of 3 sovs added. Entrane, 2 sovs. One mile and a half and a distance, weight for age. Mr L. L. Smith's Lady manners Sutton, 3 yrs 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →These races, which have for some months past been looked forward to by the sportsmen of the Murrumbidgee with daily increasing interest, commenced on Wednesday morning last. The morning broke clear and bright, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RICKETTS V. SHEPHERD—In our issue of Saturday last, we observed that a race between Charles Ricketts and "the Stranger" would come off at Double Bay in the afternoon, and accordingly a large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALTHOUGH the state of the weather on Thursday n[?] and Friday morning foreboded anything but a successful issue to the many sports provided for the amusement of the public; it was gratifying to find that at about 10 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE brief period to [?]ps[?] before the date [?]xed for the lnte[?]colonial match, and the interest consequently aroused as to the fitness of our players to sustain the contest with such able antagonists as Victoria has of late years opposed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE pleseant Spring Meeting at Dowling Forest has always been a great favourite withe the racing community, and the recent alterations made by the stewards have made the course—the programme always was—second to none in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stewards: Mesara. J. Simson, W. Leonard, N. M'Leod, R.Orr, W. Craig,.B.Le Poer Trench, and. D. Duffy Judge: Mr S. Hol ate. Handicappers: Messrs William Leonard, Wm. Levey, end E. C. Moore, Clerk of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Italian proverb of ed in my last proves inapplicable as far as correspondents in your sporting contemporary are concerned, for though most assuredly I spread no honey for them, the vinegar speedily brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday a cricket match was played on the Nicholson racecourse, between an eleven of the Albion Club and an eleven of the Newcastle Club. In the afternoon there was a large attendance of spectators (about eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WARWICK V. NEWTON.—The first elevens of these clubs met on Satueday at the Newtown Ground, and played a one day's match, determined by one innings each Appended is the score:…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The adjourned meeting of the Balmain Regatta Committee took place on Monday night, in the School of Arts Balmain, when additional evidence in the centreboard yacht race was taken, the result being the disqualification…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →These races took place on the 29th, 30th, and 31st of November. Much of the interest was lost by the scratching of the New South Wales representative, Falcon, who was the favourite for the principal events…
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