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Sport, 1866

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Intercolonial Cricket Match. Victoria V. New South Wales. Second Day

Empire · Friday 28 December 1866 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The morning yesterday came in cloudy, but as noon approached the sun burst forth, and the atmosphere became very warm. The attendance in the Domain was not so large as on the previous day, although in the…

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Woolloomooloo Bay Regatta

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 2

Next to the Cricket Match, the most attractive feature of boxing Day sports was the time-honoured regatta at Woolloomooloo Bay. To say that the regatta of the 26th instant was as successful as some of its predecessors would be…

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AQUATICS. Woolloonioolo Bay Regatta

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 2

As announced this interesting aquatic event cam[?] off on Boxing Day, and was, considering the coun[?] attractions, very largely attended by [?] crowded every available position from which a view [?]…

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Boxing Day

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 2
Also in Freeman's Journal

In the fervid warmth of our Christmas weather — one of the many singular antitheses which Australian life presents to life in the mother country — our metropolitan and suburban population on Wednesday entered upon…

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Parramatta Races

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 2

THERE annually established races commenced on the 26th instant, and owing to the exertions of the stewards were completely successful The meeting was considered a decided improvement upon those of former years, not only as…

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Cricket. Australia V. the World

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 5

This one innings match, improvised on Thursday, after the unexpectedly early termination of the Inter-colonial match, attracted about two thousand spectators to the ground yesterday. The two inter-colonial teams afforded…

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Cricket. Australians v. the World. Third Day

Empire · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 4

The attendance in the Domain, yesterday, was not nearly so large as on either of the previous days, notwithstanding that the match was considered to be a very interesting one. The relative merits of the…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Match. New South Wales v VICTORIA

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 3

Notwithstanding the multifarious amusements which offered themselves to the holiday seekers, there is no doubt that the above event attracted by far the largest number of sight-seers, and at one time in the afternoon there were at least from [?] to…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match. Victoria, v. New South Wales. First Day. —

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 4

THE tenth of these matches was commenced on the 26th instant, in the Domain, with an eclat notices than that of any preceding event. Successive defeats at the hands of our Victorian friends hare not yet diminished the…

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Albert Athletic Sports

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 5

ABOUT three thousand persons went to see the athletic sports at the Albert Ground on Saturday afternoon. A long list of games and matches was arranged for, and the "Christmas " sports were quite equal to former spectacles…

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Parramatta Annual Races. Judge and Handicapper: John Lackey, Esq. STEWARDS; J. Dobson, Esq., J. K. Cleeve, Esq., Rich. W. Cox, Esq. Honorary Treasurer: James S. Farnell, Esq., M.L.A. First Day, Wednesday, December 26Th

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 2

There races which commenced on Wednesday last (Boxing Day,) were very numerously attended, there being upwards of 2,000 people present on the first day, amongst whom, we noticed a large muster of our Sydney…

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Emu Plains Races. STEWARDS J. O. Wascoo, William Henry Woods, John Thurston, Matthew Walley, C Evans. Clerk of the Course: Mr Wm. Pike. Secretary and Treasurer: Mr James Evans, JUDGE: Mr H. Hall. First Day, December 26Th

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 29 December 1866 · page 2

These annual races came off on Wednesday last, and such a large attendance has, we suspect, never been seen on the Plains before; and although, as we shall have occasion to refer to further on, the greater part of the…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 December 1866 · page 2

THE tenth Intercolonial Cricket Match was commenced in the Outer Domain, on Wednesday, the 26th instant, and was finished on the following day. New South Wales having carried off the honours in one innings, with 13 runs…

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