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Sport, 1871

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Parramatta Annual Races

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 25

Judge—J. S. Farnoll, Esq., M.P. Stowards—Messrs Hugh Taylor, Thomas Ashby, Robert Dunn, and John Kelly. Clerk of the Course and Starter—Thomas Ashby, Esq…

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Cricket. the University Match

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 5

[?]des of having University Cricket Matches of an inter[?]al nature having been reduced to practice, turns out to [?] of the best out for long years. We have the satisfac[?] of seeing the young wen of Victoria and New Stouth…

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Inter-university Cricket Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 7

THE match was continued yesterday in the presence of a large audience. As on the preceding day, the weather was favourable, and the greatest good feeling prevailed. The German band played at intervals, and everything…

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Parramatta Races and New Year's Day Probabilities

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 1388

THE Parramatta programme was admirably played out on Boxing Day, and the meeting was one of the best that I have attended there. Everything connected with the affair was well managed, and the only drawbacks were that…

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The Intercolonial University Cricket Match Second Day

Evening News · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning the weather looked sufficiently inviting to sake thousands in place of hundreds to the ground; but, all this notwithstanding, the attendance was not nearly as large as the interest of the game or quality of the cricket…

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The Intercolonial University Cricket Match. Second Day

Empire · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning the weath[?]r lookod sufficiently inviting to take thousands in place of hundreds to the ground [?] but, all this notwithstanding[?] the attendance was not nearly as large as the interest of the game or quality of the cricket…

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Orange Column. Loyal Orange Institution, Excursion to Glenfield on Boxing Day

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 2

The excursion to Glenfield organized in connection with the Grand Lodge of the Loyal Orange Institution of New South Wales, was one of the largest and most successful gatherings…

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Athletics. Albert Ground Sports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 December 1871 · page 26

A VERY wonderful place is the Albert Ground, and indeed has always been so considered since Mr. Poter Curtis first took up the idea of reclaiming the black peat bog, that nobody could manage to cross unless by…

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