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Sport, 1873

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The Australian Jockey Club and Its Great Races

Evening News · Wednesday 23 April 1873 · page 2

FOR months past them hare been adverts the conditions of the races which always close on the Thursday after Randwick Autumn Meeting; and to-morrow (April 24th) will be the day for this year. The stakes to…

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The Australian Jockey Club and Its Great Races

Empire · Thursday 24 April 1873 · page 2

FOR months past there have been advertised the conditions of the races which always close on the Thursday after Randwick Autumn Meeting; and to-day (April 24th) will be the day for this year. The staken to…

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Mudgee Races

Empire · Monday 28 April 1873 · page 3
Also in Evening News

At the eleventh hour, while there is yet time for nominations to reach the hon. sec., by post from Sydney, we venture to remind horse-owners that the general entry for Mudgee is fixed for to-morrow, Tuesday, April 29th; and as some of our…

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The Hunt Club Races

Evening News · Monday 28 April 1873 · page 3
Also in Empire

PATHON: His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson, K.C.M.G. President; E. K. Cox, Esq., Stewards: J. de V. Lamb, Esq., G. F. Want, Esq., A. Ryrie, Esq., W. Davies, Esq., W. R. Hall, Esq., Hon J. G. L. Innes, Esq, G. Lloyd, Esq., R…

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Telegrams This Day the Kanimbla Murder. Mrs. M'aveeney Pleaded Guilty and Sentenced to Death. the Kangarooby Murder. Melbourne Sheep and Cattle Sales. the Weather at Newcastle. Brisbane Jockey Club Races. White Woman with Blacks at Keppel Bay. the Death-ship Alardus. the Melbourne Government and the Suez Arrangement. Consternation in Melbourne. Proposed Withdrawal of Suez Subsidy. Reprieve of the Wooragee Murderers. Further Defalcations of Kabat. Vessel Ashore at Port Macdonnell. Latest Mining and Commercial, &c., &c., &c. [A portion of the following appeared is our second edition of yesterday] BATHURST. Wednesday, 9.6 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 1 May 1873 · page 2

Mrs. M'Aveeny, charged with the wilful murder of her husband, at Kanimbla, was brought tip to-day, and pleaded guilty. The unhappy woman was accordingly sentenced to death…

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The Hunt Club Races

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 May 1873 · page 7

The first day's races, under the auspices of the Sydney Hunt Club, came off on Saturday last, and was most satisfactory. The weather was fine the greater part of the country visitors…

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The Sydney Hunt Club Races

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 May 1873 · page 25

CIRCUMSTANCES, I am glad to say, caused the meeting of the Hunt Club to come off as successfully as its promoters either hoped or expected, and this opening day has given promise of much good in the future. Bringing off a race meeting is…

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SPORTING. The Sydney Hunt Club Races

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 May 1873 · page 24

PATRON: His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson, K.C.M.G. President: E K. Cox, Esq. Stewards: J. de V Lamb, Esq., G. F. Want, Esq., A. Ryrie, Esq., W. Davis. Esq., W. R. Hall, Esq., Hon. J. G L. Innes, Esq, G. Lloyd, Esq., R…

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Sydney Amateur Athletic Club

Evening News · Monday 5 May 1873 · page 3
Also in Empire

LAST Saturday afternoon the Sydney Amateur Athletic Club held its second meeting on the Albert Cricket Ground, and carried out a programme of athletic contests before a fashionable assemblage invited by ticket to…

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Telegrams This Day the Mudgee Races. Shooting Case at Rydal. Bushranging Near Bathurst. Sluicing at Wattle Flat. Outrage by an M.P. THE R.M.S. Baroda. Miss Arabella Goddard. Maize Firm and Scarce at Melbourne. Agitation for Annexation in Gippsland. Rydal. Monday, 2.56 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 6 May 1873 · page 2

Senior-constable Lewis has apprehended Denis Murphy, farmer, Wallerawang, for shooting two young men who he supposed came to tin-kettle at his daughter's wedding…

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Mudgee Annual Races. May 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th, 1873

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1873 · page 3

PRESIDENT: N. P. Bayly, Esq., J.P. Vice-president: G. Rouse, Esq., J.P. Judge: C. W. Lawson, Esq., Stewards: Messrs. John Lee. V. Cox, A. H. Cox, S. A. Blackman, C. W. Lawson, W. C. Reynolds, Chas. E. Rowling…

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[From Our Correspondent.] Mudgee Races. Thursday, 12.11 p.m

Empire · Friday 9 May 1873 · page 2

There were eleven starters yesterday for the Mudgee Handicap, but they got away badly; Index was left at the post. Myrtle and Gratis made the running. About…

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New South Wales Artillery Athletic Sports

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1873 · page 4
Also in Empire

YESTERDAY afternoon the N.S.W. Artillery held a series of athletic sports on the ground below Dawes Battery. The weather was all that could be desired, and there was a large attendance of spectators…

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N. S.w. Artillery Athletic Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 May 1873 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon the New South Wales Artillery participated in. a number of hardy old English athletic sports and exercises, calculated to develope the muscle and improve good followship among the members of the corps…

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Football

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 589

THE annual meeting of the University Football Club was held on Friday, the 2nd instant, at the University, for the purpose of electing office-bearers for the ensuing season. The attendance was much larger than…

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Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 May 1873 · page 589

AlBION C. C. v. UNDAUNTED C. C.—A match was played on the University Oval, on Saturday last, between the above clubs, which resulted in an easy victory for the latter by 33 runs. The batting of Humphress, who…

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