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593 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 30
THINK I may safely say that the present is the most successful meeting the Bathurst Jockey Club has ever had. Everything that could conduce to success was forthcoming, from [?] weather and the presence of a Governor down to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The has weather has done wonders, ana now the ground is in good order, gating more lively every hour. Should the sunshine last till and over tomorrow we shall see some good cricket, and the men of New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE attendance was by no means as good as on the previous day. The weather, though slightly hotter, was still not altogether oppressive. His Excellency did not arrive on the course till nearly two o'clock, and the first race was kept back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRST DAY.—Maiden Plate: mr. Winch's Commodore, 1; Mr. Wyndham's Kingfisher, 2. Innkeeper's Purse: Mr. Spridgen's Alice 1; Mr. Single's Goonal, 2. The Shorts: Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE troubled that have surrounded the intercolonial match, and the poor show made by the men of New South Wales in their first innings, have completely put all other things connected with cricket out of all cricket and non-cricket heads;…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →THE Annual Intercolonial Cricket Match was commenced on 28th ultimo on the Albert Ground. For some time part admirers of the game have been in a high state of excitement, and opinions have been much divided as to the probable…
Continued on Trove, page 302 →THE sixteenth match between the colonies of Victoria and New South Wales will be more famous and better remembered, in all probability, for the bad weather and consequently bad ground, than for any great excellence or curiosity in the play;…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →CONSIDERING the amount of satire, not unmixed with abuse, which the Sydney men have had to encounter during the past four days, it must have been refreshing for them to receive such marks of approval and oncouragement as were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Governor again honoured the course with his presence, but the attendance was not anything like that upon the previous day. The weather was warm, but the course, though somewhat hard, was in good order, and no accidents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SINCE the time for the Intercolonial Cricket Match was fixed, Johnston says he has had no peace; for his "dear Jane" was at him every day to take her to the Albert Ground. Who could resist lovely woman's importunity?…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →THE first day, March 5, of the Liverpool Plains yearly races came off with great success, under the auspices of the Liverpool Plains Jockey Club. The course is situated on Goonoo Goonoo run, distant about one mile from the town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE finishing day, Saturday, was ushered in by delightful sunshine, and never was such a crowd of people collected within the four fences of the popular Albert Ground as came together to see determined the great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NOW that the Intercolonial Cricket Match is over, it may be as well, before going into the details of Saturday's play, to make a few general remarks upon the game. There is an old and trite saying in which people are recommended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LIKE its predecessors the day was beautifully fine, though old sol shone out with stronger force than on the other two days of the meeting. Tie racing was as good. and the attendance perhaps larger than on the second day. The sports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →I THINK I may safely say that the pesent is the most successful meeting the Bathurst Jockey Club has ever had. Everything that could condnce to success was forthcoming, from glorious weather and the presence of a Governor down to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE time weather continued, and the attendance was unusually numerous. His Excellency, accompanied by the Hon. Lady Robinson, Captain and Mrs. St. John, and the private secretary, drove on to the course just before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE second day's sport afforded by the Liverpool Plains Jockey Club proved just as successful as the first. Beautiful weather, a little warm, perhaps in the opinion of some, and capital amusement. The attendance was scarcely…
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