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Sport, 1874

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Football. Wallaroo Football Club Engagements

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 30

Saturday, 2Tth June, W. F. O. Ground, Club Match, Dissyllables v. remainder of the Club. Saturday, 4th July, W.F.C. Ground, Wallaroo v. University (1st Twenty)…

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Football Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 822

DECIDEDLY the best match up to the present time was that which took place at Parramatta, last Saturday afternoon, between the Wallaroo cracks and the King's School Club, twenty aside. The morning broke dull and threatening,…

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Football in England. Oxford University v. Royal Engineers.—final Tie for the Association Challenge Cup

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1874 · page 822

ON Saturday, 12th March, one of the largest gatherings of the season—though the attendance hardly came up to the estimate of 6000 given in the daily papers—assembled at the Oval to witness this match, for the possession, for the…

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Moore Park and Football. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 July 1874 · page 3

SIR,—The Mayor, very kindly, has granted the use of Moore Park to several football clubs for the purpose of engaging ia that interesting game, but whenever the members appear there with a football and attempt to play, they…

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Football

Evening News · Saturday 4 July 1874 · page 4

ENGAGEMENTS FOE SATURDAY.—(TO-DAY.) Moore Park:—W. F. C. Ground. Wallaroo v. University 1st Twenty. Moore Pars—S. U. F. C. Ground. Wallaroom v. University…

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Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1874 · page 14

A MATCH was played on Saturday last on the Alliance ground between the Pascoes Club and the Alfred C. C, which resulted in an easy victory for the Alfred C. C. by 79 runs. The scores were: Pascoes C. C, 28; and the…

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Football Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1874 · page 14

As far as the metropolis was concerned, the football players were, per force, in a state of inactivity last Saturday. The rein which had been falling heavily for some time previously, continued up to the end of the week, and although a…

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Football in Victoria

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 July 1874 · page 14

" Cursor," in last week's Leader, gave the following account of the opening match between the Carlton and Melbourne Clubs, the strongest in the metropolis of the sister colony:—…

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Albert Cricket Club Dinner

Evening News · Wednesday 8 July 1874 · page 2
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THE members of the Albert Cricket Club (which, after a dozen or so successive victories for the Challenge Cup, may justly be termed the premier club of Australia) gave their annual dinner, last evening, at the Exchange…

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Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1874 · page 46

THE annual dinner in connection with the Albert Cricket Club look place on Tuesday evening at the Merchants' Dining Hall, Sydney Exchange. About sixty gentlemen were present, including representatives from the…

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Football Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1874 · page 46

THE formation of an association for the promotion of football may now be looked upon as an accomplished fact, and there can be no doubt that with a recognised body like the "Southern Rugby Football Union," the game will in…

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Football Rules

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1874 · page 46

The appended rules an those confirmed by the conference of delegates recently held in sydney. It will be found that they are founded upon the laws adopted by the Rugby Football Union. They are accompanied by explanatory…

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Albert Cricket Club Dinner

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 July 1874 · page 30

THE members of the Albert Cricket Club (which, after a dozen or so successive victories for the Challenge Cup, may justly be termed the premier club of Australia) gave their annual dinner, on Tuesday, at the Exchange,…

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Hawkesbury Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1874 · page 3

THE following entries were posted at Tattersal's on Saturday:- TRIAL STAKES. Mr. T. J. Lawson's b f Mabel Fair, 2 years, by Livingst [?], m…

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Hawkesbury Annual Races

Empire · Monday 13 July 1874 · page 2

The following are the full entries for the events to be run for on the 15th and 17th of August. We give the ages as they will be when the races come off. FIRST DAY, AUGUST 15…

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Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1874 · page 77

CIVIL SERVICE CRICKET CLUB.—On Tuesday, the 7th instant, a meeting of Civil servants favourable to the formation of a Civil Service Cricket Club was held at the Exchange Hotel. Mr. J. J. Calvert was voted to the…

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Football Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1874 · page 77

DURING the last two or time weeks our clubs hare had to contend against several difficulties in bringing their matches off. As a rale, the weather interfered with the play, but last Saturday it was not Jupiter Pluvius, but Mars, that…

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The Quambone Annual Races. [From a Correspondent.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 July 1874 · page 30

THE above races came off on the 25th, 26th, and the 27th June. Judge; William Smith, Esq., J.P. Stewards: Henry Smith, Esq.; Edward Flood, son, Esq., J.P.; William Ferry, Esq.; George Gibson, Esq.; Thomas Egan, Esq. Handicapper and…

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The Quambone Annual Races. [From a Correspondnet.]

Empire · Monday 20 July 1874 · page 3

THE above races came off on the 25th, and the 27th June. Judge; William Smith, Esq., J.P. Stewards: Henry Smith. Esq.; Edward Flood, sen, Esq., J.P.; William Perry, Esq. George Gibson, Esq; Thomas Egan, Esq. Handicapper and…

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