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Sport, 1875

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Costume Cricket Match

Evening News · Thursday 7 January 1875 · page 2

The coa[?] cricket match, i aid of the Winder Fire Relief Fund and the window and orphan of the last Cornelius Ward, [?] off on the Albert Ground, on Saturday afternoon next. All the theatrical…

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Toowoomba Races

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 30

Judge: The Hon. James Taylor, M.L.C. Stewarde; Messrs. G. Hamilton. T. G. Robinson, G. H. Davenport, R. J. Barry, G. B. King, E. W. Pechey, T. Lavis, E. L. Thronton, and T. Perkins. Treasurer: Mr. Henry Spiro. Clerk of the Scales:…

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Cricket Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 46

A[?] six successive years of defeat, the tide has at last turned in favour of the New South Wales knights of the willow, who have scored a brilliant victory, after probably one of most interesting and exciting contests that have…

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The English Cricket Season. Review of the Cricket Season of 1874

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 47

TAKEN as a whole, the season just passed away has been a most successful one. The great or first-class matches, as they are called, have shown us cricket of a high order. The games at Lord's and the Oval between the Gentlemen…

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Sydney Hunt Club Races. JANUARY 2, 1875

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 30

UNDER the management of the S.H.C. committee. Judge: Mr. E. Lee. Starter: Mr. W. P. Bowes. Handicapper: Mr. Scarr. Timekeeper, Mr Robins. Clerk by the course: Mr. Herald. Secretary: Mr…

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Cricket. New South Wa[?] V. Ballarat Fifteen

Empire · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 3

On New Year's Day and Saturday last the victorious Welshmen tried conclusions with fifteen representatives of the golden city. Unfor[?]nately, owing to the rain and other causes, the match could not be…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Match. Second Day, Monday, December 29, 1874

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 46

THIS wonderfully well-played match, which has been almost the sole topic of conversation here since Saturday, was resumed on Monday at five minutes past noon. The beat of the day may be more easily imagined than…

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Cricket. the Intercolonial Match. Victoria V. N, S. Wales. Second Day, 28Th December, 1874

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1875 · page 31

THIS exciting contest was resumed on Monday last, in the presence of about 5000 on-lookers. On the opening day of the match the weather was specially adapted for cricket, but on the second day the reverse was the…

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Cricket. Costume Cricket Match

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1875 · page 4
Also in Empire

THE Albert Ground, that most popular place of amusement was Saturday the scene of a grand costume cricket match by members of the Dramatic, Musical and Variety professions, prominent amongst whom, as…

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Costume Cricket Match, &c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1875 · page 5

A COSTUME cricket match and other sports, got up by the members of the Victoria and Queen's Theatres, in aid of the sufferers by the Windsor fire and the family of the late Cornelius Ward, took place on Saturday last, at the Albert…

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The Gostume Cricket Match

Evening News · Monday 11 January 1875 · page 2

On Saturday evening, after the costume cricket match on the Albert Ground the—committee met at Punch's Hotel, and counted [?] taken at the gates. The whole of this sum will be…

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Cricket. New South Wales Cricket Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1875 · page 6

THE usual fo[?] ghtly meeting of the above association was held last evening, at Tattersall's Hotel. Mr. Richard Driver (President) occupied the chair, and there was a fair at endance of members. The minutes of the last meeting…

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Anniversary Regatta. to the Editor of the Hearld

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1875 · page 6

SIR,—Your correspondent of Saturday'issue, " F.C. B.," has made what I suppose is his best effort to heap obloquy on the committee of this regatta, because apparently its programme in one particular is not to his liking. If every…

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N.S.W. Cricket Association

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1875 · page 2

A meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association was held at Tattersall's last evening, when here was a fair attendance of members, and also most of the cricketers who took part in ike late…

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Cricket

Empire · Wednesday 13 January 1875 · page 3

ON Saturday, the 2nd instant, the return match between the Cooerwell C. C. and Wallerawang United C. C., came off oh the grond of the latter, and re[?] in anoter decided victory for the bo[?] Bowen[?] Club—they defeating…

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The Champion Crew and the Anni Versary Regatta. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1875 · page 5

SIR,— I see that Mr. J. O. Gilchrist, the hon. treasurer of the regatta, in replying to "F, C. B." in this day's issue defends the action of his committee in attempting to define the term "a[?]ateur," so as to exclude our champion…

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Cricket

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 2
Also in Empire

Native Boss t. QUEEN'S OWN.—Not wiht standing the very ex[?]dting contests the Albert Ground on Saturday last, the above clubs met on Matchett's Flat, and got through an innings each, the former scoring 31, and the latter 26, then…

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