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Sport, 1875

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Anniversary Regatta and the Definition of an Amateur

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 32

The pressure on the space of the T and C for some weeks past has been such as to cause the exclusion of many items of aquatic news. I shall therefore have to go back a little in order to arrive at the origin of a matter…

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Cricket. the Intercolonial Cricket Match. New South Wales V. VICTORIA

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 78

THE publication of our lithographic supplement, containing portraits of our Sydney representatives in the late International Cricket Match, it an opportune time for farther reference to the memorable contest about which there has…

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The Sydney Rowing Club and the Anniversary Regatta. To the Editor

Empire · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 3

SIR,—An endeavour made by the committee of the above club to induce the committee of the Anniversary Regatta to alter their new definition of the term "amateur" having proved unsuccessful, and…

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A Honeymoon at Christmas. a Boxing Night Reminiscence

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 6

WILLIAM ALEXANDER SANDY HIGGINS, Manchester Warehouseman's Managing Clerk," as he somewhat grandiloquently described himself, went to Manly last month to spend his honeymoon. This honeymoon was the result of…

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Singleton Races. (From Our Correspondent.)

Empire · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 4

THE annual race meeting, under the suspices of the above club, took place on New Year's Day, and was considered to be the most successful meeting yet held by the club. There were between 500 and 600 persons present, one-half, I believe,…

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The Anniversary Regatta Committee and Amateurs. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 5

SIR,—I wish to show, not Mr. J. O. Gilchrist only, but those interested in the question of the exclusion of certain amateurs from the Anniversary Regatta, that my statements are not "at variance with facts."…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 5

SIR,—As Mr. Gilchrist intends not to continue the correspondence, which, I fear, has already taken up too much of your space, in reference to the attempted exclusion of the champion crew, I will only allude to his letter of…

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New South Wales Cricket Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 79

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the above association was held on Monday, at Tatternall's Hotel. Mr. Richard Driver (President) occapied the chair, and there was a fair attendance of members. The minutes of the last meeting…

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The Sydney Rowing Club and the Anniversary Regatta. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 5

SIR,—An endeavour made by the committee of the above club to induce the committee of the Anniversary Regatta to alter their new definition of the term amateur having proved unsuccessful, and my committee having determined…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match-1874, New South Wales v. VICTORIA

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 10

THREE victories in one year, won from the most redoubtable of our antagonists, is almost too much for New South Wales' sportsmen to believe. The Rowing Match, the Small-bore Rifle Match, and, latterly, the Intercolonial Cricket Match…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Match: New South Wales V. Victoria.—"the Winning Hit."

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 1

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Huntercolonial Cricket Match. 1874 Won by N. S. Wales. the New South Wales TEAM

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 16 January 1875 · page 13

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Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1875 · page 2
Also in Empire, Evening News

ON Saturday, 9th, a match was played between the Civil Service Club and 16 of the St. Leonards C. C., but was drawn, there not being sufficient time for an innings each owing to the Civil Service occupying the creases, for ov[?]r…

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Moss Vale Races. (From a Correspondent.)

Empire · Monday 18 January 1875 · page 4

Judge—Edward Carter. Esq., J.P. Stewards—Messrs. F. D. Badgery, Geroge Pattrick, J.J. Roberts, A.J. Powell, H. W. Taylor, and Frunk Badgery. Clerk of the Course—Mr. Palph Bridge. Starter—Mr. R.H.Roberts, J.P…

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Cricket

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1875 · page 3
Also in Empire

A return match, between the Alexandria C.C.V. Albion, was played at Double Bay on saturday last, the 16th instant, and decided by the first innings in favour of the former by 23 runs. Scores: Alexandria 41 H. Stafford contributing 14…

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Country Christmas Races. Jamberoo

Empire · Tuesday 19 January 1875 · page 4

THESE sports came off on the Jamberoo Racecourse with great success. The Maiden Plate brought out a field of six horses, among which were no less than five [?], and one Kingston. The Barb was made a great favourite for this race, and…

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A Ladies' Cricket Match

Empire · Tuesday 19 January 1875 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the fair sex in this colony can hold their own at a game of "rounders," we believe that the game of cricket played by a number of young ladies at Rylstone on New Year's Day is the first of the kind…

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