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Sport, 1876

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Randwick Races. Second Day-tuesday

Evening News · Tuesday 5 September 1876 · page 2

UNDER the change of system established by our Jockey Club meeting or two back we now race on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday after The Derby instead of commencing the second portion of the meeting on Thursday and so the[?]…

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Randwick Spring Races. Second Day-tuesday

Evening News · Wednesday 6 September 1876 · page 3

A THREATENED change in the weather on Tuesday morning succeeded by a pleasant afternoon, allowing a rather moderate attendance for a Metropolitan Bay to thoroughly. enjoy a very good programme of sport commencing with the…

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Hawkesbury Meeting, Boxing Day. 1876

Evening News · Thursday 7 September 1876 · page 3

THE following entries were Received on Friday last :-SAPLING STAKES Mr S.W. Kuight's b c ingomar barbarian-Lady audley ch c Lord of Linne-Laura…

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Randwick Races.-This Day

Evening News · Thursday 7 September 1876 · page 2

The attendance on the course to-day was very fair and the weather was all that could be desired FREE HANDICAP Mr. J.D. Little's [?]…

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The Forthcoming Balmain Regatta-The Programme

Evening News · Friday 8 September 1876 · page 2

A numerously attended meeting of the Committee of the Balmain Regatta was held on Thursday evening, when the sub-committee's programme was submitted to the general committee for approval. It…

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Football

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 341

THERE is nothing to report this week upon the doings of the metropolitan clubs, save that the match between the Wallaroo and King's School first fifteens resulted in a victory for the school by a goal, kicked by Bayley, who as an…

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Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 341

IF any uncertainty existed subsequent to the receipt of Lillywhite's last communication as to which tram was really coming out, it has been dispelled by an announcement from Mr. Pickersgill, G. F. Grace's agent, that not having heard…

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Country Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 341

A MEETING of persons favourable to the formation in Yass of a cricket club was held at Dodds's Commercial Hotel, on Thursday last, Mr. J. Shaw in the chair. After many suggestions, it was finally resolved to have the "willow"…

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Randwick Races. This Day

Evening News · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 4

What with fine weather and other suspicious surroundings, the excitement consequent on the races was kept up right through, and of course it need not be told that visitors to the course and stand rolled up in far larger numbers…

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A Dunkirk Love Feast. Seventy-five Hundred People Eating Soup Out of 800 BOWLS

Evening News · Saturday 9 September 1876 · page 3

AT the Dunkirk "love feast" at Rehrersburg, the large concourse proceeded to the Swatsra Creek, about a mile from the church, where seven persons went ready to be baptized. The Rev. Mr. Pioutz…

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Randwick Races. Fourth Day (Saturday)

Evening News · Monday 11 September 1876 · page 2

THE meeting concluded on Saturday, and notwithstanding certainly the most [?] day as to weather that could well be [?] the attendance both with[?] and without the grand stand predi[?] was considerably larger than on…

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Balmain Regatta Open Boat Race. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 September 1876 · page 2

SIR.—I read in [?]our issue of this day the advertised programme of the above regatta No. 11 is for open boats not exceeding 24 feet in length bat not less than 7 feet [?]eam or 3 feet deep. No. 12 is for the same [?]ass of coats, not…

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Cricket in England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1876 · page 3
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The Eton and Harrow cricket match was concluded on 15th July, in favour of Eton, who won in one innings by 24 runs. The Etonians, who went in first, succeeded in getting 308 runs, of which the captain, W. F. Forbes, made 113,…

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The Centennial Regatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 31

THE New Jersey correspondent of The Field, under date 15th June, writes as follows— From my last letter, your readers will see that I am thorflughly satisfied the Centennial Regatta will afford…

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Henley Royal Regatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 31

The great amateur regatta at Henley took place on the 20th and 30th June, and passed off with great eclat. The Ant and second heats of the Grand Challenge Cup resulted pretty nearly in acoordnnce with the popular anticipation,…

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Thb Balmain Regatta Programme

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 31

A numerously attended meeting of the Committee of the Balmain Regatta was held ou Thursday evening, when the sub committee's programme was submitted to the general committee for approval. It comprises eighteen events,…

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The San Francisco Regatta

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 21

OUR engraving represents the mosaic silver cup presented by the New Zealand Insurance Company, through their resident agent at San Francisco, Mr. Craig, for competition at the San Francisco Regatta. The cup, which is a valuable…

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Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 373

SOUTH SYDNEY CRICKET CLUB.—The annual meeting of the South Sydney Cricket Club was held last Wednesday evening, in Christ Church schoolroom, Captain Macdonald, the president, in the chair. The minutes of the…

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Randwick Races Concluded

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 September 1876 · page 29

THE excitement occasioned by and surrounding the Derby and Metrop having subsided, one was prepared for the proverbial quiet of tho third day; but certainly the empty state of the grand stand was hardly…

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