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DURING the past three or four seasons our success in intercolonial contests has been so marked that we come to look at our international victories with a serene composure quite at variance with the excitement which characterized us…
Continued on Trove, page 693 →SIR,—As I cannot allow to pass the extraordinary, not to say unfair manner in which both "Old Rugbeian" and "Novierucian" have thought proper to take my letter advocating some alteration in the rules ot football, I will,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE following entries were made to-day for the Spring meeting:- MELBOURNE CUP. A sweepstakes of 20 sovereigns each, 10 forfeit, or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN spite of the inclement state of the weathur, these races, which came off on Thursday last (Queen's Birthday) under the auspices of the Burrangong T. C., were a telecrable success. Indeed, they make up in a measure for the ill success of the…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →A MORE delightful day for outdoor amusement than that which favoured the Newcastle Jockey Club on this the first day of their May Meeting could not well have been made to ordor, notwithstanding the preceding night gave but little…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →FINE weather again favoured the meeting; bat the attendance was not nearly so large as on the preceding day, there being not more than 1200 persons apparently on the ground at any portion of the day. As on the first day, the members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE learn by telegram from Melbourne that a united Australian team has beaten the travelling English Eleven. This cricketing incident is a striking proof of the strength of the inborn tastes of Englishmen,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WARATAH 1ST 15 V. TOXTETH 1ST 20.—One of the principal matches, so far, this season was played on Saturday afternoon last, on Moore Park, the game being a very closely contested one, and the result a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE was a good attendance at the races to-day. The weather was splendid. HURDLESS.—Sweet[?] 1. Stampede 2. Comedian 3. JUNE HANDICAP.—Monk 1. Zoe 2. Haidee 3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE annual general meeting of the above club was held on Friday evening, the 1st instant at the Exchange Hotel, and letters of apology for non-attendance were read from Mr. T. Cadell and Mr. R. A. Arnold. About sixty members were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Eungonia races, near Bourke, on the 24th, a fatal accident occurred in the Hack Race. Mr. Rutter met his death whilst riding Hard Times. Immediately after passing the stand, Hard Times ran off the course…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE sport this Reason in Victoria is proving by far the best they have had. Very successful meetings were held by the Williamstown and Wyndham, as well as in the Ballarat district, during the past week…
Continued on Trove, page 725 →IN the way of coursing notes I have little to say on home topics; the sport in New South Wales, consisting for the present, only of the Bathurst jubilee, after which greyhounds and greyhound owners for the most part disperse to the four…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →WABATAH 1ST 15 v. TOXTETH 1ST 20.—One of the principal matches, so far, this season was played on Saturday afternoon last, on Moore Park, the game being a very closely contested one, and the result a…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →THE football season fairly opened on the 26th ultimo, on which date the Wallaroos played King's School on the ground of the latter at Parramatta Park. Having taken passage by the good steamer Emu, Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 725 →ON Friday, last week, we had the entries for the three big handicaps of the Spring, and on Wednesday next the weights will be to hand; if it is just a fair thing to indulge in a look through the lists of entries…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →HAVING disposed of the principal feature of last season—the international contests—I now come to club cricket, and notably the Challenge Cup matches. It will be remembered that the Warwicks, having, in the previous season,…
Continued on Trove, page 725 →THE annual general meeting of the above club was held on Friday evening, the 1st instant at the Exchange Hotel, and letters of apology for non-attendance were read from Mr. T. Cadell and Mr. R. A. Arnold. About sixty members were…
Continued on Trove, page 725 →WARATAH V. BURWOOD.—On Saturday last the first fifteen of these clubs met on the Burwood ground. There was a good attendance of spectators, amongst whom was a fair sprinkling of ladies. Play commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—Will you kindly allon me a short space for a few remarks in reference to the forthcoming football matches between the Waratah Club (Sydney) and the Carlton (Melbourne)…
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