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A representative cricket team from the soft goods houses of this city leave by mail train to-night for Melbourne to play a team chosen from similar houses in Melbourne. This is a move in the right direction, as it will tend to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About 200 were present on Saturday at the A.R.C. meeting, but proceedings were very tame, no totalisator being is use. Hurdles.—Encounter 1, Recruit 2, Blueskin 3…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →12.20 p.m.—Heavy showers fell this morning. The weather now promises to be fine. About 10,000 are already on the ground. The Englishmen took the field at 12 minutes past 12. Barnes opened to Spofforth, who drove…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The weather for the opening day of the international cricket match was all the could be wished, and the attendance of spectators large. The toss was won by the captain of the Australian Eleven, and he decided on sending his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The great cricket match of the season, between the English and Australian Elevens, commenced on Saturday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground under most favourable circumstances. The weather was fine,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The great cricket contest between the Australian Eleven and the Hon. Ivo Bligh's English Eleven, which has been looked forward to with such widespread interest, was commenced on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Year's Day was celebrated here? with the greatest [?]elat. Thousands of persons came by train to Newcastle, the principal attraction being the annual regatta. The weather was delightfully [?]ine, and also pleasantly cool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The all-important aquatic event to-day will of course be the New South Wales National Regatta, which will be held over the usual course in the harbour. The First-class Yacht Race will bring…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PRINCE, OGG, AND CO. V. ROYAL BLUES (Young and Lark).--A match between the above clubs was played on Saturday last at Moore Park, resulting in a victory for the latter. Scores--Prince,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FURNESS JUNIOR CUP AND TROPHIES.—SURRY UNITED v. ORIENTAL.—The first match in the second division was commenced on Saturday last between the above clubs on the cup ground, Moore Park, in the presence of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The third match between the Hon. Ivo [?] English team and the Australian Eleven will commence on the Association Ground to-day, and the mind of the cricketing public is already very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →12.22 p.m.—The weather is fine. Slight showers fell this morning. The wicket is in good order. Barlow and Tylecote, the not our men, resumed their places at the wicket. Spofforth opened to Barlow, who off the last ball of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arrangements for the cricket match with the English team are progressing energetically. An influential reception committee has been appointed, and the Government have placed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The morning boded ill for the second day's cricket, several heavy showers fulling, and the appearance of the sky being of a leaden and threatening character. After an unusually sharp-shower at about half-past 10 o'clock the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The athletic sports under the auspices of the Loyal Orange Benefit Society of Australasia were held on the Parramatta racecourse to-day. Mr. Herbert C[?]ates acted as judge; Messrs. G. Hill, Geo. Coates, jun., and A. Orras…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The holidays passed over quietly. The weathor was fine. An attractive programme of horse racing was got through yesterday, in the presence of a large number of spectators. Duncan's Beatrico won the Maiden Plate,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The international cricket match was concluded today, and resulted in a substantial victory for the Australians by 9 wickets. The weather was most favourable, and the wicket played capitally. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Though a few slight showers fell daring the morning, the weather throughout the day was fine, aud the wicket in good order. Barlow and Tylecote, the not out men, resumed their places at the wicket…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first of the great test matches arranged between the Australian Eleven who visited the old country and the Hon. Ivo Bligh's team was brought to a termination to-day, the result being a victory for the colonial team by nine wickets…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Masquerade y. East Sydney.--A cricket match was played on Moore Park on Saturday by the Masquerade and the East Sydney clubs, which resulted in an easy victory for the East Sydney…
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