Golf
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 13
We are desired to call attention to an advertisement in to-day's issue regarding a project to from a Golf club in Sydney. This to many, Scotchmen especially, should prove welcom, and as the game is now extensively played in…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 363
We have received the full programme of the Victoria Coursing Club for season 1884. It embraces six meetings, commencing with the Ladies' Bracelet Meeting on April 12. The ball is kept merrily rolling till the end of August, when…
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Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 7
Mr. P. C. Fairland writes us from Hunter's Hill as follows:—"The brief mention contained in Wednesday evening's issue, relative to a race having taken place between the Lane Cove steamer Lily and the…
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The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
One of the most exciting matches played in Parramatta for some considerable time took place on Saturday last, on Coates and Harper’s ground, between the Hawthorne and Messrs…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 362
As lovers of "the sport of the leash" ia New South Wales are beginning to bestir themselves for the opening of the next coursing campaign at Bowral in April next, I thought it would be interesting and instructive to visit the…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 363
All the important cricket events of the season are over, and we must now go back to our club cricket, which will last until the end of next month. Neither of the three big events of the season succeeded in absorbing public attention,…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 33
THERE was a very limited attendance at the one day's race moating held on Wednesday last under the auspices of the local club. There were six events on the programme, opening with a Hurdle Buce, won by Idalia in a very…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →PARLIAMENT V. Orange Cricket Club. Orange
Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 6
Messrs. Trickett, M'Quade, Targett, Teece, S. Smith, W. Clarke, T. Calton, Proctor, O'Mara, Levien, D. O'Connor, Lyne, and Purves, M's.L.A., and Harnett and Roberts, arrived at Orange this morning, and were met at the railway…
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Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 4
The Intercolonial Cricket March, Victoria v. South Australia, began at noon yesterday on the Oval. The weather was very dull, and the attendance small. Gooden, the captain of the local team, won the toss, and sent…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 34
THE cricket carnival of the past month has now drawn to a close, the last of the three great contests of the present season having been concluded on the Association Ground on Monday last. The match was nominally between the…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Cooma Turf Club Races. First Day—wednesday, February 20
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 33
THE opening day of the Cooma Annual Race Meeting was well attended. The various events resulted as follows:— Maiden Plate.—Ice 1, Moonbarzoe 2." Won by a length, Time, 2min 20sec…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Intercolonial Cricket Match—victoria V. South Australia. Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 13
The Intercolonial Cricket Match, Victoria v. South Australia, was commenced at noon on the Oval. The weather was very dull, and the attendance small. Gooden captain of the local team, won the toss, and sent Rundle…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle Jockey Club Races. by Martindale. Second Day—saturday, February 16
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 33
The weather on the second day ot the newcastle meeting was much more pleasant than that of the first, while the attendance, if anything, was better. The officials well fulfilled, their duties, and excepting the aocident to…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 365
The boxing match between Sullivan and Slade in Chicago attracted 8000 people. T. Malone, the Irish sprinter, who arrived from the old country about a year ago, has offered to run any three men…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 36
Campbell v. Bobertson, 150 yards, £100, Show Grounds, Bathurst, March 1. Athletic Sports, Cootamundra, March 7. Campbell v. Carver, 100 yards. £100, Homebush, March 8…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 February 1884 · page 32
J.S.—We do not know when Donald Dennie will perform in New fonth Wales. S.A.—We do not think that there is the slightest chance of it being the athlete you mention…
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Evening News · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 3
The Squadron Regatta was held at Hobart on the 18th and 19th instant, says the HOBART MAIL. The weather was all that could be desired. A large number of people assembled on the Esplanade to witness the races, and evinced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sporting. Port Jackson Swimming Club Races. Saturday. February 23
Evening News · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 3
Last Saturday afternoon there was a assemblage of spectators, amongst which, were a good number of ladies, to witness the swimming tournament promoted by the members of the Port Jackson Swimming Club. The day…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1884 · page 8
UNIVERSITY v. ALBERT.—The first elevens of the above clubs met for the second time this season for the Holdsworth Cup on the Association Ground. The weather was cold and boisterous, and not…
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