Balmain Swimming Club Tournament
This afternoon there will be held fit the Corporation Baths one of the most interesting competitions, amongst swimmers, that has yet been the lot of Balmain residents to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sport, 1886
3,637 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 182
Cricket Gossip
When the Melbourne Club first projected the formation of an Australian eleven to visit England it was thought the affair would fall to the ground. There was the want of co-operation on the part of the Cricket Association of New…
Continued on Trove, page 134 →Country Cricket
A very interesting game of cricket was played the other day (writes our Port Macquarie correspondent) between an eleven from the Macleay River and a like number of local players. It was thought that the visitors would win easily,…
Continued on Trove, page 135 →Australian Cricket
LONDON, January 13. — The Marylebone Cricket Club, after discussing the proposed visit an Australian team to England during the approaching season, has expressed an opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ladies' Cricket Match
Following the not uncommon custom prevailing in England of playing as occasional ladies' cricket match, it has been proposed to brine one of these about in this city in aid of some Christian charity (possibly the Home…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local Sporting. CRICKET
Balmain v, Waverley.—An all-days' Match was played between the above named clubs on New Years' Day at Waverley Park, and ended in a decisive victory for the " Balmain's"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sports and Pastimes. CRICKET
Coates C. C. v. Macdonaldtown C. C.—These teams met on Saturday last on the Alfred’s ground, and after a most exciting game Coates C. C. won by six runs. Scores: —…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lord Harris and the Cricket Team
LONDON, Friday.--Lord Harris, the well-known cricketer, has written a letter, expressing regret that he was led to censure the Melbourne Cricket Club…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swimming. John Haggerty, of Staleybridge, and D. Miller, of Dundee, for £50
This match, which has been the chief topic of conversation in swimming circles in Glasgow and Dundee, and in fact throughout Scotland recently, was brought off in the fine new baths of the Corporation, in…
Continued on Trove, page 136 →English and Australian Cricket. London, Jan. 15
Lord Harris has explained that when at the recent meeting of the representatives of the principal cricket clubs he moved a motion censuring the Melbourne Cricket Club for…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Bathurst Cricket Club Sports. Sheffield Handicap Nominations
"BATHURST, Thursday.—Tho following nominations have been received for the shefitsld Handicap in connection with the Cricket Club Sports, to be held on Anniversary Day;— W. Ross, P. O'Counor, W. Richard,.Ta-;. Morris, J…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Athletics
There will be an athletic and boxing entertainment at Foley's Athletic Hall to-night. The programme will also include feats of strength, gymnastics, single-stick play, and fencing…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Athletic Mems
There will be a £100 Sheffield Handicap at Quirindi in March, Mr. Finnerty is the promoter. Amongst those who competed at Myers's benefit was that well-known English athlete, E. C. Carter, of the Moseley…
Continued on Trove, page 135 →National Regatta
The committee met to take entries for the National Regatta on Saturday evening, in the Exchange, The races have filled well, particularly the rowing events, and the races open to rowing clubs have received the largest entries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The National Regatta
The Committee of the National Regatta met at Aarons' Exchange Hotel on Saturday night to receive entries. Mr. C. A. Bros oocupied the chair. A large number of entries were received, the competitors nominated being, so far, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Balmain Swimming Club
The third annual gala, which is regarded by the Balmain Swimming Club as the event of the year next in importance to the tournament in March, was held on Saturday afternoon in the baths of the corporation of Balmain, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cricket
YOUNG v. MARENGO.—The cricket match between representative teams from Young and arengo was won by the former with eight wickets to spare, the scores being:—Young 91, and in the second innings 2 wickets for 12;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racing at Sea
An " Old Salt" writes to the editor of Fairplay:—" I often come across paragraphs in your daily coutemporaries to the effect that a certain steamship has made the passage from New York to Queenstown in so many days, hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Warwick Cricket Club
Thus "Another Member of the Warwick Cricket Club": If your correspondent had consulted either the honorary secretary or honorary treasurer, instead of rushing into print, he would have found that the matter of matting was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →