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Sport, 1886

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Cricket. the Intercolonial Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 7

Saturday last witnessed the arrival of Messrs. Blackham, Horan, Worrall, M'Shane, Houston, Trott, and Barlow (manager), forming part of the team to represent Victoria in the coming match for supremacy. (Messrs. Scott,…

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Arrival of the Victorian Cricket Team

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 4

On Saturday several of the players chosen to represent Victoria in the forthcoming intercolonial match arrived in Sydney by the midday express, which was fully an hour behind…

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Probable Visit of an Indian Cricket Team to England. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 10

It is expected that an Indian cricket team will visit England during the summer…

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Athletics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1886 · page 7

There was a very large attendance at Foley's Athletic Hall on Saturday night, when there was capital boxing for a £10 trophy, together with some elever single-stick play between Cansdell and Turnbull. The compe[?]tors for the…

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Orange Coursing Club

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 6

ORANGE, Monday.—The Orange Coursing Club announces its opening meeting for the 24th and 25th May, a sixty-four dogs stake for the President's Cup. Orange Plate, and Purse. The total prizes for the Cup stake amount to £77 and…

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Cricket

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

St. PETERS v. KENT.—The second match of the season played on Kent's ground, on Saturday last, resulted in a draw in favor of the former. The scores were:—Kent 75, St. Peters seven wickets for 73…

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Orange Coursing Club. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 7

The Orange Coursing Club announce their opening meeting for the 24th and 25th May. The card includes a 64-dog stake for the President's Cup, the Orange Plate, and the Purse. The prizes for the Cup stake amount to £77,…

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Ladies' Cricket Match

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 6

With reference to the proposed ladies' cricket match on behalf of the charities, an advertisement invites applicants to forward their names immediately. If Mr. Ironside should succeed in getting together good sides, an endeavor will…

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Cricket. Intercolonial Match

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 7

All those members of the Victorian intercolonial team who arrived on Saturday, and the three (Scott, Trumble and Bruce) who arrived yesterday, put in an appearance at the…

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Cricket. Fixtures for January

Globe · Tuesday 19 January 1886 · page 3

Manly v. Incognito, Association Ground 25, 26, 27. Intercolonial Match, Victoria v. New South Wales, Association Ground 23. Belvidere v. Warwick (continued), Domain…

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Tasmanian Racing Club Races

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 6

HOBART, Tuesday.—The Summer Meeting of the Tasmanian Racing Club promises to be a great success. The weather is fine. There are a great number of Sydney visitors. The bookmakers are on strike owing to the…

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Swimming. the Swimming Championship of Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 6

Mr. W. F. Corbett, the champion swimmer of New South Wales, intends taking a trip to Adelaide about the end of next month to swim a match with the local " crack" Moore. If…

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Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Evening News, The Cumberland Mercury, Evening News

There was a very large muster at practice yesterday afternoon of the candidates for a place in the N.S.W. Intercolonial eleven,and we must confess that all of them tackled their…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match

Evening News · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 3

Very little public interest has yet been manifested in the intercolonial contest winch will begin on the Association Ground on Saturday. Evans and Bonnor put in on appearance at practice yesterday afternoon for the first…

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Sporting Intelligence Tasmanian Racing Club. [By Telegraph.) (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1886 · page 12

A deputation of bookmakers interviewed the stewards [?] the Tasmanian Racing Club, this morning, and requeste them to abolish the use of the totalisators; but as the club had made arrangoments for the New…

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