Athletics
Woolpack Athletic Ground Handicap entries and Bega Handicap acceptances are items demanding attention to-day. The Carrington Ground Electric Light…
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Cricket
The following will represent the Alberts in their match against Stanmore at Norwood Park on Saturday:-- Messrs. Wearne, Ellis, Noble, Davis, Shepherd, Hughes, Taylor, V. Harris,…
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The second round of the competition for the captaincy of the Sydney Lawn Tennis Club has been played and resulted as follows:-- Mr. A. W. Allen bent Mr. C. W…
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The Woolpack 60yds. Handicap is set down for decision to- morrow afternoon at Parramatta. Everything is being got into readiness for…
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SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP OF AUSTRALIA.—At the Gity Baths, Adelaide, on Wednesday, E. Cavill, of Sydney, won the swimming championship of the colony, the distance being 1000 yards, on the occasion of the annual meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Tasmanian Racing Club Races. First Day—february 9
The annual race meeting of the Tasmanian Racing Club began on Wednesday on the Elwick course, Hobart, and was well attended, the weather being beautifully fine. The course was in good order. About a dozen bookmakers…
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The first eleven of the Belvidere Club journey to Parramatta to engage in a match with the local senior club this afternoon. As the ground at this place is remarkable for the first-class…
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The engraving shows a new tennis scorer and signaller, worked by turning a small handle, and scoring for either, or both sides in points from fifteen to advantage, in games from one to six, and in sets from one to any necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Regatta on the Macleay. Kempsey, February 1
The aquatic event of the season came off lost week—viz., the Frederickton regatta. Messrs. Roberts, Young, and Smith, late Me.L.A., gave a medal for competition at the Port Macquarie regatta some 18 months ago. This medal…
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The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest at the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, yesterday, concerning the death of a young man named Walter J. Gogalan, whose body was found floating in the water at…
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BRAIDWOOD, Thursday.—The first day's racing of the annual meeting passed off satisfactorily to-day. The attendance was fair. Results:— Trial Stakes.—Wexford 1, Despair 2, Deva ran off the…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →International Cricket
(A further Extension of the British Umpire.) THE growing tendency to give an international character to all friendly athletic contests having decided the committee responsible…
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In connection with the approaching match in Melbourne between the Victorian and South Australian intercolonial teams, there will be a conference of delegates with regard to the number of balls in an over, and the question of leg before…
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MERTON C.C. v. CARTHONA C.C.—These two clubs,met at Birkenhead on Saturday, 5th inst., to commence a two innings match which has been arranged…
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The Our Boys and Randwick clubs met on the Randwick's wicket on Saturday, the game resulting in a draw. The Our Boys (who were not fully represented—three of their prominent players being absent) were the…
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THE following are the revised rules of the Gaelic Athletic Association of Ireland :— 1. The ground for full teams (21 aside) shall be 140 yards long by 84 yards broad, or as near that…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Lord Harris on Cricket
Cricket constitutes a world of its own, and not a small world, and, like any other community, requires reforms and changes. Lord Harris has proved by many years' devotion that he has the best interests of the game at…
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