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Sport, 1887

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Presentation of Regatta Prizes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 8

Last night the Mayor ot Sydney (Mr. A. J. Riley, M.L.A.) presented the prises to the winning crews and others who contested in the races at the National Regatta of 1887, run in January last. The…

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Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The bad weather which has played such a prominent part in all the important matches played in Sydney during the present season promises to again assert itself to-morrow in…

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Lawn Tennis

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

To-morrow afternoon, at the Association Ground, Messrs. A. W. Allen and E. A. Wellington will play to decide who shall hold the captaincy of the Sydney Lawn Tennis Club for…

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Government Notices. Department of Railways, Sydney, 17th February, 1887. Government Railways. Canterbury Park Races. Saturday, 19th February, 1887

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 2

On the above date a SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Sydney for Ashfield at 12.45 p.m. The 5 p.m. Down Western and the 5.17 p.m. Down Southern Trains will stop at Ashfield, if required, to pick up passengers for…

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Athletics

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1887 · page 6

A club, to be called the Goulburn Amateur Athletic and Gymnasium Club,has been started in Goulburn, and a committee appointed to draw up a code of rules…

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Swimming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 406
Also in The Daily Telegraph, Australian Town and Country Journal

We take from the S. A. Chronicle the following account of the swimming contest for the championship of South. Australia, which came off at the City Baths, Adelaide, on the evening of February 10:—"Champion Race: Open to…

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Balmain Swimming Club

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 3

The Balmain Swimming Club held a meeting at Dick's on Wednesday to make preliminary arrangements for the great natatorial event of the year—the…

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Cricket

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph

BALMAIN IMPERIAL V. NORTH SHORE CLIFTON.—Played at Balmain on Saturday, 5th inst., and resulted in a win for the former by 2 runs. Helson and…

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Sporting. Balmain Workingmen's Rowing Club Regatta

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 3

The final heats of the faces of three weeks ago were, rowed last Saturday and the omitted double-scull contest. The weather was extremely disagreeable, and…

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Lawn Tennis

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 404

On Saturday afternoon, the 19th instant, on the courts at the Association Ground, Mr. A. W. Allen will play Mr. E. W. Wellington, to decide who shall be captain of the Sydney Lawn Tennis Club for…

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Hawkesbury Racing Club

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 4

Following are the nominations for the two principal handicaps to be decided at the Autumn meeting of the Hawkesbury Racing Club. Both events show a falling off in the…

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Cricket Songs

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 29

What's the song the crickets sing— Summer, autumn, winter, spring? When I take my little broom And go dusting through the room:…

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Cricket Gossip

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 403

The last match between Shaw's team and the New South. Wales Eleven commences on Friday, the 18th instant. The players originafly selected to represent the colony were:—Allen, Bannerman, Jones, Evans, Moses, Garrett…

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Country Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 404

The Rovers and Carlton (17) clubs met on Saturday, the 5th instant, at Singleton, when each played one innings, the result being a win for the Rovers by 64 runs. Scores: Hovers 117, Carlton 45…

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The Bicycle Races

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 February 1887 · page 19

THE bicycle test races were concluded on Saturday, on the Association Cricket Ground, Sydney, in the presence of about 10,000 people. The three-mile event was won in magnificent style by…

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