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Sport, 1889

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Aquatics. National Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5

A meeting of the National Regatta committee was held at Aarons' Exchange Hotel last evening, Mr. C. Medcalf in the chair. The attendance wag not large. he minutes of the preceding meeting were read,…

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Bowls

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 8

The second green of the City Club is being kept in order, so as to be ready in case of necessity. LADY BOWLERS. A suggestion, which has met with a large measure…

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COURSING. New South Wales Coursing Club

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 7

The annual meeting of the club was held on Tuesday afternoon at Tattersalls' Rooms, Mr. C. C. Skarratt being in the chair. The annual report was presented…

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Football

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 8

THE MAORI TEAK IN ENGLAND.-The Maori team played a match at Brighouse, in Yorkshire, on the 7th instant, defeating the local team. Two days later, at Huddersfield, a similar fate befel the local men: and…

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Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5
Also in Evening News

A special meetiug of the Warwich Cricket Club was held on Wednesday night at Punch's Albion Hotel. Mr. C. Davis occupied the chair. The following resolutions were agreed to:—"That non-players be…

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Swimming. the Port Jackson Club Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 6

The annual summer meeting of the Port Jackson Club took place at the Baths, Pitt-street, last night It is nearly 10 years ago since the club was founded and most of our prominent and best swimmers have…

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Sporting. Turf. Racing Reform

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5

The coming week will be an eventful one for everyone deeply interested in the future of racing in this colony, and will, in all probability, mark a new era in our…

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Crookwell Races. Crookwell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5

The weights for the races, which come off on Anniversary Day, were published to-day. There are five horses for the principal handicap…

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Yesterday's Sporting. Melbourne Boxing. MELBOURNE, This Day

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 6

Ben Seth, the English light-weight boxer, has been challenged by Mace, the Newcastle boxer, and Evans, an Adelaide boxer…

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Wollongong A.t.c. Races

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.-Though dull, the weather promises to be fine for the Amateur Turf Club meeting. The special train from Sydney, after a run of two hours, landed a fair number of Sydney…

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Cricket in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5

In connection with the boycotting of the M. C. C. 12 leading players of the South Melbourne CricketClub to-day played a team from the former club on the Melbourne ground. The Cricket Association had decided…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Squabble. Further Developments

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-The latest development in the cricket complications, caused by the action of the Victorian Cricket Association, in boycotting the Melbourne Cricket Club, is the defiance shown to the…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Wollongong Races. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 5

The Amateur Turf Club Races were held to-day, and passed off very successfully. The weather in the early part of the day was cool and cloudy, but towards evening rain set in. The attendance was moderate, and the…

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Athletics

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1889 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

That well-known Victorian, Dr. P. H. Morrison, of Edinburgh University and International fame, is now resident at Barrow; and, if the North Lancashire people can interest the genial doctor in their athletic…

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National Regatta

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 8

The usual weekly meeting of the committee of the National Regatta met on Wednesday evening at the Exchange. The attendance was very limited. Mr. Medcalfe presided…

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The English Cricket and Football Teams

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The accounts in connection with the English cricket and football teams sent to Australia by Mr. James Lilywhite show that the tour…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 7

From a published letter of Charley Mitchell's it is evident that they are not making things too comfortable for him in America, and he is wishing himself back…

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Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 6

The Warwick Club held a special general meeting on Wednesday evening, at Punch's Albion Hotel, Mr. C. Davis occupying the chair. Important additions were made to the rules, it being decided--!. That…

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