Boxing in 'Frisco. a Long Fight. Mitchell Defeats Gorman in 27 Rounds. a Plucky and Scientific Contest. for the Coast Championship
The Australian Star · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 7
Few fights have occurred during the history of pugilism in San Francisco (says the San Francisco CALL) which have drawn such wide-spread attention as the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph
At a committee meeting of the Eastern Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club, held on Wednesday evening, it was unanimously decided to suspend all the members who competed in the last Carringion Amateur…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 38
THE GOULBURN CLUB.—The annual meeting of the Goulburn coursing club was held on Tuesday, when a highly satisfactory report was submitted for the consideration of the members. During the year…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
The Port Jackson Swimming Club has provided at exceptionally attractive programme for its summer meeting, which takes place in the Natatorium, 163 Pitt-street, near Goulburn-street, on Wednesday…
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The Australian Star · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6
J. Burgess and W. Baxter meet this evening in an eight-round contest for £20 at Foley's Gymnasium, and other encounters will be arranged to make up a…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 39
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
OPENING OF NORTH SHORE GREEN.——The great event in connection with bowling on Saturday afternoon was the opening of St. Loonards Club's green, situated on North Shore Reserve. The…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Boxing Contests
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.--The arrangements have not yet been completed for the boxing contest at New Orleans, U.S., in July, between Jake K[?]rain and John L. Sullivan…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 39
Also in The Australian Star, The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser
NOTES PROM THE OLD GOUNTEY.—The great Lancashire v. Yorkskire match, so much looked forward to, was comparatively a failure; the game, being very one-sided. The Yorkskiremon won by…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Athletic Sports Cricket Gossip
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 89
The final effort of the Victorian Cricketers' Association to remain in touch with the governing holy of this colony have been marked with bad policy and worse taste. It was simply an attempt to discredit our…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1889 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal, The Sydney Morning Herald, Evening News, The Australian Star
Owing to the Agricultural Ground being engaged by the Driving Park Club races, the cup matches that usually take place on that ground have been postponed…
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