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Sport, 1889

4,534 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 227

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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Athletics

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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Coursing

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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Swimming

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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Boxing

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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Bowls

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…

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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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Football

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…

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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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Cricket

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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