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Sport, 1890

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Bowls

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 6

Our Newcastle correspondent wires :--"The St. Loonards Bowling Club ha invited the members of the Newcastle Bowling Club to [?] ju[?]heon and a friendly guide of bowls in Sydney on the 27th in[?]…

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Cricket

Evening News · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

THE SYDNEY CLUB.-Mr. L. 6. Abrams, hon. Bocretary of the Sydney Cricket Club, writeB in re­ference to the action of the cammittee of the Cricket Association is shelving the application of the club…

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Athletics

The Australian Star · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Our Bourke correspondent wires: -- Local pods, and sporting man generally are jubilant over Arnold's win in the late Botany Handicap. He is well known in this…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5

Goddard, the Barrier champion, we notice, has been doing a bit of advertising over in Melbourne as the expense, of Mick Dooley. Some time ago an effort was made…

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ATHLETICS. Cricket Gossip

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 149

At a meeting of the Victorian. Cricket Association on Tuesday, the following players were selected to go to Sydney for the intercolonial match with New South Wales, Mr. G. R. Browning…

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Lawn Tennis

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 151

A meeting of club representatives was held on Wednesday night at the Exchange Hotel, to further consider the rules for the proposed interclub contests. Mr. A. Lee occupied the chair,…

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Sports and Games. CRICKET

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 4

The following are selected to play for Albion against Burwood Alliance on Albion wicket to-day: Brothers [?], Cook (2), Wall, Halmarick (3), Garlick, Guerin, Jones…

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Racing Between Excursion Steamers. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Marine Board today decided to lay a formal charge of misconduct against the captains of the excursion steamers Ozone and Coogee in connection with…

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New South Wales Cricket Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 150

The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the New South Wales Cricket Association was held on Monday night at the Oxford Hotel. There were present—Messrs Gibson (in the chair),…

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Jovknils Cricket. Crrswicks v Auburn Lillywhitrs

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 2

This match was played at Auburn on Saturday last, and resulted in a win for the Creswioks by 75 runs. In the first innings the Creswicks scored 82 runs—Powell 28,…

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Cricket. Serious Injury to Mr. Charles Turner

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 10

During the practice oh the afternoon of last Thursday week for the intercolonial match a rather painful accident happened to one of our crack bowlers, Mr. Charles Turner. It appears…

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A Cricket Dispute. to the Editor of the Cumberland Argus

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 4

Sir,—I noticed in your issue of the 28th instant that the Dural Secretary made a complaint about the Albions. He says that there was a shadow on the wicket and that the…

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Cricket. A Consistent Parramatta Cricketer. Mr. Sydney R. WALFORD (See portrait on page 20.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 20

Mr. Sydney Rundle Walford was born in 1858, and is therefore 31 years old. He finished his education in the King's School, Parramatta. After leaving school in 1877 he joined the Warwick Club in Sydney,…

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Athletics

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1890 · page 6
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

A last reminder is given to pedestrians that the entries for the Anniversary Handicap of £165 to be run at the Lillie Bridge Grounds on Saturday and Wednesday nights, the 26th and 29th last., and…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 5

Fitzsimmons, who beat Ellis, the New Zealander, the other night, is out with a challenge to fight Jem Hall. He declares himself willing to fight in six weeks time…

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Cricket

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 3

STEVENSON BROTHERS' CUP.—The match for Stevenson Brothers' Cup, between the representatives of Akhurst Harper v. John Bridge resulted in a victory for the former by an innings and 37 runs. The…

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Cricket

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1890 · page 6

MUSICAL CRICKETERS.—The three Parramatta bands (Cumberland, Rosehill, and Star) have decided to amalgamate, and a meeting will shortly be held for the purpose of submitting rules, &c. A cricket…

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