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Sport, 1890

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Boxing Match. WILLIAMS v.RYAN

Evening News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5

BANTHURST, Thursday.—A glove fight under the Marquis of Queensberry's Exiles, for a purse, of £20, took place on Wednesday night in a specially fitted up-place, opened at the rear of Matthew's…

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'Our Lawn Tennis Club.'

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 2

Our local paper of last Saturday, writes a country amateur, contained a proud paragraph about the first meeting of the new Lawn Tennis Club. The names of nineteen of the…

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'Our Lawn Tennis Club.'

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 4

Our local paper of last Saturday, writes a country amateur, contained a proud paragraph about the first meeting of the new Lawn Tennis Club. The names of nineteen of the…

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Sports and Pastimes Lawn Tennis

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 2

WE wish to remind secretaries of the different lawn tennis clubs in Australia that this column is especially intended to serve as a record of club doings in these colonies, and it is hoped they will send in from time to time accounts…

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Sports and Pastimes Lawn Tennis

Illustrated Sydney News · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 4

WE wish to remind secretaries of the different lawn tennis clubs in Australia that this column is especially intended to serve as a record of club doings in these colonies, and it is hoped they will send in from time to time accounts…

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Cricket. Arrival of the Victorian Team

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 6

Victoria's representatives in the coming intercolonial cricket ma[?]ob, minns Messrs. J. Drysdale and W. Bruce, arrived in Sydney by yesterday's express and were welcomed upon leaving the railway…

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Racing by Night. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5

Sir,—Horse-racing is now accepted as legitimate sport, because of the belief that it has a tendency to improve the breed of horses. Can, however, racing at night be said to have this effect? To me it does not…

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Representative Cricket. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 8

Sir,—In the Times of the 11th December appears an account of the meeting, of cricket secretaries at Lord's, and the programme of matches arranged for the ensuing reason. In this list the Australians are setdown…

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The Boxing Boom. Slavin and M'Auliffa Slavin Desirous of Meeting Sullivan. LONDON, January 21

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5

The challenge issued by the California Athletic Club' on behalf of Joe M'Auliffe, the American pugilist who was recently defeated by Peter Jackson, the Australian, by…

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Athletics

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 January 1890 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Acceptances for Slowgrove's 9th Novice Handicap must be declared this evening, and acceptances for his 23rd Star Handicap close tomorrow night…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

Our Bathurst correspondent wires: -- At Matthews' Athletic Hall on Wednesday night a light took place for a large stake between Williams, of Blayney, and Ryan,…

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Cricket

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 2
Also in The Daily Telegraph

THE INTERCOLONIAL MATCH.—The great attraction of tomorrow will be the intercolonial Cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales. These contests were started in 1856, and since…

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Boxing Match. WILLIAMS V. RYAN

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday.—A glove fight under the Marquis of Queensberry's Rules, for a purse of £20, took place on Wednesday night in a specially fitted up place, opened at the rear of Matthew's…

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Racing Between Excursion Steamers. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The hearing of the charge of reckless navigation against the captains of the Ozone and Coogee again occupied the court of Marino Inquiry all day. It is…

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Moorefield Pony and Galloway Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 3

The second day's racing in connection with the January reunion of the Moorefield Pony and Galloway Club, was responsible for a large gathering on the Kogarah racecourse yesterday, and, though the sun…

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Tips for Caulfield Races. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 6

The HERALD'S tips for the 'Caulfield races to be held to-morrow are as follow:-- Anniversary: Oakleigh, Meteor, Ernest. Holiday Stakes: Nora…

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Cricket Ground at Rushcutters Bay. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 3

Sir, -- On behalf of several fathers of families I write to ask you if the Rushcutter's Bay reserve is the property of the I. Zingari Cricket Club, or was it intended…

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Pelican Athletic Club

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 2

The Pelican Athletic Club which has not been long formed has already become very popular, there being over sixty members on the list. The club room is at the rear of Eastway's Hotel, Darling Harbor, and is…

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