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Sport, 1890

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Cricket. A Champion School Eleven. St. Joseph's College Team. (See portraits on page 19.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 19

The boys of St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, Sydney, have during the last three or four years held a leading position in the cricket field. In school matches, which have, as a matter of course, been…

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Central Cumberland Cricket Association on Tour. a Jolly Trip to the North. a Good Win for Cumberland

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 3

A TEAM from the Central Cumberland Cricket Association left Parramatta on New Year's Eye on a trip to Maitland, where they were to engage in a match against the Upper…

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ATHLETICS. Answers to Correspondents

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 39

DOG FANCIER.—Choose a warm day, and wash the dog in the morning with Calvert's carbolic soap. Let the soap rest on toe body a few minutes, and then rinse it off thoroughly with plenty of warm water. Keep the soap…

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Athletics

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 January 1890 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph, Australian Town and Country Journal

The distribution of the prizes won on Now Year's Day in connection with the Highland gathering took place last evening at Punch's hotel. Cheques amounting in…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 7

There was a good houseful of visitors in Foley's Gymnasium on Saturday night, but owing to the non-appearance of several pugilists the contests billed and advertised…

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Double Bay Regatta

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

A remanent race from the Double Bay Regatts, that for two cups presented by Messrs. Davis and Smith, was sailed an Saturday. It was open to local boats, and the following were the entries. Our Jack, 24ft,…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

Within the next two weeks there promises to be considerable stir in the boxing world. On January 18 Jim Hall and Peter Boland fight for L50 and the middle-weight…

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Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

A cricket match was played on the Ordnance ground, Bathurst, on Saturday afternoon, between the first Blandrords and 15 Ivanhoes. The Blandfords made 178, Several [?] getting double figures…

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Lawn Tennis

Evening News · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The final match for the Sydney Lawn Tennis Han-dicap was played on Saturday, and resulted in a viotory for Mr. H. T. Braddon, who met and defeated Mr. F. L. King. Mr. Braddon played a consistently…

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CRICKET. Victorian Cricket Tea. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

The Victorian cricket team leaves here for Tasmania this evening…

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Association Cricket Ground

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

The usual monthly match [?] the members of the Association Ground takes place to-day on tho ground. These matches are looked forward to with a great deal of interest and a good day's sport is…

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Australian Cricket Team. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

THE HERALD gives the following list as likely to be the correct one for the next Australian cricket team: -- Barrett, J. Blackburn, H. Trumble, Trott, Palmer, and…

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Cricket. the Next Australian Eleven

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 3

Since the return of our eleven from Victoria I have interviewed most of those who are considered to have a say in the eighth Australian Eleven, which is to leave these shores in March…

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Hawkesbury Racing Club. Complimentary Meeting to Mr. A. Town

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 6

Though the attendance at the complimentary meeting tendered to Mr. A. Town by the Hawkesbury Racing Club on Saturday was not nearly so large us has been seen at Randwick…

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Athletics

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 5

Our Bourke correspondent wires:--A footrace, 75yd., for L10 a side, between two local peds, P. J. Nash and G. W. Dwyer, was run on the Wharf Reserve on…

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ATHLETICS. Lillie Bridge Grounds

The Australian Star · Monday 6 January 1890 · page 7

Like a set scene from a pantomime, or a veritable "Midsummer Night's Dream," was the view from the grand stand at these grounds on Saturday evening, when the…

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