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Sport, 1891

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Cricket

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 3
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

A GAME, LONG AGO !—An enthusiastic local “sport” sends along the following few lines, taken from the Empire of November, 6 1856, having reference to a tingle-wicket cricket…

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Cricket Notes

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 8

TO SECRETARIES AND OTHERS. [Kindly send particulars of all individual scores of three, figures as soon alter the soore has been made as possible. This applies to the whole of the…

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Liverpool Pony Races

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

The third meeting of the Liverpool Pony Race Club eventuated on Friday last on the old course. The attendance was almost exclusively composed of Sydney…

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Moorefield Pony Races

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

The Pony and Galloway Meeting held at Moorefield on Thursday was one of the best attended for this class of sport ever held in or near Sydney, while the fields…

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Moorefield Pony Races

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

The Pony and Galloway Meeting held at Moorefield on Thursday was one of the best attended for this class of sport ever held in or near Sydney, while the fields…

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Liverpool Pony Races

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

The third meeting of the Liverpool Pony Race Club eventuated on Friday last on the old course. The attendance was almost exclusively composed of Sydney…

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The Week's Racing. Rosehill Meeting

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

The Rosehill Racing Club held a very successful meeting on Saturday., last, notwithstanding the weather wan wet and boisterous. The determination and…

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The Week's Racing Rosehill Meeting

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 5

The Rosehill Racing Club held a very notwithstanding the weather was wet and boisterous. The determination and…

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Mentone Races. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 6

At Mentone Races to-day there was splendid weather, and a good attendance. The Selling Hurdle Race was won by Ace, 1; Stafford, 2; Halloween, 3. Trial Stakes: Spokesman, 1; Lardy Hardy, 2;…

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Wollongdilly Races. Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 6

The following are the handicaps for the Wollondilly races to take place on the 20th instant:- FLYING HANDICAP—¾ mile. Mr. G. Stanfield's Juliet, 8st 41b; Mr. Dunn's Tipperary,…

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The Turf. Rosehill Races

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 3

Naturally enough the unfavourable state of the weather on Saturday interfered considerably with the attendance at the Rosehill Racecourse, but, notwithstanding this serious…

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Swimming Notes. Nuttall Again Beats His Own Record

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 8

A half-mile (22 laps) American Handicap was taking place at the Westminster Aquarium, London, when the mail left. The following account of a fine performance by…

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The Victorian Cricket Association

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Victorian Cricketers' Association to-night the secretary reported the receipts from the two recent intercolonial matches to have been £860…

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Racing in Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday Night

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 8

Brown Esperance, by Buckthorpe out of Grrygown's dam, 2yrs old, arrived here from Nanango by train from Esk on Monday. She is a long, low, and very…

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Rosehill Pony and Galloway Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 6

The weights for the handicaps to be run at Rosehill to-morrow have been doclared, and are as under:- MINIATURE HANDICAP (13.2)—4 furlongs. Iris. 9st 71b; Knetty, 8st 91b; Kempsey, 8st 21b; Lilydale,…

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Racing in Queens—land. Brisbane, Tuesday Night

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 8

Brown Esperance, by Buckthorpe out of Greagown's dam, 2 yrs old, arrived here from Nanango by train from Esk on Monday. She is a long, low, and very…

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Cricket Notes. to Secretaries and Others

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 8

(Kindly read particulars of all individual scores of three, figures as soon after the moore has been made as possible. This applies to the whole of the colony, not only to the metropolis.)…

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Rowing Notes. Stephenson and Bubear. the National Regatta. The Next Intercolonial Eight. Dutch and Couche Likely to be Matched—Victorian R.a. Programme—N.S.W. Association Meeting—Manly Regatta

Referee · Wednesday 14 January 1891 · page 8

I had a long chat with Mr. J. BOll, president of the Queensland Rowing Association yesterday on the subject of the next Intercolonial Eight our Race, which it is generally…

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