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Sport, 1891

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Boxing Day in Parramatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 6

As usual on public holidays of late years, Parramatta received but a small share of patronage at the hands of pleasure-seekers on Friday last, whilst there was a great exodus of…

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BOXING. Offer by Sam Mathews

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 5

Mr. Sam Mathews asks us to state that he is prepared to engage the Opera House for Dummy Mace and Billy Maher to fight in, and will give a suitable purse…

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Association Cricket Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

We have been desired to remind members that subscriptions for the present season are due, as mentioned in the advertising columns, and tickets are ready for issue. Intending members are invited to send in their…

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Racing at Carcoar. Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

The annual races were held at Lyndhurst yesterday, and passed off successfully. The racing was fair throughou[?] and the finishes very close. The weather was line, and the attendance was considered good. The…

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Racing at Goulburn. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Kingsdale Race Club was held yesterday, and was well intended. In the Open Handicap Barmald was first, Pastime, second, and Harmony third. In the Kingsdale Handicap O. J. Was…

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Cricket. Intercolonial Cricket Match. New South Wales v. VICTORIA

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 38

Ono of the principal events on Dce. 27 in Melbourne was the cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The teams were favored with boautiful weather, and…

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Balranald Races Balranald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

E[?]uston races were held yesterday. MAIDEN.—Norah, 1; Miss Euston, 2, Grace Darling, 3. S[?]LLING RACE.—P[?] Iron, 1, Nelson, 2; Ida, [?]. HANDICAP,—Poonboon, 1; Talk o' the Hille, 2;…

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Armidale Races. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

Yesterday was observed as a close holiday, there ware a great many picnics to different places, and the races were largely attended. The weather was fine and the racing good; no accidents occurred. The following…

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Sports and Pastimes Lawn Tennis

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 14

All communications intended for publication in this column should be addressed to the Editor and marked Lawn Tennis. The secretaries of tennis clubs, and others who are…

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Sports and Pastimes Lawn Tennis

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 12

All communications intended for publication in this column should be addressed to the Editor and marked Lawn Tennis. The secretaries of tennis clubs, and others who are…

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RACING. The New Year's Day Meeting

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 36

The Tattersall's annual meeting, which was opened so successfully on Saturday last, will be brought to what cannot fail to be a most satisactory termination at Randwick on the first day of…

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Coolac Turf Club Races. Gundag[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

Yesterday the weather was pleasant, but there ware no sports here, and the town waa almost deserted. A number of residents went to Coolac Turf Club races, at which there was a large attendance. The following…

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Intercolonial Cricket. Victoria v. South Australia. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 41

At the close of the intercolonial cricket match yesterday the Victorian Cricketers' Association selected the following to play against South Australia, on the M. C. C. Ground, on New Year's Day:—Messrs…

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Cricket. PENRITH C.C. v. GALATEA C.C.

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 4

The following will represent Penrith C.C, against Galatea C.C. at Penrith to-day.—F. Woodriff, G. Edwards, W. Moseley, P. Smithers, W. Dwyer, W. Player, O, Scott, T. Smith, A. P. Wood, J. Jade, A…

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Intercolonial Cricket. VICTORIA v. South Australia. Second Day

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The intercolonial cricket match between the representatives of Victoria and South Australia was continued on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day. The weather was dull,…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match. Victoria v. South Australia. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

The early morning at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was most unpromising for play, a very light ram falling with indications that more was to follow. Still the downpour was not enough to affect the pitch…

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Friday's Sporting. Intercolonial Cricket. Victoria v. South Australia. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 6

The intercolonial cricket contest was resumed on the Melbourne Cricket Ground at noon to-day. The sky was overcast and threatened rain. The attendance was small…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Sale of Racing Stock at Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 7

This afternoon Messrs. W. C. Yull[?]l and Co [?]ld an extensive [?] of reacehorses at their y[?]ds at Newmarket The attendance was somewhat limited. The biddings on the whole were dull, though a few good…

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Intercolonial Cricket. Review of Matches. Reasons of Decay. Too Much Science. Ideas for Exciting Interest

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 5

THE study of the statistics of the intercolonial cricket matches discloses some very peculiar features. The first match between the two elder colonics was played…

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Athletics

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 January 1891 · page 9

OWEN Sullivan and the New Zealand champion, Harry Laing, are to meet in a boxing contest at the Australian Athletic Club's rooms on New Year's Eve (this Wednesday night), and on all…

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