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Sport, 1892

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Swimming

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 5
Also in The Australian Star

The following starts have been allotted for the Waverley Amateur Swimming Club's Handicap, which is set down for decision at the Bronte baths to-morrow afternoon at 3.15 p.m: First heat. J…

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Australian Anniversary Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 6

Entries for the races in the above regatta will be received by the secretary this evening at Punch's Albion Hotel, Market-street…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 5

THE chief attraction on to-morrow night's programme of the Olympic Athletic Club is a fight to a finish between Ned Ryan, of Pyrmont, and Jim Dempsey, of North…

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Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 6

Cricketers and supporters of the game will be pleased to hear that leave of absence has been granted by the South Australian Postmaster General to George Giffen for the second test match between…

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Warwick Farm Pony and Galloway Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 6

Sportsmen had a pleasant trip to Warwick Farm yesterday to witness the inaugural pony and galloway meeting, for the weather was fine and cool, and the journey by special train was accomplished in excellent…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) Tirranna Picnic Races. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 6

The annual meeting of the old-established Tirranna Picnic Races Club was held to-day. The weather was agreeable, and the attendance was large, including visitors from all parts of the country. The sport was…

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New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 6

A special meeting of the council of the New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association was hold on Wednesday night at the association rooms, Rainford's Cambridge Club Hotel. The chairman of the council…

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Athletics

The Australian Star · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 5

Our Grafton correspondent wires :--Chas. Samuels is virtually on scratch for the Oddfellows' Handicap with 1yd., Kingsmill 2, Layton 5, Lynch 5, A. A. Brown 6, W…

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Swimming

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 6
Also in The Australian Star

The annual meeting of the Dual Club was held on Wednesday night at the Natatorium, there being a goodly muster of members present, Mr. A. B. Pyke (president) in the chair. The hon. sec.'s…

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The National Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 10

The National Regatta Committee met last night at Aarons's Exchange Hotel, to receive ontries for both rowing and sailing events. At the last committee meeting it was decided that the 8ft. Dingies Race…

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Australian Anniversary Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 10

Entries for the above regatta were received last evening numbering 75, and are made up as follows:— Eight-footers, 11; ten-footers, 12; fourteen-footers, 12: sixteen-footers, 9; eighteen-footers,8;…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 5

Mick Ryan, a clever boxer hailing from Pyrmont, and Jim Dempsey, who is well-known to ring-goers, will meet this evening in the Olympic Club for a £20 purse and…

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Bowls

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 5

The postponed matches of the Balmain and St. Leonards clubs will be played off this afternoon. The "A" teams will contest at Balmain for the Crawford Shield and the…

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ATHLETICS. Cricket Gossip

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 151

The South Australians have scored even an easier victory over New South Wales than the most sanguine supporters of the visitors could hope for, but we believe that the disastrous defeat of our men…

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Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 148
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

CRICKETER (Hastings River).—A similar question was answered in our last issue. There is no role of cricket to prevent a cricketer, from playing with as many clubs as he likes. Occasionally a club passes a rule of its own…

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Manly Rowing: and Sailing Club. Annual Regatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 38

The sixth annual regatta of the Manly Rowing and Sailing Club was held on Saturday afternoon, and more unfavorable weather for on aquatic outing could scarcely be anticipated. The committee had issued…

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Canterbury Park Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 10

The programmo to be played out at the Canterbury Park January Meeting, to-day, is as under:— THIS FLYING HANDICAP, 6 furlongs.—Marvelette, 8st 10lb; Oxenham, 8st 7lb; Scots Grey, 8st 5lb; Barraba, 8st…

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