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Sport, 1892

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Cricket and Money Making

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 2

OUR Melbourne correspondent wires:--I find that East Melbourne and other cricket clubs are guaranteeing the English cricket: team £125 for two days match beside…

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Moorefield Pony and Galloway Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 6

The attendance at Moorefield yesterday was hardly up to the average, a state of things that may be attributed to the very hot weather that prevailed. The track was in good order and the appointments…

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Public Opinion. the National Regatta and Colored Sails. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star")

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 7

Sir,--I see by to-day's Star that she committee of the National Regatta complain that they have been misrepresented in the press on the matter of their exclusion of…

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Cricket,. the English Team, the Australian Victory

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 4

London, January 7.—The Times, in commenting on the result of the England v. Australian match, admits that Lord Sheffield's team is nearly, if not quite, the best…

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Cricket. the Intercolonial Match. New South Wales V. South Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 6

The third intercolonial meeting between teams representing this colony and South Australia is arranged to commence on the Association Ground at noon to-day, and is causing considerable interest…

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The International Cricket Match. an Unfortunate Episode Grace and Bruce. Doubting a Fieldsman's Word of Honor

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 6

It is deeply to be regretted that the memorable international cricket match concluded the other day has been marred by oven one regrettable incident. It is,…

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Australian Anniversary Regatta. Races and Prizes

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 5

AT the meeting of the committee of the Australian Anniversary Regatta, at Punch's Albion Hotel last night, the following races and prizes were…

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Leichhardt Annual Regatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 41

The aquatic event of New Year's Day was the Leichhardt annual regatta, and this year it was a most successful one. The arrangements were complete, the starting…

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The National Regatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 98
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

A meeting of the National Regatta Committee was held at Aaron's Exchange Hotel on Wednesday. Mr. J. Warren occupied the chair. Five entries for the man-o'-war boat race were announced as having…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 5

A fight to a finish will be brought off at the California Athletic Club to-night (Saturday) between the two lightweights, Dummy Winters and Tom Simpson for a…

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Bowls

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 5

The matches for the Crawford Shield and Gardiner trophy will be commenced this afternoon. Balmain A play St. Leonards A at Balmain, Balmain B play St. Leonards B…

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The Leichhardt Annual Regatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 98

This regatta, although held on an unsuitable day—New Year's Day—was a thorough success. It was well worked up and well carried out. The residents viewed the racing from the Leichhardt Park, and…

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Aquatics. the National Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The full programme of the National Regatta appears in another column, showing the times of starting the various races, the entrance fees and prizes. The prize list is almost the same as last…

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ATHLETICS. Cricket Gossip

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 96

A great and well-earned victory has been achieved by the Australians at Melbourne over Lord Sheffield's team in the first of the three test matches. To commence with, it was a match to which the term test might be…

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Football

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 97

A match between Yale University and Princeton, New Jersey, which has been looked forward to with considerable interest, was played in New York recently. The game, however, proved very one-sided…

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Cricket

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 92
Also in The Daily Telegraph, The Sydney Morning Herald

HUNTINGDON.—A player may join and also play with as many clubs as he likes, but some clubs have a rule to the effect that they will not meet the name player in the one season if he plays with different clubs. The practice…

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