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Sport, 1893

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General News. the Influx of Alien Races

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 4

A telegram has been received by Sir George Dibbs from the Premier of South Australia with regard to the question of concerted action between the colonies on the…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Match. New Sooth Wales v. Victoria

The Weekly Advance · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 7

The 60th Intercolonial cricket Batch between New South Wales and Victoria vu communed on Thursday on the Association ground, Sydney. The weather was nil that could be…

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At the Water. The Rage for Cricket. Spending the Holiday

The Australian Star · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 5

A young man named Ernest Daly admitted having climbed up a tree at the Association Ground yesterday to watch the match between New South Wales and…

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Intercolonial Cricket Match. Victoria v. New South Wales. The 50th Match

Evening News · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 6

There can be no doubt that the intercolonial cricket matches between Victoria and New South Wales have made Australian cricket what it is at the present time. The growth, of the good old game…

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Thursday's Sporting. the Cricket Match. Victoria v. New South Wales. First Day's Play

The Australian Star · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 6

Great will be the surprise in sunny New South Wales if the Victorian cricketers in the jubilee match, which started at noon to-day, triumph over our representative…

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Braidwood Amateur Athletic Race Meeting. Braidwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 3

The following are the results of the amateur athletic races which were held to-day:— FLYING HANDICAP.—Tom[?]o, 8st 10lb, 1; Actress, 7st 12lb, 2; Victor, 7st 7lb, 3. Other startors: Christa[?],…

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Athletics

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 7

A wrestling match for the Catch-as-Catch Can Championship of England took place early in December last at Manchester between Tom Connors, 10st. 13lb. and Tom…

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The Intercolonial Cricket Match. New South Wales V. Victoria. an Enormous Attendance. the Victorians at the Wickets. Watching the Selections for the Australian Team

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 5

A more perfect day than prevailed yesterday could not have been desired for the commencement of the 50 th intercolonial cricket match between Now South Wales and…

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Federation Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 10

KEMPSEY, Friday.--The annual regatta was held at Federickton yesterday in good weather and with a large attendance. The handicap sculling race was won by W. A…

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Anniversary Regatta

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 207

A number of additional entries for the above were received last Saturday evening, and taken as a whole the committee must feel satisfied with the result. In the class races all the best boats have entered…

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Swimming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 10
Also in The Daily Telegraph

It has been decided to postpone for the present the gala arranged by the St. George's Swimming Club for to-day…

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5

Two hard-hitting blacksmiths, Smith and Carruthers, try conclusions at the Golden Gate Club to-night. The former bails from Ultimo and the latter from Redfern. They…

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Aquatics. The Anniversary Regatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 3

At the Anniversary Regatta, held on Tuesday, the boys of the Parramatta Club had a couple of modest slices of good fortune. They did not, it is tine, manage to get quite to the…

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Swimming. Carnival Postponed

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5

The carnival of the St. George Swimming Club, which was to take place this afternoon at Lady Robinson's Beach, has boon postponed indefinitely owing to the intercolonial…

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Regatta at Frederickton. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 10

A regatta took place at Frederickton yesterday. There was a large attendance. The champion sailing race was won by Lawson Brothers, the amateur skiff race by E. Everson, and the handicap sculling…

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Cricket

Evening News · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5
Also in The Australian Star, Australian Town and Country Journal, The Sydney Morning Herald

Mr.E. Turner, of the Richmond C.C., Melbourne, received a sunstroke on Thursday while playing in the match M.C.C. v. Old Collegians of the Wesley College, from the effects of which he died on Friday…

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