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Sport, 1895

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Coolac Jockey Club Races. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 10

The Coolac Jockey Club races took place on Tuesday, with the following results:- OPENING HANDICAP.—Miss Gladstone, 1; British Boy, 2; Brownie, 3…

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Canterbury Park Pony and Galloway Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 10

Appended are the nominations received yesterday for the meeting to be held next Wednesday:- FLYING HANDICAP (15.0), [?] furlongs.—Antidte, Ma Chere, May M'Key, Hibiscus, True Love, Daily Varden,…

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Cricket. Victoria v. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 39

The intercolonial match between Victoria and New South Wales, played on the…

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Protecting the Cricket Pitch. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 6

Sir,--I have been expecting some correspondent to point out, through the columns of your paper, the absurdity and unfairness of covering a cricket pitch…

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The Sydney Cricket Ground. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 6

Sir,--A "Member" writing in your issue of yesterday is guilty of so many misstatements, several of them so palpably incorrect, that I trust you will allow me to…

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Cricket. N.S. Wales v. S. Australia

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

Our Adelaide correspondent telegraphs: Turner, Iredale, Gregory, Giffen, Lyons, Jarvis, and Darling, the New South Wales and South Australian cricketers who played…

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Test Cricket Matches. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 7

Sir,—Encouraged by your insertion of a recent communication, I now trespass on your space by sending you a synopsis of the scores in the match just played in Melbourne, to which is added a brief…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 10

Following are the weight for the principal events on the first day of the meeting of the Tirrana Picnic Race Club:- LADIES BRACELRT.—Rosestem, 10st 13lb; Jack Rattling,…

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Our Special Cables the Test Cricket Match. Stoddart's Batting Record

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--The "Daily News," commenting upon the test cricket matches, says that if Stoddart, maintains his record of batting he will…

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Our Coming Cricket Matches To the Editor of the Evening News

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 3

Sir,-Will you allow me space in your columns to lay before the committee of the New South Wales Cricket Association the desire to secure some of those juniors who…

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News by Cable. Cricket. The Second Test Match. English Press Comments

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 3.-The London evening newspapers generally comment on the result just to hand of the England v. Australian cricket match…

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South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Intercolonial Cricket Match. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 9

Giffen, Lyons, Darling, and Jarvis, the South Australian cricketers, with Turner, Iredale and Gregory, the New South Wales cricketers, arrived to-day, and were met at the railway station by…

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RACING. Answers to Correspondents. Turf. Several questions will be answered in our next. The Tattersall's Meeting

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 35

The confusion incidental to holiday tames still stands in the way of sporting scribes, and we can only meddle with the second day of the Tattersall's Meeting, and even then without the advantage of…

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The Cricket Gala. N.S. Wales V. S. Australia. Fine Weather Prevailing. ADELAIDE

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

The weather was fine yesterday and the wicket should be good one for the match between New South Wales and South Australia, which commences at the Oval at noon…

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CRICKET. Intercolonial Match. N.S.W. r. South Australia. To-day's Play. New South Wales Batting

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

ADELAIDE, January 5.-The eighth intercolonial match between New South Wales and Sooth Australia was begun to-day on the Adelaide Oval. These contests were…

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Athletics. The Jumping Championship

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 5

The competition for the all-round jumping championship of Australia was continued at the Carrington Grounds yesterday afternoon in the presence of a fairly large number of…

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Athletics

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 35

R.M. (Brunswick Heads).—The greatest distance walked in one hour is 8 miles 824 yards, by John Meagher, on November 29, 1882…

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The Old 'Un's Note-book the A.J.C. Meeting. Summer Cup. Won by Blarneystone. Tattersall's Club Races. Vanitas Lands the Carrington. Record Time for the Race--The Club Cup Ran To-day--Selections for This and Other Events

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 6

On Saturday last the summer Cup was run for at the A.J.C. Meeting at Pandwick, and, as everyone knows by this time, the winner turned up in Blarneystone. It…

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Cricket

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1895 · page 5

Newtown Alma defeated Orientals on the first innings by 66 runs. The scares being:—Alma 114 (Trevors 13, Rowlands 36, Simpson 21). Orientals, 48. In the second…

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Melbourne Cricket. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1895 · page 7

The Senior Pennant cricket matches were resumed to-day; Most interest was centred in the Melbourne and East Melbourne contest, these being two undefeated clubs. Melbourne won the…

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