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Sport, 1899

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Sports Edition. the Highland Sports. Gathering of the Clans. Interesting Athletic Events

The Australian Star · Monday 2 January 1899 · page 6

The 31st annual Highland Gathering was held at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day, and was marked by the familiar attributes. Special trams conveyed the public to Moore…

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Athletic Notes. Swimming, Cycling, Running. Among the Amateurs

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 3

The second round of the water polo badge competition championship starts next Saturday. On Thursday, the 5th January, the New…

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The Racing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

The real business of the afternoon had a commencement with the Flying Welter Handicap, but though the field comprised five and twenty runners, backers displayed their cleverness by finding the winner at once, the Maitland…

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Bowls. the Jamieson Trophy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 7

The play for the Jamieson trophy, presented by Mr. W. Jamieson, one of the vice-residents of the Annandale Club, was concluded on Saturday last. Each player entering had to play live games of 15…

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Swimming. the Water Polo Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 7

At Farmer's Baths on Saturday the final heat of the second round of the water polo competition was decided. The contending teams were the Palace Emporium and West Sydney, and the result was a…

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Kiama Swimming Carnival. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 6

New Year's Day in this district was ushered in with beautiful weather. To-day, which has been observed as a close holiday, the weather was propitious and there was a large influx of visitors by…

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Cricket. Country Matches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 6

BATHURST, Monday.--A match City v. Country was resumed to-day. Country in the second innings scored 127, and the City made 233. 'Dr. Palmer played a splendid innings for 106 not out, carrying his but through the…

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Sporting. Turf. Kensington Races

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 3

The above races take place tomorrow. Anticipations:-- FOURTEEN-THREE HANDICAP. Shotover or Uarda.......... 1…

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Cricket. Intercolonial Teachers' Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 7

The following team will represent the New South Wales teachers in their match with the Victorian tea hers on Wednesday and Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground: —J Russell, R. Irwin, F. M'Mullen, C. M' Dougall, J…

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Cricket. the Australian Eleven

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 3

Mr. Creswell, secretary of the Australasian Cricket Council, has received the following letter from Major Wardill:--"I am requested to inform you that the selectors of the Australian Eleven have chosen nine of the…

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Newcastle Annual Regatta. a Great Success. Record Attendance of the Public

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The prestige of thee annual Newcastle regatta has been re-established. For 39 years, without a break, this fixture worthily upheld its reputation as one of the principal aquatic carnivals of the…

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South Australian J.c. Races

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Monday.--The South Australian Jockey Club summer meeting was held at Morphettville to-day. The weather was fine, and the attendance large, and the racing highly satisfactory. When Viking romped…

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Fireworks on the Cricket Ground

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 5

To-night and Thursday night, on the Cricket Ground, will be given displays of fireworks, for which extensive preparations have been going on for some time. Special attractions have been…

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Bowls. an Ambitious Suggestion. a Bowling Tram for England

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

Bowlers of the present day are popularly supposed to be men of good bank balances, a similar store of liability to rheumatism, and an amount of cultured leisure that will allow them to go whithersoever they list. In other words,…

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Beua Races. First Day Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 7

The first day of the Bega Annual Races, held on Ritchie's racecourse, took place to-day in the presence of about 1600 persons, and the takings amounted to £154 15s. The weather was splendid, a…

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Cricket. Victoria v. S. Australia. Third Day

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—During the night rain fell pretty constantly, and it was felt this morning that only one ending was possible in the intercolonial match. Even the plucky South…

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Victoria Racing Club. New Year's Day Meeting. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 7

The New Year's Day Meeting of the V.R.C. attracted a fairly large attendance to Flemington this afternoon, though the counter attractions close to town and the boisterous weather adversely…

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Tattersall's Club's Races. the Cup Won by an Outsider

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

The meeting which was concluded yesterday was one of the most successful of the many successes achieved by "Sydney Tatts." Large as the attendance of people was on the opening day, it was a bad second to yesterday's…

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Intercolonial Cricket. Victoria V. South Australia, Fine Recovery by the Home Team

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The match was resumed to-day under altered conditions. A cool westerly wind was blowing, and, contrary to expectations, the wicket was quite hard after the…

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Highland Gathering. Sports at the Cricket Ground. a Monster Attendance Some After-dinner Speeches

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 5

The Highland Gathering is becoming almost as much of a fixture in Sydney as New Year's Day itself. As an attraction it overshadows everything else on this particular holiday, and the…

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