Bowls and Bowlers
ORIGINALLY twenty-six bowlers handed in their names in connection with the sending of a team to Maoriland. These gradually dwindled down from one cause…
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Country Racing
Though we have no end of grumblers, it is the opinion of many that times are far better than they were a few seasons back. To my thinking there is not the least doubt about the matter, and…
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B.B.B. (Hartley) asks—(1)A in batting knocks down B's wicket with ball when B is out of his crease; is B out, providing no one touched the ball in meantime? Answer: No; the rule expressly states that…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Swimming Carnival at Maitland
WEST MAITLAND, Friday. -- A swimming carnival and regatta, inaugurated by the Volunteer Water Brigade, took place on the Hunter River, near Walsh Park, to-day, in the presence…
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[?] Saturday afternoon the Centennial Tennis Club the second harbour picnic for the present [?], when about 50 members and friends left the Double Bay jetty in the steamer Sir William Wallace…
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The golfer, he is one who swats The ball, then walks a mile, And, finding that he's missed the hole, lie does his best to smile…
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The Flying Squadron Championship of New South Wales was decided on January 20 at the Bondi Baths. The holder of the title was the Balmain Club, which has again secured the…
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The day from a sailing standpoint was very satisfactory, the breeze being a moderate to fresh northeaster, which, although rather too strong for the small boals, proved an excellent:breeze for teh decked…
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The last round of grade matches saw some peculiar cricket. On the Sydney Cricket Ground. Paddington, on the first day, scored 417 for six wickets, and from 10 minutes to 3 to a quarter past 6 on the…
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As there are only 4 rounds of First Grade matches to be played, Central Cumberlanders have every reason to feel elated with the position they now hold. They…
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The writer of these notes has been called ugly names at times. Out Smithfield way they paint him that red that the unfortunate person is afraid now to go in a paddock where there is a stray bull…
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January 26, New South Wales v. Victoria, at Sydney. January 26, Tasmania v. Victoria, at Hobart…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →The Cricket Association
The New South, Wales Cricket Association, like the Australian Jockey Club and kindredoinstitutions, has its enemies as well as its friends, its hostile as well as its sympathetic critics. Being…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →Bowls. Welcome Home to Mr John Young. Bowls in England and Scotland. Presentation to the Ex-secretary
Mr. John Young, the president of the New South Wales Bowling Assocation, arrived in Sydney with Mrs. Young on Saturday morning by the mail steamer Orizaba, alter an extended tour abroad…
Continued on Trove, page 232 →Sporting. Turf. Sydney Turf Club Races
The Anniversary meeting of the Sydney Turf Club began at Randwick yesterday, in splendid weather, and in the presence of something like 9000 people. The racing…
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Bright, clear weather prevailed yesterday when the 63rd intercolonial match between Victoria and New South Wales was commenced at the Sydney Cricket Ground. A cool easterly breeze…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anniversary Regatta. a Great Success. New Zealand Wins the Intercolonial Yacht Race. Singled Sculls Won by Towns
Our oldest Anniversary Day event, the Anniversary Regatta, came off as usual yesterday. It has been one of the fixtures ever since the year 1837 -- 63 years -- and it would be interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Doon Villa and Its Bowling Club. The Birthplace of Maryborough Bowls. an Ideal Northern Home
Last year a team of Sydney bowlers, which included Messrs. Wallace, Waine, Buckle, Deering, Young, Vaughan, Lemm, and Gilmour, visited Queensland. They received a cordial welcome, and at…
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The racecourse at Randwick was not so liberally patronised yesterday, on the occasion of the commencement of the Sydney Turf Club's Anniversary meeting as those most interested…
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