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The weather and the wickets were very good on Saturday for the continuation of grade fixtures. Second-class players have not had much competition cricket since the beginning of December…
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The weather and the wickets were very good on Saturday for the continuation of grade fixtures. Second-class players have not had much competition cricket since the beginning of December…
Continued on Trove, page 183 →On Saturday next, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the return interstate match between Victoria and New South Wales will be started, play commencing at 12 o'clock. The team to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →100yds Handicap.—Heat winners: D. Shade, A. Shade, A. Verney, F. Shepherd. The final was won by A. Shade…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Racing has been very dull of late, and this must be put down to the fact that, taking into consideration the bad times, we are having too much of it. Another factor is the inferiority of the horses at…
Continued on Trove, page 180 →Only 3000 attended the paced exhibition races in Melbourne under the auspices of the M.B.C. on Saturday night. DICKENTMAN v. BEAUCHAMP, 10 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As advertised the match between the Universities of Sydney and Melbourne, set down for Jannary 28 and following days, has been postponed. The Melbourne University cannot get a team to come across…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →According to the cablegrams the Marybourne club has instructed the umpires to gauge the width of bats. Rule 5 of the Laws of Cricket says: "The bat shall not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. H. Oxenham returned to Sydney yesterday, after an absence in England of some eight mouths. Interviewed by a representative of "The Daily Telegraph," he said:--…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday Patrick Connors, aged 47, butcher and William Morton, aged 33, baker, described as natives of Victoria, were charged at the Central Police Court with, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the N.S.W. Cricket Association was held at the rooms on Tuesday night. Mr. C. P. W. Lloyd occupied the chair. There was a moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Victorian team arrived in Sydney yesterday, and we located at Coogee, The party consists of W. Bruce, F. Liver, P. M'Alister. W. W. Armstrong. H. Graham…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the N.S.W. N.C.A. was [?] last Wednesday evening at [?] Metropolitan hotel, being and [?]Sydney. There were present [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The secretary (Mr. George Tideman) writes : We had about 2000 people to see the sports on Boxing Day, and made a profit of over £50. How we have an up-to-date banked track. We trust in the future that a lot of Southern riders will visit us, the new track having cost over £250. That it is fast is shown by the fact that Richmond cut out…
Continued on Trove, page 164 →The January meeting at Rosehill on Saturday was largely attended, and the grounds and surroundings looked bright and charming, while the going was all that could be desired. The weather was very hot, but…
Continued on Trove, page 181 →The Major Taylor Carnival is to be brought to a conclusion this evening, on the Sydney Cricket Ground. The first event on what promises to be the best programme ever submitted here is timed to start at 7.50 p.m., and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →An enormous crowd filled. the National Sporting Club's Athletic-hall last night to witness two boxing contests-- one between bantam-weights recently from the novice, ranks, and the other a match wherein figured Jack…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The selectors, Messrs. F. A. Iredale, M. A. Noble, and A.C.K. Mackenzie, met yesterday, and chose the New South Wales Eleven which will meet the Victorian team on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Absolutely perfect weather ensured an unusually brilliant gathering this year at the picturesque little Bong Bong racecourse. A few showers had laid the dust and freshened the…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →The Victorian team to oppose New South Wales in the return engagement between the two States at end of the week arrived from Melbourne yesterday. The visitors were met at Redfern by several officers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The "Sportsman" offers its deep sympathy to those near aud dear ores affected by the death or George A. Campbell, of Newcastle, who recently succumbed to…
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