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  1. BIG MEN IN SPORT
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Wednesday 9 November 1938 p 15 Article Illustrated
    ... and cricket, too, back in 1880, and was considered one of the best men of his time "in the air." I ... AJ,°thaf goa^ faltn in tne future never die ' and is sure il wiU He played cricket ... those days cricket and football were played in Gar the Gar-dens. Brisbane of to-day is different. Otto ... 310 words
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  2. CRITIC SEES TWO BRADMANS "Smile On Face Of Tiger"
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Thursday 28 April 1938 p 7 Article
    ..."No 'No Australian cricket side,' writes Mr. Howard Marshall, in the Daily Telegraph, 'ever won its ... England's cricket press boxes, where Woodfull and Old field are both sitting, or, if neither of these old ... well as he plays cricket, has lulled us with fair words, stating that the visitors are determined to ... 839 words
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  3. To-day's Yesterdays
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Thursday 22 November 1934 p 14 Article
    ... To-day's s Yesterdays On November 22, 1838. the people of Melbourne witnessed the first cricket ... exiled for four years. Sir Redmond Barry, a noted Vic torian, died on November 22, 1880. He was the ... cricketer, who scored 37,000 runs in the first class cricket, and passed the century on 86 occasions; and ... 190 words
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  4. KILLICK'S SHED TO BE DEMOLISHED Where First Australian XL's Bats Were Made LONDON, February 23.
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Monday 26 February 1934 p 12 Article
    ... XI, also the bat with wjhich Bonner, in 1880, hit a record 147 yards shot at the Mitcham Oval. The ... In his own garden. It would have been ready In 1938. Killick says that cricket nowadays Is too ... 134 words
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  5. FIFTY YEARS AGO
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Friday 2 February 1940 p 7 Article
    ... FIFTY YEARS AGO (From the Courier Files, Friday, January 31, 1890) A return from the Registrar-General (Mr. W. T. Blakeney) estimates the population of Queensland at December ber 31. 1889 nt-. 4Afi ... £800. ; . In the Inter-colonial cricket match, Mew South Wales v Victoria, the first named won by four ... 107 words
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  6. What SPORTSMEN
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Friday 18 November 1938 p 14 Article
    ... selector of the Toowoomba Cricket Association, because he is unable to keep as closely in touch with ... with Toowoomba cricket has been as long and as useful as that of Bill ('King') Renwick with football. ... in some official capacity. Bill Heeney, ' who is a newspaper man, and wrote cricket as-'Billini' in ... 394 words
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  7. To-day's Yesterdays
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Saturday 10 November 1934 p 12 Article
    ... Logan was appointed Commandant of the settle ment. Born on this day are:- Jacob Ep stein, 1880, - the ... Australian cricket teams have had. A severe earthquake occurred in parts oi Chili on November 10. 1922. ... 192 words
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  8. SAW HAMLET PLAYED 100 TIMES Shakespeare Enthusiast's Claim
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Tuesday 25 February 1936 p 20 Article
    ... has made several voyages to Australia. He Is a keen follower of cricket, and has witnessed practically every test match between England and Australia since the one in 1880, when the three Grace ... 227 words
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  9. NEWS IN BRIEF
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Saturday 26 August 1939 Section: Second Section. p 5 Article
    ... toured England in 1880. A member of Melbourne Cricket Club in 1879, he played for Victoria against ... 201 words
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  10. Bowmen For Game Of Cricket
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Saturday 26 October 1946 p 2 Article Illustrated
    ... Bowmen For Cricket By GEOFF THURSBY NO matter who wins the Ashes this year, ?^ both teams can ... dungeon. Nor are their cricket bats likely to be burnt. Had the year been. 1746 and not 1946 the whole lot of them, including the owners of the cricket grounds on which they played, could have been ... 1262 words
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  11. £800 FOR TEST TOUR Professionals in English Team AMATEURS, £150 R.M.S. ORION (at sea), Oct. 12.
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Tuesday 13 October 1936 p 13 Article
    ... ; of the A.A.P.) B.M.S. ORION (at sea). Oct. 12. PROFESSIONAL cricketers in the f English cricket team ... introduction to cricket than' Conson. who. with his fellbw niners, piayea to relieve one monotony h the 1926 strike. Copson liad never Dlayed cricket before, but his natural, jntutored ease of delivery, ... 406 words
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  12. Obituary DEATH OF MR. G. DOWN Former Mayor of Brisbane
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Tuesday 10 July 1934 p 25 Article
    ... 1880, and was chair chair- man of the board when it was ab ab- sorbed by the Brisbane City Council in ... Assembly. Mr. Down, in addition to public affairs, took a keen interest in cricket, and was a member ... trustees of the Brisbane Cricket Ground, and has been a very active member on the executive of the ... 418 words
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  13. SPORTLIGHT
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Friday 21 February 1941 p 8 Article
    ... Club this week, saw the first Test match played in England between Australia and Eng land-in 1880, on the Kennington Oval, London. 'Even then cricket had a large fol lowing. I bought a brick for-6d at 8 ... White has seen every first-class cricket match in Brisbane since 1885. 'Dr. W. G. Grace was not as ... 655 words
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  14. Famous FINAL TESTS With the VITAL FIFTH TEST starting on Saturday Courier-Mail Sporting writer NEVILLE DAVIDSON looks back on other
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Thursday 13 August 1953 p 2 Article Illustrated
    ... cheers are not dignified at cricket, but that day they let out all the years of pent - up disappoint ... of post-war cricket (as in 1926) have been under the heel of Australian ruthlessness. Now England ... under the shadow of the great gas tanks, housed the first Test ever played in England - in 1880 - and is ... 952 words
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  15. FORMER JUDGE OF SUPREME COURT Mr. Macnaughton's Sudden Death
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Monday 10 May 1937 p 19 Article Illustrated
    ... College, and later at the Universitv of Edinburgh. He arrived in Australia in 1880, and in 1882 was ... ex-Justice M a c n a ughton was a keen fol lower of cricket and rarely missed any important game in Brisbane. At one' time .he was president of the Queensland Cricket Association. He was a man of ... 521 words
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  16. EIGHT MONTHS OF GLORY What Test Selection Means
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Thursday 27 January 1938 p 12 Article
    ... first-class cricket. ? WHEN the Orontes, on April 21, rounds The Needles and the green Isle of Wight, and ... of the Marylebone Cricket Club drawn from the peerage, baronetage, and orders of chivalry, the ... and will not stand for a weak-kneed policy, circumstantial plans from survivors of the 1880 Test match ... 1037 words
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  17. Obituary Mr. Thomas Peak
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Thursday 7 June 1934 p 16 Article
    ... was a noted athlete, and was greatly in terested in football, cricket, and; running. 'When he, came ... Townsville. He re tired about 1880, and lived in Bris bane and Sydney before going over to England. ... 570 words
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  18. Obituary Mr. Samuel Andrews
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Monday 20 August 1934 p 19 Article
    ... sportsman. When a youn-r man Mr. Andrews was .captain of the Talle budgera Cricket Club. H= was a prom ... a son of a family which resided here in 1880. At that time a law firm, known as Lyons and Lyons, ... 542 words
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  19. THE RECIPIENTS
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Tuesday 11 May 1937 p 13 Article
    ... Australian-born Governor-General. A native of Mel bourne, he was called to the Victorian Bar in 1880. ... known as presi dent of the New South Wales Cricket Association. He was secretary of the Board of Control for 15 years, and was manager of the Australian cricket teams which toured England in 1921 and ... 748 words
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  20. Daily Guide to RADIO
    The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Monday 11 May 1953 p 7 Detailed lists, results, guides Illustrated
    ... (Vocal). 9.30- Jalk: 'A Tribal Fight of 1880.' Jl'/S?- ~ . V'15- ? Changing Moods 10.40- Cricket ... 803 words
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