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Article : 943 wordsThe Naval Brigade Garrison Gun Match was shot last Saturday week, from Middle Head. The men were conveyed to the wharf near Balmoral by the steamer Commodore. The guns used were 68-pounders, and the distance about a ...
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Article : 229 wordsMr. James Punch, whose somewhat sudden death took place on Tuesday, will be long remembered as a fervent promoter of professional rowing in New South Wales. From the pristine days of the sport, when old George ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Sportsman records what John Roberts, Jun., considers his greatest achievement with the cue. At his rooms at Brighton he played a match of 2000 up with his father, giving the latter half the points at a start. Roberts, Jun.' ...
Article : 423 wordsThe race between Edward Trickett, of New South Wales and Wallace Ross, of St. John's, which the referee last Saturday ordered to be rowed again, on account of a fool, took place to-day, when Ross won by three lengths. ...
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912), Sat 11 Dec 1880, Page 1124
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