LAST week our correspondent wired us a few particulars and the finish of the match between Mateer and Peeks at Broken Hill for a purse of £75. The following are the ...
Article : 679 wordsTHE South Melbourne Club, on Saturday, held a road race over a course from South Melbourne to Brighton--about eight miles--on the sealed handicap principle. All started ...
Article : 1,386 wordsMY DEAR SPORTSMAN.--The latest sensation has been the "stirring of the dead bones" of the House of Commons over the Pritchard and Smith match. Mr. Cobb ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,449 wordsSATURDAY night at the Melbourne Athletic Club was a really good one. The fact that the programmes issued to members promised three events--two of ten rounds each and one ...
Article : 2,371 wordsWINNING PERFORMANCES.--Season 1887-88--Maiden Clinker Four, V.R.A. (Melbourne) regatta; Maiden Eight, South Melbourne City regatta. Season 1889-90--Champion Four, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 92 wordsMATTERS in connection with the Intercolonial Eight-oared Race are at present at a standstill. The committee appointed to nominate a stroke have not yet performed ...
Article : 1,784 wordsON Wednesday night, at the Sydney Amateur Gymnastic Club, there was a fair house to see Chid Ryan and Jim Murphy (brother of the great "torpedo") battle for a purse of £75. ...
Article : 414 words{No abstract available}
Detailed lists, results, guides : 387 wordsTHE Botanical Reserve at Creswick should be busy on the 28th October, the date fixed for the thirteenth anniversary sports of the Creswick Miners' Association. The ...
Article : 61 wordsSOME time since Dan Abbott wrote us from Albury that Rees, of Albury, was ready to box Weir, of Melbourne. A match has now been made for the lads to meet at Wangaratta ...
Article : 51 wordsAT Botany on Tuesday W. Willey won the handicap from J. W. Byrnes and W. Brown, the latter of whom started favorite at even money, while the winner was at 5 to 1. ...
Article : 57 wordsTHE Melbourne Harriers met on Saturday at Blackburn, leaving the Travellers' [?] Hotel at 20 minutes to 4. The trail [?] along the Lilydale-road towards Ringwo[?] ...
Article : 93 wordsOUR readers will remember how the Bairnsdale Club successfully prosecuted Davidson in connection with their sports meeting. In doing so they incurred considerable expense, ...
Article : 285 wordsTHE Show Grounds at Shepparton will be occupied on the Prince of Wales' Birthday with a monster demonstration and Gala. £90 will be apportioned the sports programme, of ...
Article : 55 wordsTHE only pennant match on Saturday last was that between Fitzroy and East Melbourne; the latter completed their list of games by defeating the maroons in a seven ...
Article : 454 wordsA WRESTLING match (Cumberland style) took place recently at Richmond between Jack Long, late of Tasmania, and Joe James, a new arrival from England, for a small side ...
Article : 57 wordsTHE above popular grounds will be re-opened on Monday next, 21st September, when a Sheffield Handicap will be run right through. A good day's sport may be ...
Article : 160 wordsNEXT Monday night, at the Crystal Pak[?] Joe Goddard and Tom Lees are to box [?] founds for a purse of £200. There can [?] draw, the articles distinctly setting out[?] ...
Article : 74 wordsOUR correspondent writes:--A Hurdle Race for £100 aside, 100yds, over six flights of hurdles, was run on the cricket ground on Wednesday between O. Frances and T. ...
Article : 53 wordsA NUMBER of patrons attended last Wednesday evening to witness the projected eight-round contest between Dummy Mace and Charlie Woods, but the latter did not ...
Article : 106 wordsSIR.--Seeing that Conway is wanting another go at me I am quite prepared to wrestle him for any stake he can find in Green-Roman or catch-as-catch-can style, ...
Article : 37 wordsON Monday, 9th November, the El Dorado folks propose to devote £170 to a Sports meeting. The programme for this, published in another column, will be found an attractive ...
Article : 58 wordsTO-DAY Harry Pearce (who wrestler), Graham, and Charlies Woods leave for [?]ceston. They take with them a large [?]tent, and will give shows en route to [?] ...
Article : 22 wordsWE have letters in our rack for Messrs. Joe Goddard, M. Quilligan, and Mr. Evans; also papers for B. Seth and W. Bent. ...
Article : 23 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Tue 15 Sep 1891, Page 2
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: