OWING to the [?] nature of the weather, the [?] at the Apollo Hall on Saturday night was only limited. The introductory items consisted of exhibitions ...
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Article : 332 wordsSIR,--Up to the present have acting upon the advise of my friends [?] Billy Murphy's [?]. His after game of blather does not make very [?] difference to ...
Article : 243 wordsTHE sporting public did not take on very much to the glove contest for a purse of £100 between Geo. Powell, who was recently beaten by Champion Griffo in twenty rounds, and ...
Article : 1,247 wordsSIR,--Through the medium of your valued columns I wish to complain of the unfair manner in which I was treated by the handicapper of the Castlemaine Fire Brigade sports, held ...
Article : 662 wordsA MATCH was played on the Central Reserve on Good Friday between the Stawell Cricket Club and a combined junior team from Melbourne Under the name of the Fitzroy ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Stawell Gun Club held their fourth annual pigeon match on the Agricultural Show Grounds on Good Friday. Twenty-five toed the mark. The birds were strong,and some good ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 856 wordsBOSTON, 23rd January.--It may be that the prince of pugilists, John L. Sullina, may again shy his castor into the ring after all. This week the papers throughout the country ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 346 wordsSINCE forwarding my letter of last week the various sports and race meetings briefly mentioned have alt been' decided. The first to lead off was the Chidlow's Wells Athletic ...
Article : 332 wordsA CLOSE, muggy morning gave a promise of moisture that was fulfilled later in the day, ''when the gentle rain from heaven" fell steadily upon the place beneath." This had ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 200 wordsDONALD DINNIE sends us a long letter accompanied by a deposit, in answer to Kneebone's repetition of his previous challenge, and in which is contained an offer ...
Article : 127 wordsPROGRESS in connection with the erection of fences, buildings, tracks, etc., for above grounds is being mode with great vigor, and we fully expect to be able to officially reports ...
Article : 146 wordsAT the Football Clubs' Sports in Melbourne on Saturday, the Geelong schoolboys were very successful. Alex. Timms, of the Geelong Scotch College, appropriated first prize in the ...
Article : 60 wordsHUTCHENS'S victory in the Sheffield Handicap on Tuesday last (10th February) pulls one up with a round turn; his return to form is something marvellous. Here is a man of 36 ...
Article : 371 wordsTHE first round of the first Sheffield Handicap, of 130yds, will be run at the Bellarine Gardens next Saturday; the second round and finals on the following Saturday. In ...
Article : 98 wordsELSEWHERE will be found the extended programme of the Eight Hours' Anniversary in the Exhibition buildings and grounds. As will be seen, the list is varied enough to suit ...
Article : 54 wordsMARKED attention is directed to the [?]tisement in another-column, for this [?] That entries close, not on the 5th, but the [?]April, while handicaps will appear on the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 wordsTHE entertainment at the Hibernian Well on Monday evening, in aid of the wife and family of the late Billy Farnan, was a decided success in every respect. There was an ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 wordsAT Carrington Ground on Good Friday F. Morshead and M'Cann walked a mile for a £50 stake. For half [?] mile Morshead made the pace a cracker, but burst himself up, and ...
Article : 47 wordsNEXT Saturday night, at the Apollo Hall, Owen Sullivan and Petersen are to box eight rounds for £30, of which the loser takes £5. On Monday night a monster benefit is to be ...
Article : 71 wordsTHESE sports, postponed from last Monday, are to be held on the Warehousemen's Cricket Ground on Saturday. H. Conroy, who jumped 6ft.2½in. at the Exhibition on St Patrick's ...
Article : 78 wordsAT the conclusion of the [?] match for a tenner, 100yds, between [?]and Parsons was run. The first trial [?] in a dead heat. In the second [?] ...
Article : 33 wordsTHE Easter event was run on Good Friday afternoon, resulting in a win for T. M'Anliffe, 8yds; C. A. Mitchell, 8¼yds, 2: E.Lazarus, 6¼yds, 8,A. Cox. 9yds, 4. ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Wed 1 Apr 1891, Page 2
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