The great aquatic event, which resulted in so easy [?] victory for the Australian, William Beach, is still the subject of much rejoicing in sporting circles, and is fully dealt with in other columns. The next event of importance ...
Article : 1,762 wordsDonald Dinnie writes:—I observe by the EVENING NEWS of Tuesday that Professor Miller is again ready to try his muscle. I have to remind him that I have had a deposit ly[?]g with the AUSTRALASIAN for over 9 months to fix a fair ...
Article : 143 wordsA special general meeting of the Sydney Amateur Athletic Club was held on Tuesday evening, in the Oxford Hotel. There was an attendance of about 20 members, and Mr. Betts was voted to the chair. Mr. T. O. Thomas, the ...
Article : 404 wordsThe Foley and Farnan warfare, so fax as the newspapers are concerned, was brought to a close on Wednesday. Earhan, with his supporters, called at the EVENING NEWS office, and afterwards, with a sporting representative of ...
Article : 157 wordsBarrabool steamer, 808 tons, Captain H. B. Bristoe, from Brisbane 21th March, Passengers—Mosdames Palmer, Steaton, Strahan, Eastwood, Murphy, Doble, Preston, Galtaway, S. Bray, Elliott, F. Milson and 2 children, Misses ...
Article : 1,604 wordsFollowing are the handicaps for the Cassilis Sheffield, to be run on Easter Monday:—E. Wilson scratch, R. Alcorn 2yds, B. Hart 3½yds, B. Kilrush 6yds, Sting Clyde, J. Noble 8yds, J. leard 9yds, P. Finnigan 9½yds, W. Schiemer l0yds, ...
Article : 312 wordsAll who take an interest in the doings of our pedestrians will remember that the first four men to finish in the final heat of the late Sir Joseph Banks Haudicap were G. Black (an aboriginal), James W. Byrnes, Pawley, and Bellette. ...
Article : 453 wordsA meeting of the Caledonian1 Football Club was held on Friday week, in Little's Hotel, at the cornor of Pitt and Market streets. Mr. George M'Neill occupied the chair. The chairman, in his introductory remarks, said that the ...
Article : 273 wordsFor some time those who take an interest in boxing have been Aware of a match between George Powell and Chris. Danu, for £50 a side and the light-weight championship. The contest was to have taken place a week ago, but ...
Article : 442 wordsMr. Evans, J.P., of Dapto, an enthusiastic admirer of Beach, suggests that the people of New South Wales shiuld contribute the Sum of one shilling each toward a fund for the benefit of the champion and his family. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 350 words"Old Sport," writing from Pelican Flat, says: " The boat race for £100 in light skiffs between Edmund Chapman, of Lake Macquarie, and Cornelius Cruese, of the Hunter River, came to a satisfactory conclusion on ...
Article : 666 wordsThe Masonic Hall was crowded on Monday night by a very respectable audience, the occasion being a complanentary benefit to Professor Miller, given by his Sydney admirers, and promoted by Laurence Foley. The ...
Article : 209 wordsThe annual meeting of the members of the Sydney Lacrosse Club was held in the Cambridge Club Hotel, Oxford-street, on the 26th ultimo, Mr. L. Montague occupied the chair, and there were present Messrs. ...
Article : 326 wordsProfessor Miller has challenged Farnan and Hicken as follows: I hereby deposit £50 with the proprietors of the EVENING NEWS and the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL to box Farnan and Hicken to a finish for £250 a side, the match ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 4 Apr 1885, Page 38
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