The first intercolonial polo match ever played between Victoria and New Zealand took place on Saturday afternoon, at the Moon[?] Valley racecourse, the ground of ...
Article : 780 wordsAfter many disappointments, St. Kilda took the field agsinst Melbourne on Saturday, with a firm conviction that they had at length got together a first-rate team. And the first quarter of the game ...
Article : 730 wordsThe S.A.J.C. were favoured with another beautiful day for the conclusion of their autumn meeting. His Excellency Lord Tennyson had another engagement, but ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 wordsThe May meeting of the Warwick Farm Racing Club was well patronised to-day. A shower of rain, which fell about noon, and the thretening aspect of the weather affected the attendance. ...
Article : 549 wordsTo-day.—Settling over Mentone meeting, at Victorinan Club; V.R.C. weights declared; entries close for Moonee Valley Steeplechase meeting; entries close for Williamstown races; entries close for ...
Article : 213 wordsThe clubs forming the "Victorian football Association are gradually attracting to their matches larger crowds than formerly, and on Saturday each ground had a fair attendante. The members ...
Article : 102 wordsA match was played at Caulfield on Saturday between eight players from Ballarat and an equal number representing the Royal Melbourne. The visitors were defeated, winning three holes ...
Article : 165 wordsPrahran, whose history dates back only a fortnight, went to Footscray, to join issue with last year's premiers. There was a good crowd, and but little wind—so little, in fact, that the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 234 wordsBackers fared badly at Mentone on Saturday. They started off well by making Cockcrow (who turned out the winner) favourite for the Trial Handicap, but after ...
Article : 3,236 wordsThe May meeting of the Helena Vale Race Club took place on Saturday, and was poorly attended. Results:— Hurdle Race.—Flirtation, 9.5, 1; Peacock, 9.4, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 327 wordsRarely has a team gone afield with such confidence as Collingwood did at Geelong. The were sure of winning, and Geelong people just as certain that their own men had no chance. ...
Article : 529 wordsMessrs. Beath, Schiess, and Co.'s Athletic club held their fourth annual sports on the Scotch College Cricket ground on Saturday, May 13, in the presence of representatives of the firm and about ...
Article : 317 wordsWhen North Melbourne heard of their neighbours of West Melbourne having so soundly thrashed Brunswick they expected a hard game. Consequently there was a good crowd and great interest ...
Article : 368 wordsThe death of the Scotch College boy William Shaw, who expired after playing football on Friday, was investigated at the Wesleyan Parsonage, East Melbourne, on ...
Article : 232 wordsThe opening meet of the season took place on Saturday, when one of the largest fields seen for some years turned out to greet the master. The throw-off was behind the Essendon reservoir, and ...
Article : 344 wordsThe Melbourne Sparrow and Pigeon Shooting Club held another of its reunions on Saturday, when a score of marksmen competed in the various events. The Short Boundary Trophy ...
Article : 118 wordsRichmond and Port Melbourne have fought some fierce battles in the past, but on Saturday, so friendly was the game, that at the conclusion Mr. Egan went into the Port Melbourne room ...
Article : 306 wordsSir,—Judging from the reports of various meetings held and speeches made in connection with the subject of technical education this matter has occupied the ...
Article : 772 wordsSir,—I will feel obliged by your inserting the two following facts brought out at the inquest on the boy William Shaw:—1. That the reason for holding an inquiry was that ...
Article : 127 wordsThe Fitzroy began operations by unfurling their premiership flag with the usual ceremonies, and then took the field before 10,000 people, determined to fight for that flag—or for another one ...
Article : 487 wordsThe Coburg Club held their annual 20-mile road race on Saturday from Grimmer's Hotel to the 19 mile-post and back, the start and finish being witnessed by a large crowd of spectators. The ...
Article : 313 wordsOn Saturday morning some employes of the Victorian Stevedoring Company discovered an old man under the floor of the company's office, near the railway pier at ...
Article : 164 wordsBy no stretch of imagination could the game between Williamstown and Brunswick be designated football. It was rough and tunable from first to last. Cunningham, who umpired, was not ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 wordsBlackheath is, as many know, a suburb of London, and with it are linked many reminiscences of historical importance. Even to-day Blackheath has its interest. A local ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 168 wordsResults of matches played on Saturday:—Albert-park V. Richmond City, drawn, 30 points each; Collingwood Juniors v. Montague, won by Collingwood Juniors, 54 points to 20 points; Fitzroy ...
Article : 84 wordsNo team in the league has so many new men in it as Carlton, though most of the faces are familiar, such as Monagle of Port Melbourne, Stuckey of North Melbourne, and H. M'Shano of Geelong. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 462 wordsA match between the Queen's College (St. Kilda) and All Saints' Grammar School was played at St. Kilda on Friday, 12th last and resulted in the victory of the former by 112 points to 1 point. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe football match at the Eastern Oval on Saturday was won by Ballarat Imperial with 12 goals 9 behings, as against South Ballarat's score of 4 goals 5 behinds. Kilis, of the imperial, had ...
Article : 59 wordsAt the Richmond Court on Saturday, before Messrs. Keogh and Lee, J. J. Hennessy was fined £1/1/, with £1/5/ costs for selling light-weight bread on the 3rd ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 15 May 1899, Page 7
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