Port Adelaide - Sport and Recreation
Cricket
Also see South Australia - Sport - Cricket - Miscellany
Information on the cricket club is in the Register,
9 November 1855, page 3h,
26 December 1855, page 3e,
18 September 1858, page 2g,
20 October 1862, page 2g,
1 December 1862, page 3a,
3 January 1863, page 3a,
27 and 31 October 1864, pages 2h and 2h,
Express,
24 February 1864, page 3a,
Observer,
22 October 1864, page 3g,
Register,
27 and 31 October 1864, pages 2h and 2h,
Observer,
24 June 1876, page 5g.
Express,
28 September 1871, page 2e,
20 August 1877, page 2c,
8 October 1878, page 2d,
21 May 1879, page 2d,
13 January 1880, page 2c,
30 July 1881, page 2d,
14 July 1882, page 2e,
25 August 1882, page 3d,
7 and 10 September 1886, pages 3c and 3g,
25 and 27 August 1887, pages 3f and 3f,
5 April 1888, page 4c,
12 and 15 September 1888, pages 4d and 4c,
11 January 1890, page 3f,
30 September 1890, page 3a,
16 January 1899, page 4a.
"Old Time Cricket", the reminiscences of Mr G.S.P. Jones, is in The
News,
11 April 1929, page 14g.
A review of the 1887-1888 season is in the Chronicle,
7 April 1888, page 14c.
Information on a cricket ground is in the Register,
21 June 1876, page 5a,
Observer,
24 June 1876, page 5g.
A meeting of the Port Adelaide Cricketing Association is reported in the Register,
22 September 1883, page 6d.
Information on the Pioneer Cricket Club is in the Express,
16 July 1885, page 4c,
on the Port Austral Cricket Club on
30 August 1897, page 4b.
Information on the Port Adelaide Senior Cricket Club is in the Observer,
20 August 1892, page 20b.
Interesting letters in respect of a dispute over umpiring at a cricket
match are in the Register,
8 and 13 February 1895, pages 6e and 6h.
An obituary of R.W. Waters is in the Observer,
24 February 1912, page 41b,
of Charles R. Morris, "founder of the Port Adelaide District Cricket Club",
in the Register,
5 January 1918, page 8c.
A photograph of members of a cricket team is in The Critic,
3 March 1915, page 11.
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Football
Also see South Australia - Sport - Football
Information on the Port Adelaide Football Club is in the Express,
2 June 1868, page 2d,
4 May 1869, page 2e,
Register,
4 October 1870, page 5d,
Express,
1 and 22 May 1871, pages 3c and 2e,
Register,
24 August 1868, page 2g,
Observer,
29 August 1868, page 16c,
27 August 1870, page 4d,
8 October 1870, page 8b,
6 and 27 May 1871, pages 4f and 8d,
3 June 1871, page 8d,
Express,
26 August 1871, page 2d,
28 June 1872, page 2b,
Observer,
16 September 1871, page 8d,
26 July 1873, page 9c.
Also see Register,
7 and 21 July 1873, pages 6c and 5e,
23 August 1875, page 5d,
Express,
10 October 1874, page 2c,
23 August 1875, page 2d,
24 July 1876, page 3b,
2 October 1876, page 2c,
1 and 12 May 1877, pages 3g and 2e,
2 June 1877, page 2d,
Observer,
17 April 1875, page 7f,
21 April 1877, page 4b,
13 October 1877, page 5f,
27 September 1884, page 18a,
Express,
4 October 1878, page 3f,
Observer,
26 July 1879, page 6b,
7 January 1880, page 95d,
10 April 1880, page 599b,
5 June 1880, page 919a,
Register,
19 November 1881, page 5e.
Express,
19 November 1881, page 3e,
7 October 1882, page 2g,
9 March 1883, page 2d,
25 September 1884, page 3f,
13 March 1885, page 4b,
11 September 1886, page 3c,
18 March 1887, page 3e,
5 April 1887, page 4b,
11 July 1888, page 6e,
27 and 28 August 1888, pages 4e and 4d,
15 March 1889, page 4c,
8 April 1889, page 4c,
17 June 1889, page 4c,
25 October 1889, page 4c,
10 and 17 January 1890, pages 4c and 4c,
14 February 1890, page 4d,
18 April 1890, page 4c,
14 July 1890, page 4c,
6 and 18 October 1890, pages 4a and 2d.
Also see Express,
14 March 1891, page 4c,
15 July 1891, page 2d,
10 October 1891, page 2e,
11 March 1892, page 4b,
22 March 1893, page 4b,
21 March 1894, page 3e,
9 April 1894, page 3f,
16 and 19 March 1895, pages 6g and 4c,
2 April 1895, page 4c,
19 March 1896, page 4d,
8 March 1897, page 4d,
27 August 1897, page 4b.
An article on local football is in the Register,
6 May 1873, page 6f.
"Port Football Club - Oldest in League" is in The News,
17 September 1925, page 10d.
A photograph of the Patriotic Football Club is in the Observer,
2 September 1916, page 26.
An athletic competition sponsored by the football club is reported in
the Chronicle,
22 April 1882, page 16a.
A dinner given to the Melbourne football team is reported upon in the Express,
20 August 1884, page 3c.
Larrikinism at a football match is reported in the Register,
7 August 1877, page 5b; also see
9 August 1877, page 5b:
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One or two hundred persons... hooting, howling and throwing stones at the South
Adelaide team while they were driving away in their own trap.
Complaints were levelled against the umpire "who acted for the South Adelaides
as being anything but impartial". See Register,
22 and 23 May 1879, pages 7b and 7a for further trouble with the South
Adelaide Football Club and "the crowd of dirty larrikins who always follows them about".
"Port Adelaide v Collingwood" is in the Express,
10 June 1897, page 3e,
versus Geelong on
20 September 1897, page 3d,
versus Fitzroy on
10 August 1898, page 4b.
"Not Association Football" is in the Register,
31 August 1903, page 4f.
A history of the Port Adelaide Football Club is in the Advertiser,
25 July 1908, page 9a,
The News,
20 July 1936, page 4c.
Mr J. Sweeney Looks Back 37 Years" is in The News,
18 September 1924, page 10a.
Mud and stone throwing at a football match is reported in the Advertiser,
9 July 1909, page 9g.
"Protest Against Sunday Sports" is in the Register,
15 August 1910, page 4e.
A photograph of the Port Adelaide team is in the The Critic,
30 May 1906, page 10,
Express,
19 August 1910, page 6.
A fancy-dress football match is reported in the Register,
13 October 1913, page 10e.
Historical information on the club, including biographical details of Harry
Hewitt, an Aboriginal player, is in the Register,
26 February 1916, page 7d.
An obituary of a former player, Kenneth McKenzie, is in the Register,
4 May 1917, page 6f, Observer,
12 May 1917, page 13d,
of Henry Coffen in the Register,
13 December 1918, page 6g.
"Giants of the Past - Early Norwood and Port Adelaide Players" is in The
Mail,
1 October 1921, page 3c.
"Pen Picture of Clem Dayman" is in The Mail,
19 May 1923, page 6g.
A photograph of a Port Adelaide United Church football team is in the Observer,
8 September 1923, page 30.
An obituary of Robert Hosie is in the Register,
30 July 1926, page 11d.
"Port Football Pioneer - Mr Richard Leicester Dead" is in The News,
29 September 1926, page 1b.
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Miscellany
A report on a Port and LeFevre Peninsula horse race meeting on "ground at the
rear of the powder magazine" is in the Register,
21 November 1855, page 3g,
Observer,
24 November 1855, page 3b; also see
Chronicle,
7 July 1860, page 1e (supp.),
Register,
3 April 1866, page 3c,
15 July 1890, page 5c,
Express,
17, 18 and 24 March 1890, pages 4b, 4b and 4b,
Chronicle,
22 March 1890, page 14b,
Express,
29 September 1890, page 4a,
10 August 1892, page 4d,
21 September 1894, page 4b.
A suggested new course is discussed in the Register,
11 November 1910, page 8e.
"Objection to New Course" is in the Register,
15 November 1912, page 8b.
A photograph of the committee of the Port Adelaide Racing Club is in The Critic,
2 January 1924, page 12.
Information on Luchra's Bathing House is in the Register,
22 November 1858, page 3h.
Information on a choral society is in the Observer,
6 July 1861, page 4e,
Register,
27 October 1886, page 5b,
2 November 1886, page 5b.
Information on the Harmonic Society is in the Express,
8 September 1869, page 2d.
A whaleboat race is reported in the Observer,
24 May 1862, page 4d,
4 June 1862, page 4d.
"The Holiday at the Port" is in the Register,
10 November 1863, page 2h; also see
7 January 1867, page 3d.
The foundation of an anglers' club is reported in the Observer,
17 November 1866, page 5c.
Also see South Australia - Sport
- Fishing.
A proposed chess club is discussed in the Register,
24 July 1867, page 2c,
Express,
24 July 1867, page 2c; also see
Express,
21 August 1868, page 2b,
Observer,
22 February 1879, page 13g,
22 March 1879, page 13g.
Information on it is in the Express,
11 July 1879, page 2d,
12 March 1880, page 3d,
Register,
13 March 1880, page 6b; also see
1 March 1881, page 5b,
20 June 1881, page 6f,
24 August 1881, page 5c,
24 March 1882, page 5b.
Also see Adelaide - Entertainment
and the Arts - Chess
"Aquatics - Bucknall's Races" is in the Register,
21 December 1868, page 3d,
Chronicle,
26 December 1868, page 11e.
Information on the Port Adelaide Amateur Athletic Club is in the Register,
2 May 1870, page 5e,
8 December 1873, page 6b,
Express,
2 May 1870, page 3d,
21 and 27 September 1870, pages 2c and 3c.
Also see South Australia
- Sport - Athletics.
The Register of
2 May 1870, page 5e has a report of "Port Adelaide Athletic Sports" held at
Woodville on Mr Anthony Hall's land; also see
3 May 1870, page 6b.
A proposed ketch race from Semaphore is discussed in the Observer,
15 October 1870, page 7g,
19 November 1870, page 8a,
18 November 1871, pages 7e-8a; see
Chronicle,
9 January 1875, page 12f,
7 and 14 August 1875, pages 14d and 14b.
A proposed recreational ground is discussed in the Register,
19 September 1874, page 5b,
9 May 1877, page 7,
11 June 1877, page 5c,
Observer,
12 May 1877, page 13b,
2 and 16 June 1877, pages 11c and 7b,
18 August 1877, page 10f,
Register,
4 August 1877, page 5b,
6 October 1894, page 5h,
23 November 1894, page 5c,
5 April 1895, page 5b,
Express,
13 September 1878, page 2d,
13 January 1880, page 2c,
21 September 1897, page 4c,
16 May 1904, page 3h.
Information on the "Queen and Albert Oval" is in the Register,
23 May 1879, page 5d.
"Aquatics at Port Adelaide" is in the Register, 23 February 1880, page 6a.
Formation of a Shinty Club is reported in the Register,
15 August 1882, page 5d,
Observer,
19 August 1882, page 19a,
Register,
17 October 1882, page 5e.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Shinty
A 50 mile walking match between Messrs W. Harris and M. Cann at the Town
Hall is described in the Register,
2 July 1883, page 4g.
A quoit match is reported in the Register,
31 December 1883, page 5b,
5 January 1884, page 5d.
The opening of a roller-skating rink is reported in the Register,
16 June 1888, page 7e; also see
Express,
19 July 1910, page 1d.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Roller and Ice Skating
A meeting called to form a baseball team is reported in the Register,
21 March 1889, page 6e; also see
27 March 1889, page 6h,
Express,
21 and 27 March 1889, pages 4c and 7e,
24 September 1894, page 3f.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Baseball
"Port Adelaide Trotting Race" is in the Chronicle,
23 November 1889, page 15d.
Information on a trotting club is in the Register,
20 February 1922, page 4f.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Horse Racing
The formation of a bowling club is reported in the Chronicle,
6 June 1903, page 23a,
Register,
27 June 1903, page 5a and
its opening on
8 February 1904, page 3e; also see
Express,
27 September 1904, page 2c,
The Critic,
1 February 1905, page 13 (photograph).
Information on the Port Central Bowling Club is in The Mail,
23 February 1929, page 4c.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Bowling
The opening of the tennis courts is reported in the Register,
25 April 1904, page 3c.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Tennis
A meeting of a lacrosse club is in the Express,
28 March 1906, page 2d.
A team photograph is in The Critic,
31 July 1912, page 13.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Lacrosse
A photograph of members of the cycle club is in the Chronicle,
7 November 1908, page 31.
A Port Adelaide Cycling Club event on the Largs Bay beach is reported in the Chronicle,
24 April 1897, page 20c.
Information on the Port Adelaide Cycling Club is in the Observer,
25 April 1908, page 18d,
29 August 1908, page 20e.
A photograph of members of the cycle club is in the Chronicle,
7 November 1908, page 31.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Cycling
An obituary of Thomas G. Smith is in the Observer,
25 December 1909, page 38a.
Photographs of a fete is in the Observer,
8 January 1910, page 27,
an Australia Day celebration are in the The Critic,
16 August 1916, page 14,
Chronicle,
27 July 1918, page 24,
of a baby competition on
29 October 1931, page 34.
A photograph of the committee of an Athletic and Whippet Club is in The
Critic,
5 October 1910, page 13.
Information on the Port Adelaide Ladies' Glee Club is in the Register,
8 December 1910, page 6f,
Express,
24 November 1920, page 1e.
"For Charity's Sake - Good Fun at Port Oval" is in the Register,
2 September 1912, page 3g.
Information on the Port Adelaide Sailing Club is in the Register,
2 November 1914, page 7d,
9 March 1925, page 6h.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Yachting
"Baths for Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
20 February 1920, page 6e.
Photographs of a swimming event at Fletcher's Dock are in the Observer,
29 January 1921, page 23.
"Loss to Swimmers - Fletcher Dock Taken Over" is in The News,
24 April 1926, page 4d.
photographs of swimming at Fletcher's dock are in The Critic,
18 February 1920, page 13.
Also see South Australia
- Sports - Swimming and Bathing
Information on the Port Adelaide Amateur Swimming Club is in The News,
5 March 1929, page 2d.
Photographs of the annual "Swim Through Port Adelaide" are in the Observer,
15 February 1930, page 33.
A swim through Port Adelaide is reported in the Chronicle,
12 February 1931, page 38.
Information on the Port Adelaide Club is in the Observer,
26 February 1927, page 16e.
"Port Adelaide Boxing" is in the Register,
31 March 1928, page 13,
The News,
21 May 1928, page 9f.
Also see South Australia - Sports
- Boxing
"Sunday Games at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
6 November 1928, page 13f.
Also see South Australia -
Religion - Breaking the Sabbath
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Regattas
"The Regatta" is in the Register, 22 September 1838, page 4a:
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The lovers of aquatic sports... were gratified by Captains Hart of the Porcher
and Cook of the Eden with a novel spectacle of boat racing...
Reminiscences of early regattas are in the Register,
10 December 1860,
30 October 1899, page 5a.
A Port Regatta is reported upon in the Register,
8 and 23 February 1855, pages 2h and 3b,
7 March 1855, page 2g,
14 and 27 October 1857, pages 3e and 3f,
22 December 1857, page 3f,
1 and 2 January 1858, pages 3f and 3f,
5 January 1859, page 3b,
3 January 1860, page 3e,
Express,
9 January 1864, page 2e,
Register,
9 November 1865, page 2f,
2 January 1866, page 3c,
27 November 1866, page 2e,
24 and 31 December 1866, pages 3a and 2h,
Observer,
11 November 1865, page 4c (supp.),
6 January 1866, page 2d supp.),
26 October 1867, page 1g (supp.).
Also see Observer,
8 January 1870, page 13f,
22 and 29 October 1870, pages 8c and 8c,
12 November 1870, page 7b,
7 and 21 January 1871, pages 15c and 3c,
Register,
17 and 31 December 1868, pages 2g and 2a,
Express,
18 October 1870, page 2c,
28 November 1870, page 2f,
31 December 1870, page 2g,
Register,
3 January 1871, page 6b,
Observer,
2 September 1871, page 5c.
Express,
31 August 1871, page 2c,
31 December 1873, page 3e,
19 April 1875, page 2d,
26 August 1876, page 7c,
The Lantern,
8 January 1876, page 6a,
Express,
4 and 8 January 1878, pages 2d and 2c,
29 November 1879, page 2f,
24 November 1884, page 2c,
4 December 1886, page 3f,
3 January 1888, page 3b,
2 January 1890, page 3b,
Observer,
9 January 1892, page 15e,
Register,
2 January 1885, page 6f,
Express,
2 January 1896, page 4b,
11 November 1902, page 2g,
3 January 1911, pages 1h-3e.
The Critic,
2 January 1907, page 16,
4 January 1911, page 3, (photographs),
Register,
30 November 1924, page 10f.
The reminiscences of Robert Cruickshank are in the Express,
2 January 1909, page 3g.
Photographs are in the The Critic,
13 March 1903, page 14,
20 June 1903, page 4,
Chronicle,
8 January 1910, page 29.
A photograph of a Naval Regatta are in the Chronicle,
4 December 1930, page 37.
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Rifle Shooting
Also see:
South Australia - Sports - Rifle Shooting
South Australia - Defence of the Colony
Rifle Shooting at Port Adelaide
(Taken from an unpublished manuscript by Geoffrey H. Manning, The Russians are Coming - copy in State Library)
A preliminary meeting was held in the Glanville Hotel on 2 September 1876 for the purpose of forming a rifle club. The chairman, Councillor C. Reynolds, "expressed his surprise that the Port had not had a rifle club long before, as there was every facility offered in the shape of a safe practice ground." Mr S.J. Skipper, the Secretary of the SA Rifle Association, told the meeting that Enfield rifles were lent by the government to the association which was under a bond to pay £2.10s. for each rifle lost or damaged and they were issued to members of rifle clubs on the same conditions. Mr Alan Quin was appointed as a pro tem secretary while Mesrs C. Reynolds, W.D. Cook and G. Deslandes were appointed as a committee to wait upon the local council to explain the objects of the club and obtain permission to use part of the government reserve as a practice ground and to see Mr Hart and obtain his leave to shoot over part of his property adjoining the reserve.
Thirty persons attended a meeting on 14 September 1876 when the Port Adelaide and Suburban Rifle Club was officially established; Mr F.H. Rix was appointed as pro tem secretary and M.W. Little as treasurer, while the council consisted of Messrs J. and G. Deslandes, W. Goldsworthy, W.D. and W. Cook, James Ferguson and C.J. Reynolds. Those present were informed that the District Council of Glanville had given permission for the club to shoot on the military reserve, where the sandhills would form a natural butt and where a range of 700 yards could be obtained and that Mr Hart had given permission to use his land for longer ranges.
Following assent being given to the Rifle Companies Act, on 18 February 1879 a meeting was held at the Ship Inn of the "newly-formed company" when Mr J.C. Lovely presided. Mr A.P. Hall, JP, informed the meeting that he had received 20 stands of arms for the use of the company and a wish was expressed for a grey uniform, but Mr Hall was "empowered to use his judgment on the matter when representing the company." The first competitive shooting was held at the Glanville Range on 6 December 1879, while a new range in connection with C Company, South Adelaide Rifle Club, was opened on 26 July 1884 when Captain Oldham fired the first shot.
As discussed earlier, prize firing and practice were for some years carried out at Dry Creek, where the accommodation was not the best, or at Fulham where it was not much better, but in June 1886 a new ground was laid out near Port Adelaide "on a spot [at the North Arm] near the old embankment where the land is of use for nothing better at present:
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After crossing the creek and getting up to the 800
yards range the pathway is met at right angles
by other paths extending for 300 yards, one on
either side, and giving access to thirteen different
ranges... A 10-feet roadway is being made up to
the old Magazine road to the North Arm..."
From time to time complaints were made regarding the unsuitability of this site because of its proximity to the only road leading to both the North Arm and the North Arm Powder Magazines, and the danger was accentuated following the introduction of the '303' rifle. It was contended that the erection of new butts for the use of the naval force was a serious menace to the safety of the magazines and objection to their erection and use was made by the Inspector of Explosives:
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The possibility of a stray bullet striking this dynamite was considered by
the magazine keeper to be so great that he had asked to be relieved from
duty... In one instance a boy on horseback... heard the whistle of a bullet,
ducked his head, with the result that only the top of his hat was shot away.
Extensive alterations were made to the ranges in 1903 when the pits were substantially timbered, while above the level of the road 3-feet silt mounds were erected. Behind these were thick iron plates, so that the markers would be able to work in complete safety. However, prior to the alterations, early in 1903 a Mr Conyers was marking when "some one cross fired" and a bullet from a Martini-Henry struck him and he was seriously injured, while in 1915 a member of a rifle club was killed when struck by a stray bullet - it was supposed that a bullet had struck some object short of the range and then ricocheted in another direction.
In conclusion, mention must be made of the fact that women formed rifle clubs in the 1890s but it was not until October 1907, at the behest of Lieutenant Leschen, that the Ladies' Smallbore Rifle Association was founded.
General Notes
A proposal for a rifle club is reported in the Express,
4, 16 and 19 September 1876, pages 2c, 2d and 2c,
Register,
4 September 1876, page 5g,
Observer,
30 September 1876, page 19g;
a report on its formation is in the Register,
20 February 1879, page 5a and
its first prize meeting on
8 December 1879, page 5a; also see
28 January 1881, page 6d.
The opening of a rifle range is reported in the
Register
29 July 1884, page 5d and
a trial of a Maxim gun at the ranges in the Advertiser,
21 November 1893, page 7b.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
7 October 1911, page 31,
Observer,
27 November 1920, page 26,
26 September 1925, page 33,
2 October 1930, page 31.
Information on rifle ranges appears in the Register,
14 June 1886, page 6d,
Advertiser,
14 June 1886, page 6f and
Register,
17 November 1899, page 7c,
21 September 1901, page 6f,
Express,
17 November 1899, page 3g.
"Dangerous Rifle Ranges" is in the Register,
17 November 1899, page 7c,
"Rifle Ranges" on
8 June 1903, page 4e.
"Port Adelaide Ranges Tragedy" is in the Observer,
4 December 1915, pages 24a-33a-47c,
Register,
30 November 1915, page 4f.
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Rowing
Also see South Australia - Sports - Rowing
The formation of a yachting and rowing club is reported in the Register,
15 January 1861, page 3f; also see
11, 16 and 23 February 1861, pages 2g, 2 and 2c,
6 April 1861, page 2e.
A picnic arranged by the Pelican Rowing Club is reported in the Observer,
6 April 1861, page 3f;
8 October 1862, page 2d,
12 November 1862, page 3f,
12 September 1868, page 5c,
23 October 1869, page 7a,
2 July 1870, page 5b,
26 February 1876, page 6a,
Register,
4 April 1861, page 2g,
6 May 1861, page 3d,
4 December 1865, page 3c,
4 September 1868, page 2g.
A rowing match in the Chronicle,
11 May 1861, page 3f.
The first meeting of the United Sailing and Rowing Club is reported in the Express,
17 September 1872, page 3b.
"The Challenge Rowing Match" is in the Register,
8 July 1861, page 3f.
The formation of the Nautilus Rowing Club is reported in the Observer,
22 December 1866, page 1f (supp.),
5 January 1867, page 4f.
"The Champion Pulling Match" is in the Observer,
2 November 1867, page 2e.
Rowing is discussed in the Register,
23 November 1868, page 3c,
1 and 18 December 1868, pages 3f and 2d.
The formation of the Port Adelaide Rowing Club is reported in the Express,
16 October 1878, page 2d,
2 and 16 November 1878, pages 2d and 2d,
9 and 20 December 1878, pages 3d and 2d,
12 February 1884, page 3c.
The establishment of a rowing club is reported in the Observer,
19 and 26 October 1878, pages 13f and 20c,
9 and 23 November 1878, pages 21e and 11g,
14 December 1878, page 18e,
Register,
15 November 1878, page 5d; also see
2 and 9 December 1878, pages 5c and 6b; also see
13 December 1881, page 5a.
Express,
17 October 1882, page 2d,
20 November 1886, page 4b,
20 December 1886, page 3c,
6 October 1890, page 4c,
Observer,
21 December 1891, pages 4g-6c.
A sketch of a jubilee inter-colonial eight-oar race is in the Pictorial
Australian in
November 1887, page 168;
a photograph of a crew is in the Chronicle,
10 March 1928, page 22.
A sculling match is reported in the Register,
20 January 1885, page 5b and
a "pair-oar" race on
26 January 1885, page 7c.
The first 8-oar race in South Australia is reported in the Register,
13 and 15 November 1886, pages 5b-6h and 5b-6g.
The launching of such a boat is reported on
5 November 1888.
Information on a Working Men's Rowing Club is in the Register,
18 May 1891, page 7b,
Express,
9 October 1891, page 2g,
on the Port Athletic and Rowing Club on
27 January 1899, page 2e.
A skiff race between two hoteliers, W.A. Langley and G. Bishop, is reported
in the Register,
15 February 1893, page 5c.
Biographical details of J.H. Walker, rower, are in the Register,
14 March 1903, page 7d.
Photographs of an eight-oar championship are in The Critic,
1 March 1905, pages 13 and 14.
An obituary of J.L. Irvine is in the Register,
22 January 1907, page 5b.
Biographical details of G.A. & C.T. Lawton, rowers, are in the Register,
20 April 1909, page 6g.
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Yachting
Also see South Australia - Sports - Yachting
Yatchting is reported upon in the Observer,
15 February 1860, page 5g.
The formation of a Yacht & Rowing Club is discussed in the Observer,
19 January 1861, page 3g,
16 and 23 February 1861, pages 3d and 3e-4e.
An obituary of J.L. Irvine is in the Observer,
26 January 1907, page 38c.
A model yacht club is discussed in the Register,
6 November 1868, page 2h.
Information on a yacht club is in the Observer,
14 September 1872, page 7b.
Sketches of the opening of a yachting season are in Frearson's Weekly,
19 October 1878, page 265.
The final competition of the Port Adelaide Yacht Club in its inaugural year
is reported in the Register,
26 April 1898, page 7b.
An obituary of W. Christie is in the Register,
1 October 1889, page 5a.
A yacht race on the Port river is reported in the Express,
16 January 1899, page 4c.
"Yacht Accommodation at Port Adelaide" is in the Register,
1 July 1912, page 9e.
