Davis Sporting Collection No. 1. 1862-1936 : Box 4
Davis Sporting Collection No. 1
Boxes 3-5: Miscellaneous Societies’ Picnics or Annual Sports Carnivals, 1890-1932, and Amateur Athletics Carnivals In Australia And New Zealand, 1899-1931
Box 4: Miscellaneous societies’ picnics or annual carnivals, 1891-1930
69 items
| Item No. | Name | Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item 4-1 | Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society of New South Wales | Official programme : Hibernian A.C.B. Society's sports carnival : Agricultural Grounds, Boxing Day 1915 | 1915 | Annotated |
| Item 4-2 | United Ancient Order of Druids. Grand Lodge of New South Wales | Official programme : issued free : harbour excursions to Clifton Gardens : Saturday, February 1st and 15th and March 1st [1913] | [1913] | Ribbon inscribed ‘Referee' inserted |
| Item 4-3 | New South Wales Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association | The children's day : Sydney Cricket Ground, Wednesday, Sept. 24th, 1913 : official programme | 1913 | |
| Item 4-4 | New South Wales Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association | P.S.A.A.A. 24th annual demonstration : the children's day : R.A.S. Grounds, Wednesday, Sept. 18th, 1912 : official programme | 1912 | |
| Item 4-5 | Manly Amateur Athletic Club | Programme : international sports meeting : South Africa and New South Wales : Manly Oval : Thursday, 23rd March, 1922 | 1922 | Annotated |
| Item 4-6 | Manly Amateur Athletic Club | [Newscutting relating to event in item 4-5: ‘Springboks at Manly : Bukes defeats Oosterlaak'] | [1922] | Newscutting |
| Item 4-7 | Goulburn Amateur Athletic Club | Official programme : grand athletic & cycling carnival : Sportsground Goulburn : Saturday, 12th April, 1930 | 1930 | |
| Item 4-8 | New South Wales Lacrosse Association | Sports meeting, University Oval, Saturday, 5th May, 1900 : official programme | 1900 | Annotated |
| Item 4-9 | Brisbane Rugby Football League | Official programme : 15th biennial Australian and New Zealand track and field games championships : under the auspices of the Queensland Amateur Athletic Association […] second day's programme in conjunction with the Brisbane Rugby Football League's KayeCup and premiership fixtures, Exhibition Grounds, Saturday, August 21st, 1926 | 1926 | Annotated |
| Item 4-10a | Australian Gas Light Company | The ninth annual picnic & sports of the Australian Gas-Light Company's employees […] Clontarf, on Saturday, January 12th, 1907 | 1907 | Annotated |
| Item 4-10b | Australian Gas Light Company | [Menu relating to event in item 4-10A] | 1907 | |
| Item 4-11 | Grand Commonwealth Fair | Official programme : commonwealth fair sports : Agricultural Ground : Saturday, 11th Nov., 1899 | 1899 | Annotated |
| Item 4-12 | International Athletic Carnival | International athletic carnival : Manly : Tuesday 24th March, 1931 | 1931 | Annotated |
| Item 4-13 | Otago University Amateur Athletic Club (N.Z.) | Otago University grandstand and sports area: opening ceremony : souvenir programme : interfaculty athletics and grand gala : Logan Park : April 5th, 1930 | 1930 | |
| Item 4-14 | Leichhardt (N.S.W. : Municipality). Council | Leichhardt jubilee celebrations : monster procession and sports carnival : Saturday, 22nd October, 1921 : Leichhardt Oval and Park : official programme | 1921 | Annotated |
| Item 4-15 | Ashfield Patriotic & Sports Carnival Committee | A monster patriotic & sports carnival : Pratten Park, Ashfield, Saturday, 20th October, 1917 | 1917 | Annotated |
| Item 4-16 | Programme : athletic & cycling carnival : Pratten Park, Saturday, Nov. 20 | [c.1920] | Annotated; programme for ‘Ferris Memorial Cup, 100 yards', inserted | |
| Item 4-17 | Farmer and Company | Victoria House : first annual staff sports meeting : Newington College Oval, Saturday, October 14, 1922 | 1922 | Annotated |
| Item 4-18 | Otautau Patriotic Demonstration (N.Z.) | Souvenir programme : Otautau patriotic demonstration : Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 13th, 14th and 15th April, 1915 | 1915 | |
| Item 4-19 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Wellington Centre | Springboks NZ tour : amateur athletics : official souvenir programme [South Africa v. New Zealand. Athletic Park, Wellington, 25 February 1922] | 1922 | |
| Item 4-20 | Campsie Recreation Ground Syndicate | Grand sports meeting on the Recreation Ground (cnr. 1st & 7th Avenues) on Saturday, 17th November, 1917 | 1917 | Annotated; two newscuttings and a copy without annotations inserted |
| Item 4-21 | Concord Municipal Sports Committee | Programme : international sports, Monday, April 24, 1905 | 1905 | |
| Item 4-22 | Parramatta and Hills District Amelioration (War) Fund | Official programme : patriotic sports : Parramatta Oval : Saturday, April 29, 1916 | 1916 | Annotated |
| Item 4-23 | New South Wales Patriotic Fund | Official programme : patriotic sports carnival : Hampden Oval, Paddington, March 15, 1900 | 1900 | Annotated |
| Item 4-24 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Australian and New Zealand cross-country championship : Hutt Park Racecourse, Wellington, N.Z. : 29th August, 1925, at 3.15 p.m. | 1925 | R. Coombes's copy; a annotated |
| Item 4-25a | Botany Harriers Athletic Club | Triangular challenge contest : St. George Harriers v. South Sydney Harriers v. BotanyHarriers : Redfern Park Oval, Saturday, January 25, 1908 : programme | 1908 | |
| Item 4-25b | Botany Harriers Athletic Club | [Sheet of results relating to event in item 4- 25A] | 1908 | Manuscript |
| Item 4-26a | Western Australian Athletic League | The Albany season, 1913 : grand sports carnival, Ulster Road reserve : Thursday, March 6 and Saturday March 8 | 1913 | |
| Item 4-26b | Western Australian Athletic League | Programme for Saturday : Sheffield Handicap, 120 yards [relates to event in item 4-26A] | [1913] | Annotated |
| Item 4-27 | Memorial Day Celebrations (Qld.) | Programme of sports of Queensland memorial day celebrations : Exhibition Grounds, April 23rd, 1919 | 1919 | |
| Item 4-28 | Australian Universities' Sports Association | Souvenir programme : international athletic contest : Springboks v. Combined Australian Universities : Wed., 15th March 1922, at Sydney University Oval | 1922 | |
| Item 4-29 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. Auckland Centre | [H.M.S.] New Zealand souvenir : May 1913 : official programme | 1913 | |
| Item 4-30 | Inter-Empire Sports Committee | Inter-Empire championships : Patron: His Most Gracious Majesty the King : Hon. President: the Right Hon. Lord Desborough,K.C.V.O. : at the Festival of Empire : Crystal Palace, Saturday, 1st July, 1911 | 1911 | |
| Item 4-31 | Sports & Amusements Ltd. | Official programme : athletic championships : the great ₤500 band contest : champion cycling and motor racing : the Australian Buckjumpers Ltd. : to be held on the [Sydney] Sports Ground during American Fleet Week | 1908 | Annotated; includes names of all musicians in brass band competition |
| Item 4-32 | Australasian Championship Sports | First day : official programme : sixth Australasian championship sports meeting : Melbourne Cricket Ground : Saturday, January 30, 1904 | 1904 | R. Coombes's copy; annotated |
| Item 4-33 | Australasian Amateur Athletic Championship Sports | Second Australasian amateur athletic championship sports combined with Australasian & New Zealand bicycle championships : second day (Saturday), January 4, 1896, Lancaster Park, Christchurch, N.Z. | 1896 | Plan of athletic track and field on back cover |
| Item 4-34 | South Sydney Hospital Carnival League | Second annual carnival and sports : Victoria Park Racecourse : Saturday, November 16 [1918] | [1918] | Annotated |
| Item 4-35 | Hordernian Social and Athletic Association | Programme: fifth annual sports meeting to be held at the Hordernian Sports Ground : Wardell Road : April 10th, 1926 | 1926 | Annotated |
| Item 4-36 | World's Sprint Championship | Programme of sports in conjunction with world's sprint championship : distance 120 yards, Saturday, October 23 [1909] :Springfield Park, Wigan : Holway (America) v. Postle (Australia) for ₤200 | [1909] | Black and white photographs of Holway and in colour) on front coverPostle (uniforms |
| Item 4-37 | Albion Cricket Club (N.S.W.) | Albion Cricket Club sports : Albion Ground, West Maitland, May 25, 1891 : official programme | 1891 | Covers damaged; several pages excised; annotated |
| Item 4-38 | Concord Municipal Sports Committee | Programme : international sports, Monday, April 24, 1905 | 1905 | |
| Item 4-39 | St. Paul Young Men's Union | Programme of events of eighth annual picnic & sports, St. Paul Young Men's Union, to be held at Chowder Bay, on Saturday, September 28, 1895 | 1895 | Annotated |
| Item 4-40 | Balmain Friendly Societies | Balmain Friendly Societies' hospital sports : (under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor) : held at Birchgrove Reserve, on Saturday October 16, '97 : programme | 1897 | Annotated |
| Item 4-41 | Brisbane Rugby Football League | Official programme : 15th biennial Australian and New Zealand track and field games championships : under the auspices of the Queensland Amateur Athletic Association […] second day's programme in conjunction with the Brisbane Rugby Football League's Kaye Cup and premiership fixtures, Exhibition Grounds, Saturday, August 21st, 1926 | 1926 | Annotated |
| Item 4-42 | Amalgamated Slaughtermen and Journeymen Butchers' Union | Journeymen butchers' picnic : programme of sports and art union prizes : Wednesday, June 12th, 1901 [tenth annual picnic, CliftonGardens] | 1901 | Annotated |
| Item 4-43 | New South Wales Sports Club | [Information leaflet, c. 1901] | [c. 1901] | |
| Item 4-44 | Combined New Zealand Universities | Track and field challenge : Combined New Zealand Universities v. a New South Wales team at Church of England Grammar School Ground, Northbridge : Saturday, June 1st, 1929 | 1929 | Annotated |
| Item 4-45 | New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association (1887-1932) | Inter-club competition : time-table : 2nd November 1929 | 1929 | |
| Item 4-46 | Parramatta District Cricket Club | Amateur athletic sports : Parramatta Cricket Ground, Saturday, Sept. 20th, 1890 : official programme | 1890 | Annotated |
| Item 4-47 | Rangers Football Club [Great Britain]Scottish Amateur Athletic Association | Annual sports (under S.A.A.A. rules) : Ibrox Park, Ibrox, Glasgow, Saturday 4th August, 1917 | 1917 | Annotated |
| Item 4-48 | Brisbane Rugby Football League | Official programme : 15th biennial Australian and New Zealand track and field games championships : under the auspices of the Queensland Amateur Athletic Association […] second day's programme in conjunction with the Brisbane Rugby Football League's Kaye Cup and premiership fixtures, Exhibition Grounds, Saturday, August 21st, 1926 | 1926 | |
| Item 4-49 | Duntroon Caledonian Society (N.Z.)North Otago Caledonian Society (N.Z.)Otago Athletic and Cycling Club (N.Z.)Waikouaiti Caledonian Society (N.Z.) Waimate Caledonian Society (N.Z.) | Programme of great athletic carnival week | 1925 | R. Coombes's copy |
| Item 4-50 | Commonwealth Peace Celebrations | Programme of grand carnival and sports : Brisbane Domain : 19th July 1919 [Queensland's Peace Day Celebrations : souvenir programme : land and aquatic sports and Venetian carnival] | 1919 | |
| Item 4-51 | Amateur Athletic Union [US] | Final American Olympic tryouts and A.A.U. national track and field championships : Stanford Stadium : Friday and Saturday : July 15 and 16, 1932 | 1931 | Annotated |
| Item 4-52 | New Zealand University TournamentVictoria University College Tournament Committee (N.Z.) | Twenty-fourth N.Z. university tournament : Wellington, Easter, 1928 : official programme: lawn tennis : athletic sports : basketball : debating contest : boxing championships : rowing : cricket | 1928 | Annotated |
| Item 4-53 | Messrs. Henry Bull & Co. | Programme of sports : first annual picnic and sports at Clontarf, November 18, 1893 | 1893 | |
| Item 4-54 | Poly Sports Club (Great Britain) | Poly marathon race and military athletic sports : Saturday afternoon : June 21st, 1919 at 2.30 : Stamford Bridge Ground : Fulham Road, London, S.W. | 1919 | Annotated |
| Item 4-55 | Nepean District Agricultural,Horticultural and Industry SocietyNew South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | 50 miles road walking championship of N.S.W. […] and combined sports […] Penrith,N.S.W. : Saturday 8th September, 1928 | 1928 | Annotated |
| Item 4-56a | Nepean District Agricultural, Horticultural and Industry SocietyNew South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | 50 miles road walking championship ofN.S.W. […] and combined sports […] Penrith,N.S.W. : Saturday 8th September, 1928 | 1928 | Annotated |
| Item 4-56b | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | [Sheet of results relating to main event in item 4-56A] | 1928 | Manuscript |
| Item 4-57 | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | The second fifty miles road walking championship : […] Saturday, 3rd September, 1927 : Sydney, N.S.W., Australia | 1927 | R. Coombes's copy; annotated |
| Item 4-58 | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | National walking championships : fifth seven miles and first ladies' half mile : Manly Oval – Sydney, N.S.W. : Saturday, September 24, 1927 | 1927 | Annotated |
| Item 4-59 | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | Tenth 7 miles walking championship ofN.S.W. : 1st half-mile ladies walking championship and supporting programme : Hampden Oval : Paddington, Sydney, N.S.W.: Saturday, 17th September, 1927 | 1927 | Annotated |
| Item 4-60 | New South Wales Amateur Walking Club | 50 kilometres road walking championship : Saturday, 6th September, 1930 : Sydney, N.S.W., Australia | 1930 | Includes map of the course in Bankstown and an entry couponfor guessing the correct winning time of the race |
| Item 4-61 | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | National walking championships : fifth seven miles and first ladies' half mile : Manly Oval – Sydney, N.S.W. : Saturday, September 24, 1927 | 1927 | |
| Item 4-62a | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | 1st fifty miles amateur road walking championship : 18th September, 1926 :Sydney, N.S.W., Australia : souvenir programme | 1926 | Annotated |
| Item 4-62b | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | 1st 50 miles amateur road walking championship : Sydney, N.S.W., Australia : 18th September, 1926 : map of course | 1926 | Map; annotated with results on back |
| Item 4-63 | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | 7 miles walking championship of Australasia : Thompson Cup inter-club contests and supporting athletic & cycling events : Sydney Sports Ground : Saturday, November 8th, 1924 | 1924 | R. Coombes's copy; annotated |
| Item 4-64 | New South Wales Amateur Walking and Field Games Club | 7 miles walking championship of Australasia : Thompson Cup inter-club contests and supporting athletic & cycling events : Sydney Sports Ground : Saturday, November 8th, 1924 | 1924 | Annotated |