Davis Sporting Collection No. 1. 1862-1936 ; Box 5
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 5: Miscellaneous societies’ picnics or annual carnivals, 1890-1926 and Amateur athletic associations – carnivals, 1888-1928
90 items
| Item No. | Name | Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item 5-1 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Handbook of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association (established 1887) : affiliated to A.A. Union of Australasia : constitution and rules governing the control of amateur athletics in New Zealand, racing laws, records, etc. | 1911 | Bound |
| Item 5-2 | New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association (1887-1932)Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales | Official programme : May Day labour celebration […] : Association Cricket Ground, Saturday, May 2nd, 1891 | 1891 | Note on cover: ‘rough copy'; pink cover |
| Item 5-3 | Western Suburbs Amateur Athletic Club | D.H. MacKenzie memorial handicap : 30th June, 1928 | 1928 | Annotated |
| Item 5-4 | New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association (1887-1932)Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales | Official programme : May Day labour celebration […] : Association Cricket Ground, Saturday, May 2nd, 1891 | 1891 | Blue cover |
| Item 5-5 | Australasian Amateur Athletic Championship Sports | First Australasian championship sports : under the patronage of His Excellency the Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.M.G. : programme : Prince of Wales' birthday, Nov. 9th, 1893(first day) : Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1893 | R. Coombes's copy; annotated |
| Item 5-6 | Australasian Amateur Athletic Championship Sports | First Australasian championship sports : under the patronage of His Excellency the Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.M.G. : programme : Prince of Wales' birthday, Nov. 9th, 1893 (first day) : Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1893 | |
| Item 5-7 | Drummoyne Park Fete | Drummoyne Park fete and sports meeting : Drummoyne Park, Saturday, June 25th, 1892 : programme | 1892 | |
| Item 5-8 | Masters' and Engineers' Association of New South Wales | First annual picnic : Clifton Gardens, Wednesday, November 26th, 1902 : also, moonlight excursion and concert | 1902 | |
| Item 5-9 | Messrs. Henry Bull & Co. | Programme of sports : second annual picnic and sports : at Cabarita, October 20, 1894 | 1894 | |
| Item 5-10 | Queensland Amateur Athletic Association | Souvenir of 15th biennial Australian and New Zealand track and field games and decathlon championships : Brisbane, August, 1926 | 1926 | |
| Item 5-11 | Southern Rugby Football Union | Official programme : annual sports meeting, Association Cricket Ground, Saturday, Sept. 5, 1891 | 1891 | Annotated |
| Item 5-12 | Australasian Amateur Athletic Championship Sports | First Australasian championship sports : under the patronage of His Excellency the Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.M.G. : programme : second day, November 11th, 1893 : Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1893 | R. Coombes's copy; annotated |
| Item 5-13 | Southern Rugby Football Union | Official programme : second grand sports meeting, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1890, at the Association Cricket Ground : Moore Park, Sydney | 1890 | Annotated |
| Item 5-14 | Albion Cricket Club (N.S.W.) | Official programme : athletic sports and football match : Queen's birthday, AlbionGround, West Maitland [rugby union: Randwick FC v. Maitland FC] | [c.1890s] | |
| Item 5-15 | Redfern Poor Relief Fund | Official programme : first grand sports meeting : Redfern Park, Saturday, September 22, 1894, in aid of the Redfern Poor Relief Fund | 1894 | R. Coombes's copy; annotated |
| Item 5-16 | Jack Rowan's Athletic Meeting | Jack Rowan's athletic meeting : Sydney Sports Ground, Tuesday night, 1st Dec., 1914 : official programme | 1914 | |
| Item 5-17 | New Zealand Running Championship | Day McLachlan match : New Zealand running championship : match purse 100 sovs. : wager 100 sovs. : sports programme: Saturday, June 29 1907 : Domain Cricket Groudn [i.e. Ground] : Auckland | 1907 | Annotated; photographs of Day and McLachlan on front cover |
| Item 5-18 | New Zealand Running Championship | Programme of sports in conjunction with Day-McLachlan match : New Zealand running championship : Saturday, May 25th, 1907 : Caledonian Grounds, Dunedin | 1907 | Photograph of promoter Rufe Naylor on front cover |
| Item 5-19 | Australian Gas Light Company | Seventh annual picnic and sports of the Australian Gas-Light Coy's employees […] Clontarf, on Saturday, January 21st, 1905 | 1905 | Annotated |
| Item 5-20 | Bank of New South Wales | Bank of New South Wales sports : programme : Sydney Cricket Ground (No. 2Ground), Saturday, 23rd October, 1909 | 1909 | Annotated |
| Item 5-21 | Drummoyne Park Fete | Drummoyne Park fete and sports meeting : Drummoyne Park, Saturday, June 25th, 1892 : programme | 1892 | |
| Item 5-22 | Prospect and Sherwood Progress Association | Sports, gala and carnival : Parramatta Cricket Ground, Prince of Wales' birthday,Wednesday 9th November, 1898 : official programme | 1898 | Several pages excised |
| Item 5-23 | New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association (1887-1932)Trades and Labour Council of New South Wales | Official programme : May Day labour celebration […] : Association Cricket Ground, Saturday, May 2nd, 1891 | 1891 | Pink cover; several pages excised |
| Item 5-24 | [Programme of athletic events including one mile amateur championship of New South Wales; includes many advertisements for Balmain businesses] | [n.d.] | Annotated; covers missing | |
| Item 5-25 | Melbourne University Athletic Club | Annual sports meeting : University Oval : Wednesday, June 5th, 1912 : ‘varsity day | 1912 | Annotated |
| Item 5-26 | Teachers' Amateur Athletic Club (N.S.W.) | Official programme : annual sports, Thursday, September 20th, 1888 | 1888 | Annotated |
| Item 5-27 | World's 220 Yards Championship | Program of sports in connection with world's 220 yards championship : the Stadium, Johannesburg : Postle (Australia)v. Day (United Kingdom) for ₤500 | [1909] | Black and white photographs of Postle and Day (uniforms in colour) on front cover; annotated |
| Item 5-28 | Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society in New South Wales. Sydney District | Official programme : annual demonstration & sports : Prince of Wales' birthday, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1892 : Association Cricket Ground, Moore Park | 1892 | Proof copy; lacking covers |
| Item 5-29 | Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows FriendlySociety in New South Wales. Sydney District | Official programme : annual demonstration & sports : Prince of Wales' birthday,Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1892 : Association Cricket Ground, Moore Park | 1892 | |
| Item 5-30 | Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales | Official sports programme : Royal Agricultural Society's exhibition | 1897 | |
| Item 5-31 | Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales | Official sports programme : Royal Agricultural Society's exhibition | 1897 | Annotated |
| Item 5-32 | United Friendly Societies of New South Wales | United Friendly Societies' demonstration : official sports programme : Agricultural Grounds, Moore Park : Boxing Day, 26th December, 1895 | 1895 | Annotated |
| Item 5-33 | United Friendly Societies of New South Wales | United Friendly Societies' demonstration : official sports programme : Agricultural Grounds, Moore Park : Boxing Day, 26th December, 1895 | 1895 | |
| Item 5-34 | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Societies' Dispensary | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Societies' Dispensary demonstration and sports gala : programme of events to be held at Leichhardt Park, Queen's birthday, May 25 | [c.1896] | |
| Item 5-35 | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Society's Dispensary | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Society's Dispensary demonstration and sports gala : programme of events to be held at the Leichhardt Park, Queen'sbirthday, May 24 | [c.1890s] | Annotated; same as items 5-37 and 5-41 |
| Item 5-36 | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Society's Dispensary | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Society's Dispensary demonstration and sports gala : Leichhardt Public Park, Queen's birthday, May 24 | [1898] | Annotated |
| Item 5-37 | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Society's Dispensary | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Society's Dispensary demonstration and sports gala : programme of events to be held at Leichhardt Park, Queen's birthday,May 24 | [c.1890s] | Annotated; same as items 5-35and 5-41 |
| Item 5-38 | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Societies' Dispensary | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Societies' Dispensary demonstration and sports gala : programme of events to be held at Leichhardt Park, Queen's birthday, May 25 | [c.1896] | Annotated; manuscript sheet of results inserted |
| Item 5-39 | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Societies' Dispensary | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Societies' Dispensary demonstration and sports gala : programme of events to be held at Leichhardt Park, Queen's birthday, May 25 | [c.1896] | Annotated |
| Item 5-40 | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Societies' Dispensary | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Societies' Dispensary demonstration and sports gala : Leichhardt Public Park, Queen's birthday, May 24 | [1899] | Annotated |
| Item 5-41 | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Society's Dispensary | Leichhardt and Petersham Friendly Society's Dispensary demonstration and sports gala : programme of events to be held at Leichhardt Park, Queen's birthday,May 24 | [c.1890s] | R. Coombes's copy; same as items 5-35 and 5-37 |
| Item 5-42 | Caledonian Society of Otago (N.Z.) | 44th annual gathering | 1906 | Annotated |
| Item 5-43 | St. Stephen's Young Men's Institute (N.S.W.) | Annual excursion and sports meeting : Saturday, October 25, 1890 | 1890 | Annotated |
| Item 5-44 | Grand United Order Of Oddfellows Friendly Society Of N.S.W. | Demonstration & prize distribution at Rosehill Racecourse, Boxing Day, December 26th [1892] : programme | 1892 | Annotated |
| Item 5-45 | Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland | Official programme : Saturday, 14h [i.e. 14th] August, 1926 | 1926 | Annotated |
| Item 5-46 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Eighteenth championship meeting to be held on the N.Z. International Exhibition Grounds, Christchurch, on Thursday and Saturday, 21st and 23rd February, 1907 | 1907 | |
| Item 5-47 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Eighteenth championship meeting to be held on the N.Z. International Exhibition Grounds, Christchurch, on Thursday and Saturday, 21st and 23rd February, 1907 | 1907 | |
| Item 5-48a | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | 16th biennial championships of Australia and New Zealand : personnel of teams and entertainment itinerary : Wellington, N.Z. : December, 1927 | 1927 | |
| Item 5-48b | Manuscript on card ‘Amateur Athletic Associations : New Zealand, Tasmania, Q'land, Victoria, South Australia | [n.d.] | Manuscript | |
| Item 5-49 | New Zealand Amateur Association | Tour of South African amateur athletes through New Zealand : January-February 1922 [itinerary] | 1922 | |
| Item 5-50 | New Zealand Running Championship | Programme of sports in conjunction with Day-McLachlan match : New Zealand running championship : Saturday, May 25th, 1907 : Caledonian Grounds, Dunedin | 1907 | Date annotated to read ‘Monday, June 3rd', photograph of promoter Rufe Naylor on front cover |
| Item 5-51 | Australasian Amateur Athletic ChampionshipsTasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | 14th bi-annual gathering : Australasian amateur championships : North Hobart Ground : first day, Wednesday, February 6th, 1924 : official programme | 1924 | Annotated; photograph ofE.S. Marks on p. 1; photograph ofR. Coombes onp. 4 |
| Item 5-52 | Australasian Amateur Athletic ChampionshipsTasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | 14th bi-annual gathering : Australasian amateur championships : North Hobart Ground : finals : Saturday, February 9th 1924 : official programme | 1924 | Annotated; photograph ofE.S. Marks on p. 1; photograph ofR. Coombes onp. 4 |
| Item 5-53 | Australasian Amateur Athletic ChampionshipsTasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | 14th bi-annual gathering : Australasian amateur championships : North Hobart Ground : first day, Wednesday, February 6th, 1924 : official programme | 1924 | Photograph ofE.S. Marks on p. 1; photograph ofR. Coombes onp. 4 |
| Item 5-54 | Messrs. Henry Bull & Co. | Programme of sports : second annual picnic and sports : at Cabarita, October 20, 1894 | 1894 | Annotated |
| Item 5-55 | Australasian Amateur Athletic Championship Sports | Second Australasian amateur athletic championship sports : combined with Australasian & New Zealand bicycle championships : official programme : first day : to be held at Lancaster Park, Christchurch, N.Z. : Thursday, January 2nd,1896 | 1896 | Annotated; plan of athletic track and field on back cover |
| Item 5-56 | Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club | Autumn meeting : thirty-fifth carnival, Domain Cricket Ground, Auckland : Saturday, Mar. 13, 1897 | 1897 | Annotated |
| Item 5-57 | Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club | 40th athletic carnival : to be held in Domain Cricket Ground on Saturday, Nov. 25, 1899 | 1899 | Annotated |
| Item 5-58 | Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club | 37th athletic carnival : to be held in the Domain Cricket Ground, Saturday, March 26, 1898 | 1898 | |
| Item 5-59 | Queensland Amateur Athletic Association | Official programme : first grand annual championship meeting : Gymnasium and Cycling Club Grounds : Friday, November 9, 1894 | 1894 | Annotated |
| Item 5-60 | Queensland Amateur Athletic Association | First grand annual championship meeting, to be held on the Gymnasium and Cycling Club's Grounds, Rockhampton, on 9th November next [1894] | [1894] | |
| Item 5-61 | Queensland Amateur Athletic Association | Ninth Australasian amateur championship athletic meeting : Exhibition Grounds,Brisbane, Wednesday and Saturday, August 18th and 21st, 1909 [entry form] | 1909 | |
| Item 5-62 | Victorian Amateur Athletic Association | 10th annual championship sports meeting : M.C.C. Ground : first day : Saturday, 10th March, 1906 : official programme | 1906 | |
| Item 5-63 | Victorian Amateur Athletic Association | Programme of first day of first annual athletic championship meeting : to be held on the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Tuesday, 19th April, 1892 | 1892 | Annotated |
| Item 5-64 | Victorian Amateur Athletic Association | Programme of third annual ten miles cross country championship of Victoria and sports: Caulfield, Saturday, Sept. 22, 1894 | 1894 | |
| Item 5-65 | Victorian Amateur Athletic Association | Programme of third annual championship sports to be held on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, on Saturday, December 15th, 1894 | 1894 | Annotated |
| Item 5-66 | Victorian Amateur Athletic Association | Programme of fourth annual ten miles cross country championship of Victoria and sports: Caulfield, Saturday, Sept. 21, 1895 | 1895 | |
| Item 5-67 | Victorian Amateur Athletic Association | Programme of fourth annual ten miles cross country championship of Victoria and sports: Caulfield, Saturday, Sept. 21, 1895 | 1895 | Annotated |
| Item 5-68 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Annual championship meeting : Upper Cricket Ground, Saturday, Dec. 31, 1910 | 1910 | Annotated |
| Item 5-69 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Cross-country championship meeting : Risdon Park, New Town, Saturday, September 25, 1909 : official programme | 1909 | Annotated |
| Item 5-70 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Cross-country championship meeting : Saturday, August 29, 1908, Risdon Park, New Town : official programme | 1908 | R. Coombes's copy; annotated |
| Item 5-71 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Eighth Australasian amateur championship athletic meeting : Upper Cricket Ground, Hobart, Saturday and Sunday, February 29th, and March 2nd, 1908 [entry form] | 1909 | |
| Item 5-72 | Auckland Amateur Athletic and Cycle Club | 36th athletic carnival : to be held in Domain Cricket Ground, on Saturday, Nov. 20, 1897 | 1897 | Annotated |
| Item 5-73 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Annual Tasmanian track championships : Upper Cricket Ground, Hobart : Saturday, April 1st, 1922 | 1922 | Annotated |
| Item 5-74 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Cross-country championship meeting : Saturday, August 31, 1907, Risdon Park, New Town : official programme | 1907 | Annotated |
| Item 5-75 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Annual championship meeting : Monday, November 11th, 1907 | 1907 | Annotated |
| Item 5-76 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Annual Tasmanian track championships : Upper Cricket Ground, Hobart : Saturday, April 14th, 1914 | 1914 | |
| Item 5-77 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | Tasmanian amateur track championships : North Hobart Ground : Saturday, 14th April 1923 | 1923 | R. Coombes's copy; annotated |
| Item 5-78 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Complimentary dinner : on the occasion of the 16th biennial championships of the Amateur Athletic Union of Australia and New Zealand, at Barrett's Hotel, Wellington, Tuesday, December 27th, 1927, at 7 pm [menu] | 1927 | |
| Item 5-79 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Eighth annual championship meeting : Domain Cricket Ground, Auckland, Thursday, Feb. 11, 1897 and Saturday,Feb. 13, 1897 : second day | 1897 | Annotated |
| Item 5-80 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | 11th annual cross-country championship meeting : Elwick Racecourse, Glenorchy,Saturday, 28th September, 1912 | 1912 | Annotated |
| Item 5-81 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Annual championship meeting : to be held on Domain Cricket Ground [Auckland] : Wednesday, December 18, 1901 : official programme | 1901 | |
| Item 5-82 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Eighth annual championship meeting : Domain Cricket Ground, Auckland, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1897 and Saturday,Feb. 13, 1897 : first day | 1897 | |
| Item 5-83 | Tasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | First Australasian 10 miles cross-country championship : Elwick Racecourse : Saturday, September 3rd, 1910 : official programme | 1910 | Annotated plan of course |
| Item 5-84 | Australasian Amateur Athletic ChampionshipsTasmanian Amateur Athletic Association | 14th bi-annual gathering : Australasian amateur championships : North Hobart Ground : finals : Saturday, February 9th 1924 : official programme | 1924 | Photograph ofE.S. Marks on p. 1; photograph ofR. Coombes onp. 4 |
| Item 5-85 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association's championship meeting : Caledonian Grounds, Dunedin, Saturday, 20th March, 1909 : official programme | 1909 | Cover signed byW. Willett [Hon. Sec., NZAAA] |
| Item 5-86 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Eighth championship meeting, to be held on Domain Cricket Ground, Auckland, N.Z. on Wednesday, February 10, 1897, andSaturday, February 13, 1897 [entry form] | 1897 | |
| Item 5-87 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Eighteenth championship meeting, to be held on the N.Z. International Exhibition Grounds, Christchurch : Thursday and Saturday, February 21st & 23rd, 1907 :official programme : second day | 1907 | Annotated |
| Item 5-88 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Eighteenth championship meeting, to be held on the N.Z. International Exhibition Grounds, Christchurch : Thursday and Saturday, February 21st & 23rd, 1907 : official programme : first day | 1907 | Annotated |
| Item 5-89 | New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association | Seventeenth athletic championship meeting: Carisbrook Ground, Dunedin : Saturday, March 3, 1906 : official programme | 1906 | Annotated |