''The Sportsman'' (1881–1904?) was a weekly newspaper published in

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, Australia, devoted to sporting news, predominantly racing, with football or cricket second, with columns on handball, shooting, boxing, cycling, wrestling, swimming, yachting and other masculine sports. The paper was founded by S. V. Winter, founder of the ''

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'', and sold off in 1893. Publishers in 1904 were Sporting Newspapers Proprietary, for George Russell, Howey Street, Melbourne. In April 1904 the newspaper was advertised for sale in at least one newspaper and nothing further has been found.

Digitization

The

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has digitized photographic copies of most issues of ''The Sportsman'' fro
No.51 of 8 February 1882
t
No. 1,196 of 26 January 1904
that may be accessed via

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. It is not known whether this last issue digitized is the last printed.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sportsman, The Defunct newspapers published in Melbourne Publications established in 1881 Publications disestablished in 1904 Weekly newspapers published in Australia Sports newspapers published in Australia