1872–73 FA Cup, Format
First Round: 14 teams (all except Queen's Park and defending champions Wanderers) would play, each match eliminating the loser.


1872–73 FA Cup, Format
Second Round: 6 teams (Royal Engineers getting a bye) would play, the winners advancing.


1872–73 FA Cup, Format
Third Round: The 3 winners and Royal Engineers would play. The winners would advance.


1872–73 FA Cup, Format
Fourth Round: The two remaining teams from the Third Round would play, the winner facing Queen's Park.


1872–73 FA Cup, Format
Semi-Final: The Fourth Round team would face Queen's Park. However, this was not needed as Queen's Park withdrew.


1872–73 FA Cup, Format
Final: The Semi-Final team would face Wanderers, the defending champion.


1872–73 FA Cup, Final
As the 1871–72 Cup winners, Wanderers had not played in the cup before this game.


1872–73 FA Cup, Final
The final was played at Lillie Bridge. The attendance of 3,000 was considered low, and of those who did attend, not all stayed for the whole duration of the game. This was attributed to the Boat Race occurring later the same day.


1872–73 Home Nations rugby union matches
The 1872–73 Home Nations rugby union matches was a single international friendly held between the England and Scotland national rugby union teams. With no other recognised rugby union teams in Britain or the rest of the World, the encounter between Scotland and England represented the only possible match that could be arranged, and would continue as such until 1875, when Ireland formed a national team.


1872–73 Home Nations rugby union matches, Results, Scoring system
The matches for this season were decided on goals scored. A goal was awarded for a successful conversion after a try, for a dropped goal or for a goal from mark. If a game was drawn, any unconverted tries were tallied to give a winner. If there was still no clear winner, the match was declared a draw.


1872–73 Home Nations rugby union matches, The matches, England vs. Scotland
Scotland: WD Brown (Glasgow Academicals), T Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals), James Sanderson (Edinburgh Academicals), GB McClure (West of Scotland), JLH McFarlane (Edinburgh Academicals), W St Clair Grant (Craigmount School), TR Marshall (Edinburgh Academicals), Henry William Allan (Glasgow Academicals), P Anton (St. Andrew's University), EM Bannerman (Edinburgh Academicals), CC Bryce (Glasgow Academicals), CW Cathcart (Edinburgh University), John Davidson (RIE College), RW Irvine (Edinburgh Academicals), JAW Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), AG Petrie (Royal HSFP), FJ Moncreiff (Edinburgh Academicals) capt., TP Whittington (Merchistonians), RW Wilson (West of Scotland), A Wood (Royal HSFP)


1872–73 Home Nations rugby union matches, The matches, England vs. Scotland
England: Charles Vanderspar (Richmond), Frederick Mills (Marlborough Nomads), Sydney Morse (Law Club), Harold Freeman (Marlborough Nomads), Cecil Boyle (Oxford University), Stephen Finney (I.C.E. College), James Body  (Gipsies), James Bush (Clifton), Ernest Cheston (Law Club), William Fletcher (Marlborough Nomads), Alfred St. George Hamersley (Marlborough Nomads), Henry Arnold Lawrence (Richmond), Francis Luscombe (Gipsies), James Mackinlay (St George's Hospital), Henry Marsh (I.C.E. College), Murray Marshall (Blackheath), Cyril Rickards (Gipsies), Ernest Still (Ravenscourt Park), Frederick Stokes (Blackheath) capt., Dawson Turner (Richmond)


1872–73 Queen's Park F.C. season
The 1872–73 season was the second season of competitive football by Queen's Park.


1872–73 Queen's Park F.C. season, Overview
Queen's Park again entered the FA Cup in 1872–73. This was the only season the FA Cup was a true "challenge" cup. The defending champions were given a bye to the final with the remaining teams facing off against one another to determine who should challenge them for the trophy.


1872–73 Queen's Park F.C. season, Overview
In order to reduce travel, Queen's Park were given byes through to the semi-finals where they were due to face Oxford University for the right to face defending champions Wanderers in the final. However, they withdrew before the match and Oxford University were given a walkover.


1872–73 Queen's Park F.C. season, Overview
During the club's early years, the team would play in dark blue shirts and grey shorts. The now traditional black and white hoops weren't introduced until October 1873.


1872–73 Scottish Districts season
The 1872-73 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the  rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams.


1872–73 Scottish Districts season
It includes the Inter-City fixtures between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District.


1872–73 Scottish Districts season, History
The Glasgow District v Edinburgh District match is the first representative district match in the world.


1872–73 Scottish Districts season, History
Originally this was a twice a season fixture; and it was in this 1872-73 season.


1872–73 Scottish Districts season, History
The matches in this season were 20 - a - side.


1872–73 Scottish Districts season, History
The district matches between Glasgow and Edinburgh, as Scotland's two largest cities, were known as the Inter-City rivalry.


1872–73 Scottish Districts season, Results, Inter-City
Glasgow District:Backs: Thomas Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals), William Davie Brown (Glasgow Academicals), William Hamilton Kidston (West of Scotland)Half Backs: William Cross (Glasgow Academicals), T. A. Drew (Glasgow Academicals)Quarter Backs: George Buchanan McClure (West of Scotland), John Arthur (Glasgow Academicals) [


1872–73 Scottish Districts season, Results, Inter-City
Captain]Forwards: John Kennedy Todd, Henry William Allan, Charles Chalmers Bryce, George Raphael Fleming, J.S. Thomson, J.K. Brown (all Glasgow Academicals)James Howe McClure, J. Kennedy, J.P. Tennant, Robert Wilson, G. Hunter, A. Cochrane (all West of Scotland)J.W. Reid (Glasgow University)Edinburgh District: A. Ross (Wanderers), J. Patullo (Craigmount), Thomas Roger Marshall (Edinburgh Academicals), William St Clair Grant (Craigmount), J. Junor (Royal High School), J. A. W. Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), and E. Thew (Merchistonians), backs ; Francis Moncreiff (captain), R. W. Irvine, E. M. Bannerman, James Finlay (Edinburgh Academicals), Angus Buchanan, Alexander Petrie, and M. Sanderson (Royal High School), Charles Walker Cathcart and John Lisle Hall MacFarlane (Edinburgh University), Tom Whittington (Merchistonians), Benjamin Blyth II (Merchistonians), J. Forsyth and A. R. Stewart (Wanderers), forwards.


1872–73 Scottish Districts season, Results, Inter-City
Edinburgh District: G. F. Raynor (Royal HSFP), Blackwood (Edinburgh Academicals), Thomas Roger Marshall (Edinburgh Academicals), W. St. Clair Grant (Craigmount), J. L. Macfarlane (Edinburgh Wanderers),  J. Junor (Royal High School), J. A. W. Mein (Edinburgh Academicals), F. Penny (Edinburgh Wanderers), Francis Moncreiff (captain) (Edinburgh Academicals), Charles Walker Cathcart (Edinburgh University),  Angus Buchanan (Edinburgh University), Edward Bannerman (Edinburgh Academicals), J. Forsyth (Edinburgh Wanderers), Tom Whittington (Merchistonians), R. W. Irvine (Edinburgh Academicals), Alexander Petrie (Royal High School), Benjamin Blyth II (Merchistonians), James Finlay (Edinburgh Academicals), Alexander Wood (Royal HSFP), W. K. Gair (Edinburgh Academicals)Glasgow District:Backs: Thomas Chalmers (Glasgow Academicals), William Davie Brown (Glasgow Academicals)Half Backs:William Hamilton Kidston (West of Scotland), T. A. Drew (Glasgow Academicals)Quarter Backs: George Buchanan McClure (West of Scotland), John Arthur (Glasgow Academicals) [ Captain]Forwards: George Raphael Fleming,  J.S. Thomson, J. S. Tod, J. Ritchie, W. M. Brown, A. T. Arthur, Allan Arthur (all Glasgow Academicals)James Howe McClure, J. Kennedy, J. Bolton, T. Y. Kennedy, Robert Wilson, A. Cochrane (all West of Scotland)C.E. Hope (Glasgow University)


1872–73 in English football
The 1872–73 season was the second season of competitive football in England. The Football Association staged the second edition of the FA Cup, with Wanderers retaining the trophy by defeating Oxford University in the final. The first officially recognised international football match took place on 30 November 1872 when Scotland hosted England.


1872–73 in English football, International matches, First official international
The Scotland v England match in November 1872 is now officially recognised by FIFA as the first-ever international football match. The Football Association (FA) had initiated five matches between English and Scottish players since 1870, but those are now rated as representative games only because the Scotland teams consisted entirely of Anglo-Scots.


1872–73 in English football, International matches, First official international
The first international match that is now officially recognised took place after Queen's Park, the leading Scottish club at the time, invited the FA to select an England team to face a Scotland team (which, as they selected it, consisted entirely of Queen's Park players). The match took place at the Hamilton Crescent cricket ground in Partick, Glasgow on 30 November 1872 and ended in a 0–0 draw in front of around 4,000 spectators. England's team was captained by Cuthbert Ottaway of Oxford University and consisted of players from eight different clubs and one Army regiment.


1872–73 in English football, International matches, Return fixture
The FA hosted a return match at Kennington Oval on 8 March 1873, now officially rated the first international match in England. England adopted Scotland's 2–2–6 formation but retained only two of the players who had appeared in the November match. These were Harwood Greenhalgh of Notts County in defence and Charles Chenery of the original Crystal Palace club in attack. This team had a strong Wanderers influence with Leonard Howell, Walpole Vidal, Alexander Bonsor, William Kenyon-Slaney and Hubert Heron all selected (there were no Wanderers players in the Glasgow match). Of those, however, only Heron would play more than two matches for England. The other players selected were Alexander Morten in goal, William Clegg (whose brother Charlie had played in the previous match) and two Royal Engineers, Pelham von Donop and Alfred Goodwyn.


1872–73 in English football, International matches, Scottish FA founded
The Scotland team lacked funding and could only raise enough money to cover rail fares for eight players to travel. Their team was augmented by three of the Anglo-Scots who had appeared in the representative matches: A. F. Kinnaird, John Blackburn and Henry Renny-Tailyour. The match ended in a 4–2 victory for England with Kenyon-Slaney scoring the first-ever international goal. The Scottish Football Association was belatedly formed on 13 March, five days after the second match, and assumed responsibility for running the Scotland team.


1872–73 in English football, FA Cup
In the second edition of the FA Cup, the rules granted automatic qualification to the final for the holders, Wanderers, on a challenge basis similar to that employed in boxing. The final was played on 29 March 1873 at Lillie Bridge, a ground which Wanderers sometimes used as their home venue. Wanderers retained the trophy with a 2–0 victory over Oxford University. The challenge rule was scrapped after this match so that, in 1874, Wanderers began their defence in the first round with all other entrants.


1872–73 in English football, FA Cup
Oxford University came through four rounds to reach the final. In turn, they defeated Crystal Palace at home 3–2, Clapham Rovers away 0–3 and Royal Engineers at home 1–0. In the semi-final, they were due to play Queen's Park but the Scottish club withdrew and Oxford University went into the final on a walkover.


1872–73 in English football, Honours
(Note: figures in parentheses display the club's tournament record as winners/runners-up. * indicates a new record for most competition wins.)


1872–73 in Scottish football
Season 1872–73 was the first in Scottish football in which the national team participated in officially recognised matches. There were as yet no organised domestic competitions.


1872–73 in Scottish football, Overview
Queen's Park continued to be pioneers in the development of the sport in Scotland. As in the previous season, they entered for the FA Cup, albeit they failed to play any active part in this season's tournament.


1872–73 in Scottish football, Overview
Their most significant action in the 1872–73 season was to help initiate the birth of international football, organising the Scotland side which took on England in what is considered the first "official" international match.


1872–73 in Scottish football, FA Cup
In recognition of the travel difficulties they faced in reaching South East England, where the other entrants were all based, Queen's were allowed a bye directly through to the semi-finals, where they were drawn against Oxford University, however Queen's were still unable to finance the journey and withdrew from the competition.


1872–73 in Scottish football, Scotland national team, Overview
This season saw the first official international match take place against England. Whilst a series of "England v Scotland" matches organised by C. W. Alcock had taken in London over the previous two years, these matches were never considered truly representative, with the Scottish sides being composed almost entirely of London residents. In 1872, Queen's Park, as Scotland's leading club, took it upon themselves to organise what has entered the history books as the first "official" international, despite the fact there was as yet no Scottish Football Association to sanction it. Appropriately enough, the match was arranged for St Andrew's Day, and the West of Scotland Cricket Club's ground at Hamilton Crescent in Partick was selected as the venue. A crowd of approximately 4,000 people attended on the day, although the time of the match had been delayed by fog.


1872–73 in Scottish football, Scotland national team, Overview
The Scottish eleven was selected by captain and goalkeeper Robert Gardner and was drawn entirely from Queen's Park members, although some played with other clubs as well. The dark blue shirts which would become synonymous with the national team were worn on this first occasion because they were at that time the colours of Queen's Park. The English wore white shirts. The English wore caps, while the Scots wore red cowls. The match itself contrasted the dribbling style then popular in England with the Scots' passing football, but finished goalless.


1872–73 in Scottish football, Scotland national team, Overview
The Scots had a goal disallowed in the first half after the umpires decided that the ball had cleared the tape which was used before crossbars were introduced. The latter part of the match saw the Scots defence under pressure by the heavier English forwards. The Scots played two full backs, two half backs and six forwards. The English played only one full back, one half back and eight forwards. Since three defenders were required for a ball played to be onside, the English system was virtually a ready-made offside trap.


1872–73 in Scottish football, Scotland national team, Overview
The return fixture the following March marked the first official meeting of the sides in England, and again took place at a cricket ground, The Oval, with the English adopting Scotland's 2-2-6 formation. The severely limited funds available to the fledgling SFA meant they were only able to finance rail fares to London for eight players, so the team was augmented with three Anglo-Scots who had appeared in the earlier unofficial series, Lord Kinnaird, John Blackburn and Henry Renny-Tailyour. The latter had the honour of scoring Scotland's first international goal, but the match ended in a 4–2 defeat.


1873
1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1873rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 873rd  year of the 2nd millennium, the 73rd  year of the 19th century, and the  4th   year of the 1870s decade. As of the start of 1873, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.


1873 Agenor
1873 Agenor /əˈdʒiːnɔːr/ (prov. designation: 1971 FH) is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 53 kilometers (33 miles) in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey in 1971, and later named after Agenor from Greek mythology. The dark Jovian asteroid belongs to the 100 largest Jupiter trojans and has a rotation period of 20.60 hours.


1873 Agenor, Discovery
Agenor was discovered on 25 March 1971, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in the Palomar Mountain Range, southeast of Los Angeles.


1873 Agenor, Discovery, Palomar–Leiden survey
The discovery was made in a survey of faint Trojans, one night after the discovery of 1870 Glaukos. The trio of Dutch and Dutch–American astronomers also collaborated on the productive Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s, using the same procedure as for this (smaller) survey: Tom Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out.


1873 Agenor, Orbit and classification
Agenor is a dark Jovian asteroid in a 1:1 orbital resonance with Jupiter. It is located in the trailering Trojan camp at the Gas Giant's L5 Lagrangian point, 60° behind its orbit (see Trojans in astronomy). It is also a non-family asteroid of the Jovian background population. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.7–5.7 AU once every 11 years and 12 months (4,370 days; semi-major axis of 5.23 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 22° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Palomar in March 1971.


1873 Agenor, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
In February 1994, photometric observations with the ESO 1-metre telescope by astronomer Stefano Mottola and Anders Erikson at La Silla Observatory in Chile, were used to build a rotational lightcurve showing a rotation period of 20.60±0.03 hours with a brightness variation of 0.08±0.01 in magnitude (U=2).


1873 Agenor, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Agenor measures between 50.80 and 54.38 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.038 and 0.062. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0506 and a diameter of 53.89 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.2.


1873 Agenor, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
Note: missing data was completed with figures from the JPL SBDB () and from the LCDB () for the WISE/NEOWISE and SIMPS catalogs, respectively. These figures are given in italics. Also, listing is incomplete above #100.


1873 Agenor, Naming
This minor planet was named for Agenor, who was able to inflict a wound on the Greek warrior Achilles. The Olympian deity Apollo assumed Agenor's form to distract Achilles while the Trojans forces were retreating. The minor planets 588 Achilles and 1862 Apollo are named after these two figures from Greek mythology. The body's name was suggested by Brian G. Marsden, the then director of the MPC. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 June 1975 (M.P.C. 3826).


1873 Alpago earthquake
The 1873 Alpago earthquake occurred near the Italian city of Belluno on June 29 in the geologically active Alpago Valley of the Veneto region; the zone is rated as two on a four-degree risk scale (one being the highest). The 6.3 magnitude quake was rated as IX–X (Violent–Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Intensities greater than VII (Very strong) were confined to the provinces of Belluno, Treviso and Pordenone.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake struck at 4:29 a.m. on June 29, 1873, a day which was to be a local holiday celebrating Saint Peter and Saint Paul.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Earthquake
The shock was strongly felt in the whole Veneto region, damaging mostly the towns located in the Alpago basin, in Val Lapisina and above the Cansiglio plateau. It was felt as far away as Genova, Marche and Umbria, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland and Bavaria. The epicenter was at the northern edge of Santa Croce Lake, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Belluno.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Casualties and damage
Thirty people died in the Alpago area, and ten more in the rest of the Province of Belluno. The towns of Rugolo, Cappella Maggiore, and Sarmede reported 16 casualties, but in San Pietro di Feletto, 38 people perished when the old church's roof collapsed while the morning mass in honor of Saint Peter, the city's saint, was being celebrated.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Casualties and damage
In the most stricken zones, a third of the buildings were damaged. In Belluno itself, the duomo's apse collapsed. Eight buildings were completely destroyed, another 110 later had to be demolished, 139 needed restoration, and 251 were in need of some work. One church was destroyed, and other seven were damaged. In the city's outskirts, two blocks had to be demolished, 21 houses needed restoration and 219 more received slight damage. No building in the city was left undamaged.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Casualties and damage
In the surrounding towns, 15 houses collapsed, 66 had to be demolished later, 243 needed restoration and 669 had to be repaired. About 260 houses went unscathed. Four churches were destroyed, and 21 more were severely damaged. The city of Venice sustained minor damage, assessed as 6th degree on the Mercalli scale.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Discovery of the effect of soil on damage severity
In Ceneda, the seminary, the cathedral steeple and San Martino Castle were damaged or destroyed. The nearby town of Serravalle experienced little damage (only the partial collapse of the Turris Nigra, a tower), later explained by the different composition of the underlying soil by seismologists Torquato Taramelli and Giulio Andrea Pirona; the scientists discovered that Serravalle sat above a compact slab of limestone, while Ceneda, just a few kilometers away, rested on soil composed of alluvial conglomerates. This discovery was instrumental in developing the seismic macro-zoning process, a technique used to better assess the risk of damage from earthquakes.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Relief efforts
A public funding subscription was held in Vittorio Veneto, raising 2232,45 lire, while a provincial committee succeeded in raising 26.771,90 lire for the reconstruction. Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy, personally committed 1000 lire to the effort.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Relief efforts
Authorities reacted quickly to the disaster, asking for help from the Army and the Carabinieri in order to remove the rubble, set up tents and communications, and maintain order among the refugees.


1873 Alpago earthquake, Relief efforts
A wood shortage led to delays in the repairs of damaged buildings. In the following weeks, a military brigade was given the task of felling enough trees to meet the needs of reconstruction.


1873 Armagh County by-election
The Armagh County by-election of 1873 was held on 15 February 1873. The byelection was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir William Verner. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate Edward Wingfield Verner.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1873 Atlantic hurricane season was quiet, with only two tropical storms and three hurricanes, two of which were major hurricanes (Category 3+), being recorded. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. An undercount bias of zero to six tropical cyclones per year between 1851 and 1885 and zero to four per year between 1886 and 1910 has been estimated. Of the known cyclones, large alterations were made to the tracks of Hurricane Two and Hurricane Five in 1995 by Jose Fernandez-Partagas and Henry Diaz, who also proposed smaller changes to the known track of Hurricane Three.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
The Atlantic hurricane database, HURDAT, recognizes five tropical cyclones for the 1873 season. Three storms attained hurricane status, with winds of 75 mph (119 km/h) or greater. The second and fifth hurricanes of the season were the most intense, with maximum sustained winds up to 120 mph (190 km/h). The first storm of the season was a tropical storm that developed near the Bahamas on June 1 and made landfall near the Florida/Georgia border the next day before dissipating. The most notable storm of the season was Hurricane Two.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season, Season summary
It formed as a tropical storm on August 13 in the Atlantic and became a hurricane on August 17. It made landfall at Newfoundland on August 26 and became extratropical the next day. The hurricane caused a great deal of damage and great loss of life. Hurricane Three was first seen in the Gulf of Mexico on September 18. It struck Florida the next day and passed over Georgia and South Carolina before dissipating on September 20. The second tropical storm of the season traveled from the Gulf of Mexico across Florida between September 22 and September 24. The final hurricane of the season formed in the eastern Caribbean on September 26 before reaching Haiti. It weakened and restrengthened to a major hurricane before hitting Florida on October 7. The storm became extratropical on October 9 and dissipated the next day.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm One
The first storm of the season developed on June 1 over the western Bahamas. It moved northward before turning and striking near the Florida/Georgia border on June 2. The storm quickly dissipated. It produced 28 mph (45 km/h) wind gusts in Jacksonville, Florida.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
On August 13, a tropical storm formed in the Atlantic. It followed the track of a Cape Verde hurricane, becoming a hurricane on August 17. It recurved to the north and northeast as it was reaching its peak of 115 mph (185 km/h). As it passed to the south of Nova Scotia, it slowed down, and drifted towards the coast of Newfoundland. The hurricane was able to retain hurricane strength, and made landfall on Newfoundland on August 26, and became extratropical the next day. Despite its relatively low maximum winds, the Nova Scotia Cyclone was a deadly storm.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Two
Also known as "The Lord's Day Gale" and "The Great Nova Scotia Hurricane of 1873," it destroyed 1200 boats and 900 buildings in Nova Scotia, and killed at least 223 people, mostly sailors who were lost at sea. This number is disputed, as The Monthly Weather Review, published by the Weather Service, set the death toll at 223 but The New York Times published a death toll of 600. The hurricane caused $3.5 million in damage (1873 US dollars, or $53.9 million in 2005 dollars). During this hurricane, the first hurricane warning was issued between Cape May, New Jersey and New London, Connecticut.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Three
A hurricane was first observed in the central Gulf of Mexico on September 18.It moved quickly northeastward, striking St. Marks, Florida on September 19, There, it produced heavy damage. Later, it weakened to tropical storm as it crossed over Georgia and South Carolina, although it briefly regained hurricane status before last being observed late on September 20.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Four
A few days after the previous storm, another storm was observed in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on September 22. It moved across Florida the next day, and was last observed on September 24.


1873 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Five
A tropical storm was first seen in the eastern Caribbean on September 26. It moved northwestward, hitting Haiti as a 115 mph (185 km/h) hurricane. It turned westward as a minimal tropical storm, but as it crossed the Yucatán Channel, it restrengthened, becoming a major hurricane again before hitting southwest Florida on October 7. The hurricane became extratropical on October 9 before dissipating the next day. The hurricane generated a 14-foot storm tide at Punta Rassa, Florida. The hurricane caused 26 deaths with the loss of a ship, the Maisi and may also have caused a schooner, the Maine, with 16 on board, to be lost.


1873 Baltimore Canaries season
The Baltimore Canaries played in 1873 as a  member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished third in the league with a record of 34-22.


1873 Baltimore Canaries season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1873 Baltimore Marylands season
The Baltimore Marylands played their first and only season in 1873 as a member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished ninth in the league with a record of 0-6 before the team dropped out of the Association and folded.


1873 Baltimore Marylands season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1873 Bank of England forgeries
From 21 January to 28 February 1873, four American con-artists defrauded the Bank of England of £102,217, equivalent to nearly £10 million in 2015. The four men responsible for the Bank of England forgeries, brothers George and Austin Bidwell, George MacDonnell and Edwin Noyes were convicted at the Old Bailey and sentenced to life imprisonment. The discovery of the crime, and the subsequent investigations and trials, received widespread attention at the time, with the London Times describing it as one of the "most skillful attempts to prey upon the complex organization of modern commerce."


1873 Bank of England forgeries, Background
The men responsible were already experienced fraudsters prior to the Bank of England forgeries. George Bidwell, 33 at the time of the forgeries, had been sentenced to two years imprisonment in 1865 for his part in defrauding grocers in West Virginia. His brother Austin Bidwell, 25 at the time of the forgeries, was already a notorious bank forger in the United States. George MacDonnell, a Harvard graduate, had previously been carrying out extensive forgery operations in New England and was incarcerated at Sing Sing where he became acquainted with the Bidwell brothers, who were also serving time there.


1873 Bank of England forgeries, Background
After their release, the Bidwell brothers and MacDonnell began carrying out various forgery operations. Using forged letters of credit, the three men defrauded banks across the United States and Europe. After a forgery campaign in Brazil, the three men headed over to England in 1872 to begin their scheme to defraud the Bank of England. George Bidwell contacted Edwin Noyes in New York, who joined the group in London for the scam.


1873 Bank of England forgeries, Crime
The scam began with Austin Bidwell setting up a deposit account with a branch of the Bank of England under the pretense of opening a pullman car manufacturing business in the region, so as not to raise suspicion of his large financial transactions. For months prior to the fraud, Bidwell behaved as an ordinary customer, depositing genuine bills that had been secured by George Bidwell and MacDonnell into the account. Then from 21 January to 28 February 1873, the group forged and cashed over 94 bills of exchange worth over £100,000, which were then transferred to the Continental Bank. Noyes acted as the delivery man for the group, exchanging the funds obtained from the forged cheques for US bonds and gold.


1873 Bank of England forgeries, Arrests and trials
The forgeries were discovered on 28 February 1873, when the bank contacted the alleged issuer of a banknote for the date of issue that had been omitted from the transactions the forgers had made that day. Noyes was arrested the next day, while making another deposit at the Continental Bank. The remaining conspirators had fled England; MacDonnell was arrested in New York, Austin Bidwell was apprehended in Havana, Cuba, and George Bidwell was arrested in Edinburgh, Scotland.


1873 Bank of England forgeries, Arrests and trials
All four men were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, although George Bidwell was later released in 1887 due to poor health, and Austin Bidwell was released in 1892. MacDonnell and Noyes were released a few months later and resumed their criminal careers in the United States. George and Austin Bidwell both wrote and self-published memoirs. The Bidwell brothers died within weeks of each other while promoting Austin's book in Butte, Montana, in March 1899.


1873 Berwickshire by-election
The Berwickshire by-election of 1873 was fought on 27 June 1873. The by-election was fought due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, David Robertson. It was won by the Liberal candidate William Miller.


1873 Birthday Honours
The 1873 Birthday Honours were appointments by Queen Victoria to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were made to celebrate the official birthday of the Queen, and were published in The London Gazette on 24 May 1873.


1873 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1873 Boston Red Stockings season
The 1873 Boston Red Stockings season was the third season of the franchise. They won their second consecutive National Association championship.


1873 Boston Red Stockings season
Managed by Harry Wright, Boston finished with a record of 43–16 to win the pennant by 4 games. Pitcher Al Spalding started 54 of the Red Stockings' games and led the NA with 41 wins. Second baseman Ross Barnes won the league batting title with a .431 batting average, and catcher Deacon White topped the circuit with 77 runs batted in.


1873 Boston Red Stockings season
Harry Wright, Al Spalding, first baseman Jim O'Rourke, and shortstop George Wright have all been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.


1873 Boston Red Stockings season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1873 Boston Red Stockings season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1873 Boston Red Stockings season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1873 Boston Red Stockings season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1873 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1873 saw the election of Samuel C. Cobb.


1873 Brooklyn Atlantics season
The Brooklyn Atlantics played in 1873 as a  member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished sixth in the league with a record of 17-37.


1873 Brooklyn Atlantics season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1873 CCNY Lavender football team
The 1873 CCNY Lavender football team represented the City College of New York in the 1873 college football season.


1873 Cheshire Mid by-election
The Cheshire Mid by-election of 1873 was contested on 7 March 1873, due to  the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, George Legh. It was won by the Conservative candidate Egerton Leigh.


1873 Chicago mayoral election
The Chicago mayoral election of 1873 saw People's Party (campaigning under the label "Democratic People's Union") candidate Harvey Doolittle Colvin defeated Citizen's Union (campaigning under the label "Law and Order") candidate Lester Legrant Bond by a landslide nearly 34-point margin. Bond was the incumbent acting mayor, having taken office due to the extended absence of Joseph Medill.


1873 Chicago mayoral election
Bond was endorsed by all of the city's major newspapers, with the exception of the Chicago Times.


1873 Chicago mayoral election
The defeat of Bond led to the dissolution of the Chicago-based Citizen's Union Party.


1873 Collingwood by-election
The 1873 Collingwood by-election was a by-election held on 9 December 1873 in the Collingwood electorate during the 5th New Zealand Parliament.


1873 Collingwood by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Arthur Collins on 8 October 1873.


1873 Collingwood by-election
The by-election was won by William Gibbs, who had narrowly lost the previous 1868 by-election to Collins.


1873 Columbia football team
The 1873 Columbia football team represented Columbia University in the 1873 college football season.


1873 Connecticut gubernatorial election
The 1873 Connecticut gubernatorial election was held on April 7, 1873. Former state legislator and Democratic nominee Charles R. Ingersoll defeated Republican nominee Henry P. Haven with 51.86% of the vote.


1873 Danish Folketing election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 14 November 1873. The result was a narrow victory for the Højre Coalition, which won 51 of the 101 seats. Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg remained Prime Minister following the elections.


1873 Danish Folketing election, Electoral system
The elections were held using first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies. Only 15% of the population was eligible to vote in the elections, with suffrage restricted to men over 30 who were not receiving poor relief (or who had not paid back any previous poor relief received), were not classed as "dependents" (those who were privately employed but did not have a household) and who had lived in their constituency for a certain length of time.


1873 Devonshire South by-election
The Devonshire South by-election of 1873 was fought on 17 June 1873. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Conservative Party, Samuel Trehawke Kekewich. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Carpenter Garnier, who was unopposed.


1873 Dominican Republic Samaná Peninsula referendum
A referendum on leasing the Samaná Peninsula to the United States for 99 years was held in the Dominican Republic on 19 February 1873. The proposal was approved by 99.91% of voters, but was never implemented after President Buenaventura Báez was overthrown on 2 January 1874.


1873 Dominican Republic Samaná Peninsula referendum, Background
The Dominican Republic originally became independent from Haiti in 1844. However, in 1861 the country became part of Spain following an inflation crisis. In 1865 the country became independent again following the Restoration War. By 1870 the country had significant debts caused by the ongoing civil war. President Báez planned on selling the Samaná Peninsula to the United States for $1.1 million, whilst US President Ulysses S. Grant wanted to annex the entire country. A treaty was signed between the two countries on 29 November 1869. The US would purchase the Dominican Republic for $1.5 million and would lease the Samaná Peninsula for $147,229.91 for 99 years. Although the proposal was approved in the 1870 referendum, the  United States Senate rejected the annexation on 30 June 1870 with a 28–28 vote.


1873 Dominican Republic Samaná Peninsula referendum, Background
However, Báez still required the money, and wanted to continue with the Samaná Peninsula leasing deal on the same terms. The Senate of the Dominican Republic agreed to the proposal on 28 December 1872. The plebiscite was later carried out in the form of a register, in which invalid or blank voters were not possible.


1873 Dover by-election
The Dover by-election of 1873 was fought on 22 September 1873[20 3 ]. The byelection was fought due to the Resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Sir George Jessel, to become Master of the Rolls. It was won by the Conservative candidate Edward William Barnett.


1873 Dundee by-election
The Dundee by-election of 1873 was fought on 5 August 1873. The byelection was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, George Armitstead. It was won by the Liberal candidate James Yeaman.


1873 East Macquarie colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 1 December 1873 because Sir James Martin's seat was declared vacant on accepting appointment as Chief Justice of New South Wales.


1873 East Staffordshire by-election
The East Staffordshire by-election of 1873 was fought on 6 August 1873. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Robinson McClean. It was won by the Conservative candidate Samuel Allsopp, who defeated the Liberal candidate, John Jaffray, by 3.630 votes to 2,893.


1873 Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities by-election
The Edinburgh and St. Andrews Universities by-election of 1873 was held on 4 December 1873. The byelection was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Lyon Playfair, becoming Postmaster General. It was retained by Playfair, who was unopposed.


1873 Elizabeth Resolutes season
The Elizabeth Resolutes played their first and only season in 1873 as a  member of the United States National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished eighth in the league with a record of 2-21. The team folded at the conclusion of the season.


1873 Elizabeth Resolutes season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1873 English cricket season
1873 was the 87th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). In only their fourth season as a first-class team, Gloucestershire was proclaimed joint Champion County by the media and went on to claim the still unofficial title four times in five seasons (1873, 1874, 1876 and 1877).


1873 English cricket season
Player qualification rules came into force, with players having to decide at the start of a season whether they would play for the county of their birth or the county of residence. Before this, it was quite common for a player to play for two counties during the course of a single season, with by far the best-known case being star slow bowler James Southerton who played for his birth county Sussex when they had a match on and otherwise for Surrey. It is only since the residence qualifications were introduced that any quasi-official status can be ascribed to the oft-claimed Champion County title.


1873 English cricket season, Notes
An unofficial seasonal title sometimes proclaimed by consensus of media and historians prior to December 1889 when the official County Championship was constituted. Although there are ante-dated claims prior to 1873, when residence qualifications were introduced, it is only since that ruling that any quasi-official status can be ascribed. Includes the "County Cup" match at Lord's between Kent and Sussex Includes a third Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire match organised privately by Nottinghamshire captain Richard Daft Hampshire, though regarded until 1885 as first-class, played no inter-county matches between 1868 and 1869 or 1871 and 1874


1873 Eton football team
The 1873 Eton football team represented Eton College in the 1873 college football season. The college, based near Windsor, England, played one game, losing 1–2 against Yale.


1873 Exeter by-election
The Exeter by-election of 1873 was fought on 9 December 1873[20 3 ]. The byelection was fought due to the Resignation (Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Coleridge. It was won by the Conservative candidate Arthur Mills.


1873 FA Cup Final
The 1873 FA Cup Final was a football match between Wanderers and Oxford University on 29 March 1873 at Lillie Bridge in London. It was the second final of the world's oldest football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (known in the modern era as the FA Cup). Unusually, the final was held in the morning, so as to avoid a clash with the annual Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race which was held on the same day.


1873 FA Cup Final
Wanderers reached the final without playing a match, as the original rules of the competition stated that the holders would receive a bye straight to the final and other teams would compete to gain the other place in the final and challenge the holders for the trophy. Oxford reached the final when their semi-final opponents, Queen's Park, dropped out of the competition


1873 FA Cup Final
Both teams had key players absent for the final, including several who had represented Wanderers in the previous year's final. The best player on the day was Arthur Kinnaird, who scored the first goal for Wanderers. Charles Wollaston added a second goal towards the end of the match to give Wanderers a 2–0 victory and a second consecutive FA Cup win. It was the only Cup final prior to 1893 not played at The Oval.


1873 FA Cup Final, Route to the final
As the previous year's FA Cup winners, Wanderers received a bye straight to the final in the 1872–73. This was in keeping with the original concept of the competition being a "challenge cup", in which the holders would qualify directly for the following season's final and teams would compete for the other place in the final and the right to challenge them for the trophy. This was the only time this rule was used.


1873 FA Cup Final, Route to the final
In the first round Oxford University played Crystal Palace (a defunct former amateur club not thought to be connected to the current professional club of the same name) and won 3–2 at home. In the second round, they played an away match against Clapham Rovers, winning 3–0.


1873 FA Cup Final, Route to the final
In the third round Oxford University were paired with the previous season's runners-up, the Royal Engineers. Oxford won 1–0 and went on to play Maidenhead in the quarter-finals. Due to other teams receiving byes, this was the only match at the quarter-final stage, and for the third consecutive round Oxford emerged victorious without conceding a goal, winning 4–0.


1873 FA Cup Final, Route to the final
In the semi-finals, Oxford's opponents were set to be the leading Scottish club, Queen's Park, who had received a bye straight to the semi-finals to reduce the amount of travelling required to compete in a competition in which all the other entrants were from the south of England. Queen's, however, decided to withdraw from the competition, giving Oxford a bye into the final. One modern source states that the Scottish club actually beat Oxford but then could not afford to travel to London for the final so withdrew at that point.


1873 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
As the match was scheduled for the same day as the annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race, the decision was made to stage it in the morning, thereby allowing the spectators to witness both sporting events. Both teams were missing key players. Oxford's first-choice goalkeeper, Charles Nepean, was unavailable, as were four of Wanderers' regular players, including Thomas Hooman, William Crake and Albert Thompson, all of whom had been in the cup-winning team the year before. As cup-holders, Wanderers were permitted to choose the stadium at which the match would be played. As the club had no official stadium of its own, its officials chose the Lillie Bridge ground in West Brompton.


1873 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Oxford dominated the early stages of the game due largely to the strong running of Arnold Kirke-Smith. Newspaper The Sportsman commented that "the whole eleven work[ed] well together and with great energy". Nonetheless, Wanderers came closer to scoring when William Kenyon-Slaney got the ball into the goal, only for the umpires to disallow the goal due to an infringement of the offside rule. After 27 minutes, Wanderers captain Arthur Kinnaird, whom the press rated as the best player of the match due to his dribbling skills, gave his team the lead when he outpaced Oxford's backs and kicked the ball between the goalposts.


1873 FA Cup Final, Match, Summary
In a desperate attempt to secure an equalising goal, Oxford took the unusual step of dispensing with the use of a goalkeeper and moved Andrew Leach, who had been playing in that position, upfield to play as a forward. This plan back-fired at around the 80-minute mark, however, when Charles Wollaston broke through and scored a second goal for the Wanderers, who thereby retained the trophy which they had won in its inaugural year. The correspondent from The Field stated that the shot would easily have been saved had there been a player in goal.


1873 FA Cup Final, Post-match
As was the norm until 1882, the winning team did not receive the trophy at the stadium on the day of the match, but later in the year at their annual dinner. Oxford's sporting disappointment continued in the afternoon, as the university's crew was defeated by three lengths by Cambridge in the Boat Race, Cambridge's fourth successive victory in the contest.


1873 Glebe colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of The Glebe on 22 May 1873 because George Allen had been appointed Minister of Justice and Public Instruction in the first Parkes ministry. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested.


1873 Glebe colonial by-election
John Young was a builder, most notable for building St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney and the Johnston Street group of houses in Annandale.


1873 Gloucester by-election
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1873 Gloucester by-election
The Gloucester by-election of 1873 was fought on 8 May 1873[20 3 ]. The byelection was fought due to the Resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, William Philip Price. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Killigrew Wait.


1873 Grand National
The 1873 Grand National was the 35th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 27 March 1873.


1873 Greek legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 27 January 1873. The United Opposition won 95 of the 190 seats. Epameinondas Deligiorgis remained Prime Minister.


1873 Greenwich by-election
The Greenwich by-election of 1873 was fought on 2 August 1873[20 3 ]. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, David Salomons. It was won by the Conservative candidate Thomas Boord.


1873 Griqualand West parliamentary election
The first election for the Legislative Council of Griqualand West were held in November 1873. Griqualand West had been established as a British Crown colony in January 1873. Of the 8 members of the Legislative Council 4 were elected.


1873 Guatemalan general election
Presidential elections were held in Guatemala in November 1873. The result was a victory for Justo Rufino Barrios.


1873 Haverfordwest Boroughs by-election
The Haverfordwest Boroughs by-election of 1873 was fought on 24 November 1873. The byelection was fought due to the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, The Lord Kensington taking the position of Parliamentary Groom in Waiting. It was retained by Kensington.


1873 Hume colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of The Hume on 31 March 1873 because James McLaurin resigned due to ill health.


1873 Huntingdon by-election
The Huntingdon by-election of 1873 was fought on 17 December 1873. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Conservative Party, Thomas Baring. It was won by the Conservative candidate, John Burgess Karslake.


1873 Invercargill by-election
The 1873 Invercargill by-election was a by-election during the 5th New Zealand Parliament in the Southland electorate of Invercargill. The by-election occurred following the resignation of MP William Henderson Calder and was won by John Cuthbertson.


1873 Invercargill by-election, Background
William Henderson Calder, who was first elected to represent Invercargill in the 1871 election, resigned in 1873. This triggered the Invercargill by-election, which was held on 22 May 1873. Two independent candidates contested the election, John Cuthbertson and William Wood. Cuthbertson obtained 52.48% of the votes and was successful.


1873 Iowa Senate election
In the 1873 Iowa State Senate elections, Iowa voters elected state senators to serve in the fifteenth Iowa General Assembly. Elections were held in 23 of the state senate's 50 districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate.


1873 Iowa Senate election
Following the previous election, Republicans had control of the Iowa Senate with 42 seats to Democrats' eight seats.


1873 Iowa Senate election
To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 18 Senate seats.


1873 Iowa Senate election
Republicans maintained control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1873 general election with the balance of power shifting to Republicans holding 36 seats, Democrats having 10 seats, and four Anti- Monopoly members (a net gain of 2 seats for Democrats and 4 seats for the Anti- Monopoly Party).


1873 Iowa gubernatorial election
The 1873 Iowa gubernatorial election was held on October 14, 1873. Incumbent Republican Cyrus C. Carpenter defeated Democratic nominee Jacob G. Vale with 55.54% of the vote.


1873 Kingston upon Hull by-election
The Kingston upon Hull by-election of 1873 was held on 22 October 1873. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, James Clay. It was won by the Conservative candidate Joseph Walker Pease.


1873 Liberian general election
Presidential elections were held in Liberia in May 1873. The result was a victory for incumbent President Joseph Jenkins Roberts of the Republican Party.


1873 Lisburn by-election
The Lisburn by-election of 1873 was held on 19 February 1873. The election was held due to the resignation in order to contest County Armagh of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edward Wingfield Verner. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate Sir Richard Wallace.


1873 Liverpool School Board election
Elections to the Liverpool School Board were held on 19 November 1873.


1873 Liverpool School Board election
After the election, the composition of the school board was:


1873 Liverpool Town Council election
Elections to Liverpool Town Council were held on Monday 1 November 1873. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.


1873 Liverpool Town Council election, Election result
Because of the large number of uncontested seats, these statistics should be taken in that context.


1873 Liverpool Town Council election, By-elections, No. 13, St. Anne Street, 27 March 1874
Caused by the death of Councillor James Denton (Conservative, St. Anne Street, elected 1 November 1871)


1873 Liverpool by-election
The 1873 Liverpool by-election was held on 7 February 1873 after the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Samuel Robert Graves. It was retained by the Conservative candidate John Torr.


1873 Lyttelton by-election
The by-election for Lyttelton in 1873 was a by-election held in the Lyttelton electorate during the 5th Parliament of New Zealand, on 19 May 1873.


1873 Lyttelton by-election
It was held because John Thomas Peacock was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council. Peacock's brother-in-law, Henry Richard Webb, won the election.


1873 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1873 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1873. Republican candidate Nelson Dingley Jr. defeated the Democratic candidate Joseph Titcomb.


1873 Massachusetts gubernatorial election
The 1873 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1873. Republican Governor William B. Washburn was re-elected to a third term in office over Democrat William Gaston.


1873 Massachusetts legislature
The 94th Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1873 during the governorship of Republican William B. Washburn. George B. Loring served as president of the Senate and John E. Sanford served as speaker of the House.


1873 McGill Redmen football team
The 1873 McGill Redmen football team represented the McGill Redmen during the 1873 college football season. The season featured the Harvard vs. McGill game played May 15, 1874, the first rugby-style football game played in the United States.


1873 Melbourne Cup
The 1873 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Thursday, 6 November 1873.


1873 Melbourne Cup
This year was the thirteenth running of the Melbourne Cup. Don Juan's victory was a controversial one. Immediately following the race Don Juan's victory was called into question and a protest was fired. The Sydney Mail reported on 22 November that the horse was actually a year old than his stated four years of age. There were also rumors that Don Juan was substituted for a better horse. The protest was dismissed and the rumours were never proven. Don Juan won by three and a half lengths in a new record time of 3:36.0.


1873 Melbourne Cup
This is the list of placegetters for the 1873 Melbourne Cup.


1873 Minnesota gubernatorial election
The 1873 Minnesota gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1873 to elect the governor of Minnesota.


1873 Mississippi gubernatorial election
The 1873 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1873, in order to elect the Governor of Mississippi. This election marked the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Mississippi until 1991, 118 years later.


1873 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election
In the general election, Republican Adelbert Ames, a U.S. Senator who previously served as governor from 1868 until 1870, defeated James L. Alcorn, also a U.S. Senator and former governor. Alcorn's estrangement from Ames, his northern-born colleague, deepened in 1871, as African-Americans became convinced that Alcorn was not taking the problem of white terrorism seriously enough; and, in fact, Alcorn resisted Federal action to suppress the Ku Klux Klan, contending that state authorities were sufficient to handle the task. By 1873 the quarrel had deepened into an intense animosity. Both men ran for governor.


1873 Mississippi gubernatorial election, General election
Ames was supported by the Radicals and most African Americans, while Alcorn won the votes of conservative whites and most of the scalawags. Ames won by a vote of 69,870 to 50,490. Alcorn withdrew from active politics in the state, emerging to assail the new governor as incapable and an enemy of the people of Mississippi.


1873 Mongonui and Bay of Islands by-election
The 1873 Mongonui and Bay of Islands by-election was held on 24 July 1873 in the Mongonui and Bay of Islands electorate in Northland during the 5th New Zealand Parliament after the sitting member, John McLeod, resigned. The by-election was won by John William Williams.


1873 Mongonui and Bay of Islands by-election
John Macfarlane, one of the other candidates, denied that he had paid McLeod £200 to resign.


1873 Mudgee colonial by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Mudgee on 8 September 1873 because Joseph Innes was appointed to the Legislative Council.


1873 NYU Violets football team
The 1873 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1873 college football season.


1873 National Civil Rights Convention
The National Civil Rights Convention of 1873 was held in Washington, D.C. W. Ogilvie photographed the convention which began December 9. It was covered by the New York Times.


1873 National Civil Rights Convention, History
The Colored Conventions Movement included a long series of national conventions held by free "people of color" going back decades before the American Civil War. Conventions were held in Philadelphia, New York City, Buffalo, Rochester (New York), Syracuse, Cleveland and (after the war)  Washington D.C., St. Louis, New Orleans, and Cincinnati.


1873 National Civil Rights Convention, History
George T. Downing chaired the 1873 convention and A. M. Green was secretary. A memorial publication of the event was published.


1873 National Civil Rights Convention, History
Conventioneers were welcomed by Charles Sumner, supported by members of the Republican party and  President Ulysses Grant.


1873 National Civil Rights Convention, History
William Nesbit called the meeting to order. Attendees included John Mercer Langston, P. B. S. Pinchback, Stuart Ellison, Robert Harlan, Daniel Straker,  John Hyman, Frederick Douglass, and all seven African American congressmen. President Grant received attendees at the White House's Blue Room.


1873 New Jersey Athletic Club football team
The 1873 New Jersey Athletic Club football team represented New Jersey Athletic Club in the 1873 college football season. New Jersey compiled a 0–1 record in the season, losing their only game to Stevens.


1873 New Jersey State Senate election
The 1873 New Jersey State Senate elections were held in November.


1873 New Jersey State Senate election
The elections took place during the final year of Governor Joel Parker's second non-consecutive term in office. Republicans gained the Hunterdon County seat.


1873 New York Mutuals season
The New York Mutuals base ball team was one of only three teams to have played in all five seasons of the National Association's existence (1871–75). In 1873 the team finished the season in fourth place with 29 wins and 24 losses, eleven games behind pennant winning Boston Red Stockings. They won 22 out of 31 home games, played at Union Grounds in Brooklyn and 7 of 22 away from home. The team batting average was .281, fifth best in the NA. They led the league in fewest  strikeouts with 22, and fewest opponents runs.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Starting pitcher Bobby Mathews went 29-23 as a starter with 47 complete games. In those complete games, Mathews pitched two shutouts. Candy Cummings was the NA's best pitcher in 1872, but decided to go to the Baltimore Canaries, Mathews' former team.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
And fill-in he did, coming in 3rd in wins, 5th in winning percentage, 3rd in complete games, 1st in strikeouts, 3rd in games pitched, 2nd in base-runners per 9 innings pitched, 4th in innings pitched, 2nd in opponents' average, 2nd in opponents' on-base percentage, 2nd in earned run average, 2nd in adjusted earned run average, first in adjusted starter runs, and second in pitcher wins; placing higher than Cummings in all but one of those categories.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Nat Hicks, catcher:  Played in 28 games played, all catching. Batted .242 in 120 at bats.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Joe Start, first baseman, Started his career in 1860 in New York at the age of 18. Start is credited with being the 1st first baseman to play away from the bag. He had the best fielding average for a first baseman in 1873. With 25 games remaining, the Mutuals voted Start to be the manager and he managed the team to a record of 18-7. Start hit .266 in 1873.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Jim Holdsworth, shortstop:  Batted .323 with 28 RBIs in all 53 games for the Mutuals. Holdsworth was tied for third in the NA with eight triples.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
John Hatfield, third baseman:  Batting .306 with two home runs and 46 RBIs. He was the manager of the team for the first 28 games, leading the team to an 11-17 mark. Hatfield played in all but one game in 1873.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Count Gedney, left fielder:  Batted .267 with a home run and 24 RBIs in all 53 games for the Mutuals.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Dave Eggler, center fielder: Batted a .338 with 35 runs batted in and two strikeouts at the plate. He had 266 at bats, striking out once every 133 at bats. He played in every game in the 1873 season for the Mutuals. He was fourth in the NA with 82 runs scored and fifth in fielding runs-outfield.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Phonney Martin, right fielder/pitcher. He batted .221 with 14 runs batted in. He pitched in six games, and lost his only start. Martin compiled a 3.44 earned run average and opponents hit .292 against him.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Dick Higham, utility player:  Higham batted .316 with 34 runs batted in 49 games. He only struck out once in 244 at bats.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Regular season, Roster
Bobby Mathews batted .193 with 14 runs batted in 223 at bats in 52 games. When Mathews wasn't pitching, he would play in right field for reliever Phonney Martin.


1873 New York Mutuals season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1873 New York state election
The 1873 New York state election was held on November 4, 1873, to elect the Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the State Treasurer, the State Engineer, a Canal Commissioner and an Inspector of State Prisons, as well as all members of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. Besides, the voters were asked if the judges of the New York Court of Appeals, the New York Supreme Court, and the county and city courts, shall be elected or appointed; the electorate decided to maintain the elective system.


1873 New York state election, History
The Republican state convention met on September 24 at the Opera House in Utica, New York. David J. Mitchell was Temporary Chairman until the choice of Stewart L. Woodford as President. Francis S. Thayer was nominated for Secretary of State by acclamation. The incumbent Comptroller Nelson K. Hopkins was re-nominated by acclamation. Daniel G. Fort was nominated for Treasurer after a "rising vote, when the whole convention, except a score, stood up in favor of Mr. Fort." Benjamin D. Silliman was nominated for Attorney General on the first ballot (vote: Silliman 262, B. Platt Carpenter 162). The incumbent State Engineer William B. Taylor was re-nominated. Sidney Mead was nominated for Canal Commissioner on the first ballot (vote: Mead 185, Charles K. Monell 118, John Napier 41, Hiram P. Wilbur 33). Moss K. Platt was nominated for Prison Inspector on the first ballot with 238 votes.


1873 New York state election, History
The Democratic state convention met on October 2 at Utica, New York. Diedrich Willers, Jr., for Secretary of State, and Asher P. Nichols for Comptroller, were nominated by acclamation. Daniel Pratt was nominated for Attorney General on the first ballot (vote: Pratt 82, James B. Olney 26, Rufus W. Peckham, Jr. 13). The incumbent Treasurer Thomas Raines was re-nominated by acclamation. Sylvanus H. Sweet was nominated for State Engineer after several ballots. James Jackson, Jr. was nominated for Canal Commissioner, and George W. Millspaugh for Prison Inspector.


1873 New York state election, Results
Five Democrats and two Republicans were elected to state offices.


1873 New York state election, Results
The incumbents Hopkins and Raines were re-elected. The incumbent Taylor was defeated.


1873 Newfoundland general election
The 1873 Newfoundland general election was held in November 1873 to elect members of the 11th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Colony of Newfoundland. The Anti-Confederates led by Charles Fox Bennett formed the government; a "new" Conservative party led by Frederick Carter formed the opposition.


1873 Northern West Riding of Yorkshire by-election
The Northern West Riding of Yorkshire by-election of 1873 was fought on 27 August 1873. The byelection was fought due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Lord Frederick Cavendish, becoming Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. It was retained by Cavendish, who was unopposed.


1873 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway in 1873. As political parties were not officially established until 1884, all those elected were independents. Voter turnout was 45.6%, although only 4.6% of the country's population was eligible to vote.


1873 Ohio gubernatorial election
The 1873 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on October 8, 1873. Democratic nominee William Allen defeated incumbent Republican Edward Follansbee Noyes with 47.82% of the vote.


1873 Open Championship
The 1873 Open Championship was the 13th Open Championship, held 4 October at the Old Course at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. Tom Kidd won the Championship by a stroke from Jamie Anderson. This was the first Open Championship not held at Prestwick. The Championship was still contested over 36 holes; now two rounds of 18 holes rather than three rounds of 12. Since the new "Champion Trophy" (commonly known as the Claret Jug) was not ready in 1872, Kidd became the first golfer to receive it at the Championship.


1873 Open Championship
"The trophy conferred on the successful golfer is a silver cup which, however, can never become the absolute property of any winner (as was the case with the champion belt which fell to Young Tom Morris, who won it three times in succession). Along with the honour the winner receives a medal and likewise a money prize."


1873 Open Championship
In the days before the Championship the rain had fallen incessantly, leaving the course very wet. Although the day of the Championship itself was sunny with little wind, the course remained very heavy with several parts being pools of water. Under the rules at the time there was no concept of "casual water". The only option, other that playing it, was that "if the ball is in water, the player may take it out, change the ball if he pleases, tee it, and play from behind the hazard, losing a stroke."


1873 Open Championship
It was reported that "the play as a whole was indifferent, but this may be partly accounted for by the state of the green." The winning score of 179 was the highest recorded while the Championship was over 36 holes. This was partly because St Andrews was the toughest of the three courses used and partly due to the difficult conditions. The next time the Open (in 1876) was at St Andrews the winning score was 176.


1873 Open Championship
The best score in the first round was 91 by Jamie Anderson, Tom Kidd and Bob Kirk. A number of the players scored over 100. Three player beat 90 in the second round, the best being 88 by Tom Kidd, who won the Championship by a stroke from Jamie Anderson who scored 89. The favourites were Tom Morris, Jr. and Davie Strath. Defending champion Morris scored a second round 89 but his first round of 94 left him out of contention. Strath had a first round 97 that also left him too far behind. Henry Lamb from Royal Wimbledon Golf Club was the leading amateur, finishing in 8th place.


1873 Open Championship, Final leaderboard
Those in second to sixth places also received prize money. Kirk and Tom Morris, Jr. shared the third and fourth place money.


1873 Orkney and Shetland by-election
The Orkney and Shetland by-election of 1873 was fought on 6–7 January 1873. The by-election was fought due to the Death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Frederick Dundas. It was won by the Liberal candidate, former Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Railway Administrator Samuel Laing.


1873 Oxford by-election
The Oxford by-election of 1873 was held on 6 December 1873. The by-election was held due to William Vernon Harcourt, the incumbent Liberal MP, becoming the Solicitor General for England and Wales. It was retained by Harcourt, who was unopposed.


1873 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1873 Athletic Baseball Club of Philadelphia finished in fifth place in the National Association with a record of 28-23. First baseman Cap Anson batted .398 and was second in the league batting race.


1873 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1873 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1873 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1873 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1873 Philadelphia White Stockings season
The Philadelphia White Stockings played their first season in 1873 as a  member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished second in the league with a record of 36-17.


1873 Philadelphia White Stockings season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In


1873 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1873 Prince Edward Island election was held on 1 April 1873 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the British colony of Prince Edward Island. It was won by the Conservative party. This was Prince Edward Island's last general election as a British colony, as it joined Canada on July 1, 1873 as a province.


1873 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1873 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1873 college football season. The team played Yale for the first time and won 3–0, finished with a 1–0 record, and was retroactively named national champion by the Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. The team captain was Cyrus O. Dershimer.


1873 Princeton Tigers football team
This season marked the second of four consecutive national championships, and one of 11 in a 13-year period between 1869 and 1881.


1873 Queensland colonial election
Elections were held in the Colony of Queensland (now a State of Australia) between 4 November 1873 and 4 December 1873 to elect the members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.


1873 Queensland colonial election, Key dates
Due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day.


1873 Renfrewshire by-election
The Renfrewshire by-election of 1873 was held on 10 September 1873. The byelection was held due to the Elevation to a peerage of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Henry Bruce. It was won by the Conservative candidate Archibald Campbell.


1873 Richmond (Yorks) by-election
The Richmond (Yorkshire) by-election of 1873 was held on 27 May 1873. The byelection was held due to the Succession to a peerage of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Lawrence Dundas. It was won by his younger brother, the unopposed Liberal candidate John Dundas.


1873 Roma Street railway station building
The 1873 Roma Street railway station building is a heritage-listed railway station building at Roma Street railway station, 159 Roma Street, Brisbane central business district, City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Francis Drummond Greville Stanley and built from 1873 to 1875 by John Petrie. It is also known as Brisbane Passenger Station, Brisbane Terminal Station, and Brisbane Terminus. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 March 2000.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
The first Roma Street railway station was constructed in 1873-1875 as the first Brisbane terminus for the Main Line railway and was the Brisbane terminus for the Southern and Western railway lines via Toowoomba. The building was designed by FDG Stanley, the Superintendent of Public Buildings in 1873 and built over the next two years by Brisbane builder, John Petrie.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
The Queensland Parliament passed the Railway Act in 1863, enabling the first railways to be constructed. A railway survey had been undertaken by the New South Wales Government in 1856 prior to the separation of Queensland in 1859, but it was the Moreton Bay Tramway Company who, on constructing a wooden-railed horse hauled tramway between Ipswich and Toowoomba in 1861, pioneered rail transportation to Queensland. Queensland's sparse population discouraged rail transportation as non-viable.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
The initial Main Line railway which ran between Ipswich and a small town near Ipswich, Bigge's Camp (or Grandchester as it is now known) was opened in 1865. This was the first stage of a four-stage project to provide railway connections into the major towns on the Darling Downs. The second stage was to link Ipswich through to Toowoomba via the Main Line in 1867. The final two stages were the Western railway line linking Toowoomba to Dalby in 1868 and the Southern railway line linking Toowoomba to Warwick in 1871.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
Terminating the railway at Ipswich meant that goods were then be transferred to ships at Ipswich to reach Brisbane or beyond. The Ipswich community was opposed to the extension of the railway to Brisbane, as goods would then be transferred to ships in Brisbane, diminishing Ipswich's role as a port. Despite Ipswich's opposition, the Queensland Government ordered a preliminary survey of a railway line between Ipswich and Brisbane which was completed in November 1865.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
By 1872 a report of the Royal Commission on Railway Construction was presented to Parliament which made a case for the extension of the South-West Railway into Brisbane. The case for the railway line was adopted and plans were immediately made for a survey which estimated the cost of the rail link to be £192,000, or £8,000 per 1 mile (1.6 km) of line.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
Previously a decision was made to adopt a narrow gauge of 3 ft 6 in, rather than the wider gauge adopted in other states and this reflects the general attitude toward the construction of railway lines and stations in Queensland in these first years, that of providing adequate facilities economically. On 30 January 1873, the first sod was turned on the extension of the line to Brisbane by the Queensland Governor, George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
As part of the planning for the new line, a major station was planned at the Brisbane Terminal at Roma Street. This building was originally to be an imported iron station building from Britain designed by Sir C. Fox and Son. The downturn in the state's economy in the late 1860s, resulted in a smaller station which was built to a design of FDG Stanley in 1873-1875. The order for the iron building was cancelled, not, however, before certain elements were in transit from London; consequently a large iron carriage shed arrived and was dismantled for use on a number of projects.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
In October 1873, a tender notice appeared in the Queensland Government Gazette for the construction of the railway station in Brisbane. FDG Stanley who was the Superintendent of Buildings within the Public Works Department at the time, was the designer of the building. The tender of John Petrie was accepted in on 1 December 1873. The building was then built over the next two years.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
In the Brisbane Courier, "Summary for Europe", which appeared on 30 October 1873, detailed plans of the new Terminus Passenger Station were provided:


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
The Station will be erected in the Green Hills, just outside the western fence of the Grammar School and facing Roma Street from which it will be distant 100 yards. The general style of the building will be that known as the Italian Gothic order of architecture. The material used...will be pressed brick with cut stone facings, this being chosen on account of its durability and as also affording the greatest consonant with economy. The station will consist of a main building, two storeys high, flanked at each end by a single storey wing... On the ground floor...will be the booking offices, station master's offices, waiting rooms and other offices connected with ordinary railway travel. The upper floor will be devoted to the offices of the traffic and engineering staff... The plans have been designed by Mr FDG Stanley, Superintendent of Public Buildings.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
The line was opened as far as Oxley Point railway station (now known as Chelmer railway station) by February 1875, but the bridge across the Brisbane River to Indooroopilly was not constructed until later, and the trains were shunted across the river on punts. Despite its incomplete state, the line from Ipswich to Brisbane was officially opened on 14 June 1875. At the opening, the platform at Brisbane Passenger Station was half-paved and the rooms and corridors incomplete, the roofing over the platform was still in progress and the place lit temporarily .


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
The station was designed to house staff and facilities associated with rail traffic, including the station master, booking office and waiting rooms. A large goods shed was erected at Roma Street in 1875-1876 and sidings were introduced to incorporate the new building. The cost of this work was £7446. The next major addition to the station was a rail bridge over Countess Street also planned in 1876 when Parliament voted £19,600 for construction of this and other improvements at the station. The bridge measured 66 feet (20 m) and was an iron-plate girder span on brick abutments and was constructed to avoid disturbing road traffic. Other improvements at this time include construction of a number of cattle yards.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
Roma Street railway station and the surrounding railyards has been dramatically altered over the years of its use. In 1911 the railyard was established at Roma Street and the entire site was replanned. The next major change occurred in the early 1940s when the Country Station was constructed between the original Terminal Station and Roma Street. The most recent, and most significant change to the railway station occurred in the 1980s when the transit centre, incorporating the Travelodge Hotel was constructed (now Centra).


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
A number of sources suggest that the original carriage shed was erected as a temporary measure. By 1882 a new carriage shed was erected and the terminal station platforms extended. Also during this year the Sandgate railway line was opened to Sandgate further increasing traffic through Roma Street station. In 1889, the Brisbane Central railway station was opened and the original Brisbane Terminal Station became known as the Roma Street railway station. Construction of buildings, including a gas works, stores buildings and engine sheds continued as rail traffic increased.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
In 1911 a major re-organisation of the Roma Street railway station precinct was planned, involving the removal of locomotive and carriage facilities to the Mayne Rail Yards where a new marshalling yard was built. Roma Street continued to develop during the 1910s and 1920s as the major goods loading point. In 1914 an additional storey was added to the porte cochere of the station building increasing office accommodation on the first floor.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
On 30 November 1940 the Country Station was opened at Roma Street. This low-lying face brick building sat directly between the 1873-1875 building and Roma Street. For the first time the early railway station was flanked by platforms and was no longer able to be accessed via Roma Street directly. The new passenger station was designed to relieve congestion at Brisbane Central Station and made Roma Street Station the chief station for long distance travel. Trains travelling, southward however, still left from South Brisbane railway station prior to the construction of the Merivale Bridge in 1978.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
The 1940 station was planned amid a large garden setting some of which survives to this day and continued a tradition of substantial and attractive gardens surrounding railway stations in Queensland. When constructed the roof of the 1873-1875 station was clad with slate tiles, during the general refurbishment of the station area following the construction of the 1940 passenger station the roof of the early station was re-clad with corrugated fibrous sheeting.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
Platforms and awnings were constantly re-arranged at the Roma Street Station. In 1959 the early iron carriage shed was removed and was replaced with more modest awnings.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
During the 1980s the isolation of the original station building was further increased with the construction of the monolithic Brisbane Transit Centre which incorporated new railway facilities along with a hotel, offices and function centre. This development saw the demolition of the 1940 railway station. During the mid 1990s a further re-arrangement and extension of the platforms to the north and south of the early station building occurred.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, History
Several studies through the early 2000s, including by Mark Jones Architects and Bruce Buchanan, investigated the refurbishment of the original station building, which had fallen into serious disrepair. Eventually in 2012, Queensland Rail commissioned the architectural firm, Architectus to complete the design work of a rescue refurbishment of the external fabric. The work included a new slate tile roof to replace the asbestos sheeting. This matched the original roofing. Other work included dismantling of intrusive work of the mid 20th century and stripping on the paint from the brickwork exterior and a replacement pediment at the Western end. The Architectus work (builder Kane Constructions) restored the station building exterior to its former glory. Michael Kennedy was the heritage consultant for the project.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The 1873 Roma Street railway station is a substantial building constructed of rendered masonry situated between the new Roma Street railway station within the Travelodge (Centra) tower on Roma Street and the platform structures to the rear of this. The building retains some c. 1940s platform awnings and is adjacent to early remnant garden areas.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The 1873-1875 station is a two storeyed building lined to the north and south by platforms. When built the platforms were at the rear, northern edge of the building only. Platforms were introduced to the southern side from the 1940 renovation. At the eastern end of the station building is a large iron roofed and steel framed semi-open space which replaced an earlier similar structure. Several small buildings survive to the west of the station building surrounded by remnant gardens.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The building when constructed was a loadbearing face brick structure with a central two storeyed section flanked by one storeyed wings. The corrugated fibrous cement roof of the station is hipped over the central part and separately hipped over the flanking bays which also feature dormer windows with brick surrounds to the south. The present roof replaced an earlier slate roof. The building has been painted externally.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The building was designed with classical elements including symmetrical massing, southern arcade and porte cochere; round and square arched head windows, castellated parapet detailing, classically inspired mouldings, string course mouldings lining the entire building and pilasters separating openings. A description of the newly completed building described the style as "Italian Gothic", probably reflecting the face brick and stone dressed mouldings of the exterior and the classical elements over the building. The building is a substantial example of a late Victorian Italianate influence.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The central part of the building is divided into three bays, a central bay projects from the southern face of the building and is lined on the ground floor of this face with a porte cochere. The porte cochere comprises rusticated corner columns and round intermediary columns supporting an arcade with castellated parapet. Since original construction a second storey has been added to the porte cochere. The southern face of the upper floor of this central bay is lined with five round arched window openings, with brick surrounds and moulded hoods.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The central bay is flanked by side bays each with three round arched windows on the upper floor and a partially enclosed arcade on the ground floor. The windows along the southern side of the building are generally timber-framed double-hung sash windows and along the northern side are aluminium framed sliding windows.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The northern face of the building was originally conceived as an internal wall, inside the original carriage shed. The northern face features a number of irregularly spaced windows and doors along the ground floor, and regularly space squared arched windows on the floor above.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
Internally, the building is arranged on the ground floor with a number of rooms openings from the original arcade along the southern side of the building and stair halls at the eastern and western ends of the building providing access to the upper floor. The upper floor is arranged around a substantial central hall articulated by moulded round archways, from which a number of large rooms open.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The ground floor has a concrete floor covering the central bay of the building and timber boarded floors to the eastern and western ends. The arcade on this floor provides access to a large central hall, divided into two by a rendered brick partition and by a curved walled room on the northern side and originally used as a ticket office. The hall was used for waiting rooms and the separation reflects the division between first and second class passengers. Other rooms on the ground are smaller offices, some with timber boarded ceilings. Within these offices are many items of significant furniture which contribute to an understanding of the railway history of the building; including joinery pieces, special cupboards and an early station names board. Large public toilet facilities are found at each end of the ground floor of the building.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
The upper floor of the building was designed for use as staff offices and facilities. The two stairways providing access to the upper floor are found at the western and eastern ends of the floor. The eastern stair is a narrow dog-leg timber stairs on a steel frame which dates from about the mid-20th century. The western stair is an earlier timber dog leg stair. The central first floor hallway provides access to a number of large, well lit office spaces.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Description
Natural lighting from the windows lining the building is supplemented on both the northern and southern sides with a series of skylights, which though probably not original are certainly an early development of the building and reflect the use of the rooms as offices. The partitioning on the upper floor is constructed with lath and plaster walls and the ceilings are also lath and plaster. The upper floor has more decorative finishes than the lower floor with moulded archways along the hall, and cornices and skirting boards of various sizes in the halls and rooms. Early paint schemes are evident in many places of the upper floor.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Heritage listing
The 1873 Roma Street railway station building was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 24 March 2000 having satisfied the following criteria.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Heritage listing
The place is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Heritage listing
The Roma Street railway station was erected in 1873-1875 as the first Brisbane Terminal Station and demonstrates the development of the railway in Queensland, as the earliest Brisbane city station and as the head office of railway administration in the 1870s and 1880s who oversaw the construction of rail lines in Queensland. The building demonstrates the development of Queensland in the 1870s with the construction of major public buildings and the provision of essential public services.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Heritage listing
The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Heritage listing
The Roma Street railway station demonstrates the principal characteristics of major railway stations in Queensland. The building in its form and layout provides evidence of its former use, with evidence of waiting halls, ticket offices, public facilities and offices. The building has architectural value as a substantial example of the public work of prominent Queensland architect, FDG Stanley.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Heritage listing
The building has architectural value as a substantial example of the public work of prominent Queensland architect, FDG Stanley.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Heritage listing
The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, Heritage listing
The 1873-1875 Roma Street railway station is of social value as an important remnant of an inner city railway station in public use for over 120 years. Because the context of the building has been gradually changed and the building is no longer appreciated as a discrete structure, the surviving railway station contributes to an understanding of the development of the site.


1873 Roma Street railway station building, References, Attribution
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1873 Roscommon by-election
The Roscommon by-election of 1873 was fought on 24 June 1873. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, Fitzstephen French. It was won by the unopposed Liberal candidate Charles French.


1873 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1873 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1873 college football season. Rutgers lost to Yale and split two games with Columbia.


1873 Shaftesbury by-election
The Shaftesbury by-election of 1873 was held on 30 August 1873. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, George Glyn. It was won by the Conservative candidate Vere Fane Benett-Stanford.


1873 South Australian football season
The 1873 South Australian football season was the eleventh year of interclub football in South Australia. It was notable due to the attempts of Kensington to create a standardised set of rules. Partly due to this, Adelaide were in recess until 1875, meaning Kensington and Port Adelaide were the only teams competing in 1873.


1873 Spanish general election
General elections to the Cortes Generales were held in Spain on May 10, 1873. At stake were all 383 seats in the Congress of Deputies. The Federal Democratic Republican Party won the elections.


1873 Spanish general election, History
The elections were held with universal male suffrage. The 1873 were both the first and last of the brief 1st Spanish Republic. The elections, however, were held in very unorthodox conditions and drew a very low turnout, as neither the Carlist or alfonsist monarchists participated in the elections. The same happened with centralist and unitarian Republicans, or even the incipient labor organizations affiliated with the 1st International, that held a boycott campaign. Those were possibly the election with the lowest turnout in the history of Spain. In Catalonia only the 25% of the electorate voted. In Madrid the 28%. This left the republic with a serious lack of legitimacy.


1873 Spanish general election, History
Francesc Pi i Margall would not run again until the 1901 Spanish general election and gain 1 seat for his party.


1873 Stevens football team
The 1873 Stevens football team represented Stevens Institute of Technology in the 1873 college football season.


1873 Suburbs of Nelson by-election
The 1873 Suburbs of Nelson by-election was a by-election held  on 14 May 1873 in the Suburbs of Nelson electorate in Nelson during the 5th New Zealand Parliament.


1873 Suburbs of Nelson by-election
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent, Ralph Richardson. The by-election was won by Andrew Richmond. He was opposed by Charles Elliott. Fedor Kelling had withdrawn in favour of Richmond.