Cricket
The old Australian fast bowler, Ernest Jones, at Fremantle on December 9, in a match sent down 17 balls, 1 maiden, for 5 runs and 6…
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Sport, 1912
875 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 1 of 44
Boxing. the Championship Fight. Sydney
A movement has been started to test the legality of the forthcoming boxing contest between Johnson and McVea at Sydney on Easter Monday…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The Doubles contest for the Davis Cup was exciting and keenly fought. The play was br[?]ant. Brooks undoubtedly played the best all…
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When was football first played in this country? The "Philadelphia "Record," in an interesting article on the football, sets out to answer this question:—At…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Immorality of Boxing. Pro. MacIntyre Denounces Contests. Merely Money-making Ventures
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Professor MacIntyre, of Armidale, states that the fight between Johnson and Mc Vea. emphasises the scandal being brought on…
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Tommy Burns says the decision in the McVea-Langford fight was the worst he ever witnessed. Jimmy Clabby defeated Ted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sporting. Swimming Carnival
Messrs. McGrath Bros., the leessees of the Municipal Baths, are out with the programme of their first monster carnival in the baths on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bellinger River Regatta. a Good Day's Sport
The Bellinger River Rogatta Club held its second annual regatta at the North Beach on Monday, January 1. Fine weather prevailed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boxing. Big Fight Transferred to Paris. Sydney
Owing to a comp[?]ng offer made to promoter McIntosh, the contest for the championship of the world between Johnson and Mcvea, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cricket. Hordern and Warner. Sydney
Hordern has decided that he will not play in the coming interstate match. N.S.W. v. South Australia at Adelaide, but will go to Sydney…
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McVea[?] and Langford are matched to again box at the Studium, on Anniversary Day. Tne manager of Ad[?] Wolgast says that…
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Since the McGrath Bros. have taken control, the Municipal Baths have gradually gone on increasing in public favor, until at the present moment they are now one…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tennis. The Davi[?] Cup
Speaking at a banquet Larned, the American, announced that America had been fairly beaten. He hoped to come again this year with the American team. Larned…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Boxing. "Boxing Parson" As Referee Sydney
The judges at a boxing contest at Longreach (Q.) disagreed and the referee, the Rev Hulton, Sams, known as "the fighting parson,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jiu Jitsu v. Boxing. Stevenson Challenges the Coons
P[?]ofessor P. W. Stevenson, the white jiu jitsu champion, is after either McVea or Langford, the winner of Boxing Day a contest preferred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic Sporting Swimming Championship. Won by Longworth. Sydney, Saturday Night
In the swimming carnival to-day the 100 yards' championship of New South Wales was won by Longworth, with Hardwick second and Healy third. Time, 56…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cricket Crisis. the Board and the Players
The "Daily Telegraph's" Melbourne correspondent wired on Tuesday: -- The position that has arisen in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegraphic Sporting. Boxing
Read defeated Hanley in the eighteeth round, after an uninteresting contest. Reverend Gentleman Offici[?] at the Ringside. SYDNEY, Monday.—At Longreach (Q), a…
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Articles have been finally signed for a fight between Johnson and Flynn at Nevada, on July 22. The date may be changed, Johnson gets…
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Heavy-weight boxing champion Johnson, who has lately made himself the provider of contradictory news, has apparently not retired from the ring, but has notified his…
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