Professional Football. a Scathing Denunciation. Melbourne
Dr. Wilfrid Kent Hughes, president by the Essendon Football Club, and a member of the club since 1872, last night addressed the members on…
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Sport, 1908
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BOXING. Sydney
At the Gaiety Athletic Club on Saturday night Sid Sullivan (Waterloo) defeated L[?] Corbett (Newtown) in a featherweight contest of 20 rounds in…
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The Ladies' Australian Swimming Championship ([?]0 yards) was won on Satruday by Min[?] Wylie (New South Wales), in 43s…
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First-grade matches played in Melbourne on Saturday resulted. Fitzroy v. East Melbourne.—Fitzroy, 171 (Ellis 37). Goss four for 62. East…
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Events contested in Canterbury Park races to-day resulted:- Flying Handicap, 6 furlongs.—Combine, 7.3, 1; High Lady, 8.5, 2;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SPORTING. [Reuter's'Message.] International Cricket. the Triangular Contests. London
[?] Marylebone Cricket Club has issued a draft scheme for triangular contests, in which it suggests that England, Australia, and South Africa, should play each other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Following Appeared in Saturday's Third Edition. Racing. V.R.C. Autumn Meeting. Final Day. Melbourne
The final day of the V.R.C. Autumn meeting was run in muggy weather. There was a fair attendance. The Governor-General and State Governor…
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A well-attended 'meeting of the above club was hold on Friday night. Mr. Cunningham in the chair. The repon and balance-sheet were read and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Latest Cable News. [Reuter's Message.] Lawn Tennis. London
Simond and Ritchie defeated. Wilding and Myers in the Riviera, doubles championship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sporting. Boxing. Russell Defeats Costello. Sydney, Wednesday
Russell last night defeated Costello in the 18th round…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Following Appealed in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Heavyweight Boxing Championship. Lang v. Smith. Latter Easily Defeated. Counted Out in 2 MINUTES. Melbourne
Bill Smith (19st. 71b.) met Bill Lang (13st. 2lb.) for the heavyweight championship of Australia' last night at the Cyclorama, when the former was…
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The Excelsior Football Club's annual meeting was held in the Commercial Hotel last night, Mr. P. E. Wiltshire presiding over a large attendance…
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Ritcie won the lawn tennis championship of the Riveria from Wilding, the New Zealand champion, by three sets to two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatalities at Motor Races. London
The motor races held in honor of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught at Cairo, were abruptly closed yesterday owing to a our swe[?]ving and killing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sporting. Balaklava and Port Wakefield Races. Adelaide
Yesterday the Balaklava and Port Wakefield Racing Club held a meeting on its new racecourse at Balaklave under most satisfactory conditions. Soo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Athletic Competitions. Sydney
On the university Oval yesterday University defated New Zealand in a series of challenge events. Other events contested were:…
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Jennings, the champion boxer of Teralba and Newcastle, defeated Coleman, champion of the Western District, at Lithgow last night…
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W. R. Reynell, of Adelaide, now at Oxford University, won the heavyweight inter-University boxing championship…
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The South Broken Hill Football Club held the first meeting for the 1908 senson at Hegarty's Hotel last night. There was a fair attendance, presided…
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At a meeting of the members of the Essendon Football Club, held on Thursday at the East Melbourne cricket ground pavilion, Dr. Kent Hughes, the…
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