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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Local Boxing. Skeen Defeats Payne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 6

There was a very good attendance at the Hippodrome on Saturday night last to witness the boxing contest between Skeen and Payne for what was…

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Rugby Footbail in Paris. Ireland Defeats France. Paris

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

The Rugby football match Ireland v. France, played in Paris today resulted— Ireland, 11 points; Erance 6 points…

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Boxing, Lester Smith Fight. a Victory for Smith. Lester Disqualified in the Fourteenth Round. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 6

Jack Lester and Dave Smith fought at the Stadium, Rushcutter's Bay,last night, for what was described as the heavyweight championship of the…

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Lawn Tennis. Davis Cup Consist In,new Zealaland. Australasia Victorious Over America in Ingles

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

The New Zealand savis Cup contest was continued' yesterday. In the singles Normed Brookes Australasia) defeated Beals Wright (Aamerica)…

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Cricket Scorer Drops Dead. Driver of Body to the Morgue Falls Out of the Ambulance and Is Injured

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 January 1912 · page 4

At the close of a cricket match at South Yarra on Saturday Arthur Marks, a resident of Richmond, who acted as scorer, dropped dead…

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Rugby Football. Australasia v. England. Further Particulars. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

Further particulars of the Rugby football match, Australasia v. England, won by the former are available. Four thousand spectators witnessed…

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Boxing in New Zealand. Cook Knocked Out by Gault. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

The fight between Gault (Auckland) and Peter Cook (Sydney) took place on Monday at Wellington (New Zealand). Cook was knocked out in the 10th…

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Boxing in America. Bronson and Devlin Fight a Draw. Louisville (Kentucky)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

Bronson (Indianapolis) fought a ten round fast draw with Tommy Devlin (Philadelphia) at Louisville (Kentucky) today…

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Man Drowned at a Regatta. Two Others Narrowly Escape. Crowds Laugh and Applaud. Thought It a Comic Interlude

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

A tragedy occurred at the Lyttleton regatta on Monday. A ship's boat containing ten seamen and firemen was passing near the end…

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Tennis Championship. the Doubles Contests. Australasia Defeats America and Retains the Davis Cup. Auckland

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 January 1912 · page 2

By defeating Wright and M'Loughlin in the doubles, Brookes and Dunlop yesterday won the third match for Australasia against America, thus…

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State Swimming Championship. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 2

The heats for the 100 jards State Swimming Championship were decided at the Domain Baths yesterday, C. Healy and W. Longworth being…

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Dick Arnst Injured. Alleged Assault by Four Men. a Boxing Morning Episode

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 1

lt will be heard with regret throughout Australia (says' the " Sun" of December 31) that Dick, Arnst, the popular sculling champion, lies in a Manly…

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Triangular Cricket'test Contests. South Africa's Team. Johannesburg

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 January 1912 · page 2

The following South African team has been selected for the triangular Test matches in England—Sherwell, Faulkner, Tancred, White, Snooke,…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 3

I have seen nearly all the Sydney papers accounts of the M'Ven Langford disturbance, and find that not one of the writers agrees with "Snowy"…

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Boxing. Johnson's Opfers. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 1

Johnson offers to fight M'Vea- in Paris in July and Flynn either in New York or Nevada…

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Lawn Tennis. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 1

A cablegram from New Zealand was received in Sydney yesterday, which stated that Beals Wright will after all not pay a visit to Sydney to play in a…

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Does Cricket Need Pluck? Famous Players' Opinions

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 6

Lieutenant General Baden Powell made an attack on cricket at Clayes more School, London. The result drew a spirited reply from prominent…

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Cricket. Interstate Match. South AUSTRALIA.v. N.S.W. South Australian Team

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 8

The selectors, Messrs. Hill, Dolling, ' and Gehrs, have chosen the following players to represent South Australia In the match against New South Wales,…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 3

This is the very latest cable from America, posted from Chicago, where Jack Johnson is at present located:— "It is now pretty certain that Jack…

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Mutes at Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 8

The Australasian Deaf and Dumb Association conference concluded in Melbourne on Monday last with a picnic and cricket match, which was held…

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