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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Cricket. Barrier Ranges Association

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 6

The final matches in connection with the third round of the Barrier Ranges Association wore continued to-day. The opposing teams were West v. South…

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Champion Water-nymph. Miss Fanny Durack's Record. a Unique Swimming Career. Why She Should Go to Stockholm

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 3

If Australasia is to bo represented by a water-nymph at the next Olympic gamos in Stockholm, that nymph should be Miss Fanny. Durack, for if…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, March 4, 1912. the Cricket Dispute and the Test Matches

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 March 1912 · page 4

THE test matches are now over, and Kngland has won four of tho five games. As the in at oh against South Australia at Adelaide lias boen abandoned,…

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Football. Scotland Defeats Wales. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

Scotland defeated Wales in an association football match by 1 gool to nil…

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The Cricket Dispute. Interview with Hill

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 2

Among the passengers to Adelaide by the Melbourne express on Sunday morning was Air. C. Hill, captain of the Australian Eleven and one of the…

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Football. Broken Hill Club. the Interstate Trip

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 3

Much enthusiasm is being manifested by the members of the Broken Hill Football Club in the proposed visit to Victoria which is contemplated in July…

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Late Sporting. Boxing. Al. Thompson v. Tim Land. a Splendid Contest. Won by Thompson in the Nineteenth Round. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 March 1912 · page 4

A boxnig contest between the osaruateur champion, Al. Thompson, and Tim Land took place at the Stadium on Saturday night in the presence of…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 3

I have heard this yarn before, but it was long, long gone behind, and it may be fresh to the rising generation. Anyway, the Wellington "Evening…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 3

Friends of the six players left out of the team are anxious to see a game or two between the newly-constituted Australian team and the men who have…

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Fierce Boxing Contest. "Porky" Flynn Defeats "Paddy" Doran. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 5

"Porky" Flynn, of America, and "Paddy" Doran, ex-heavyweight amateur champion of Victoria, met in the Stadium last night. The contest…

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Boxing. Terry Keller Accounts for Ted Whiting. Wins on Points. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 3

At Melbourne Terry Keller (11.4) from America, had a substantial margin of points in his favor at the end of his 20-rounds contest with Ted…

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The Cricket Trouble. W. P. Howell Supports the "Six."

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 8

Mr. W. P. Howell who has done great things for New Smith Wales and tor Australia in big cricket, discussed the cricket contretemps on Monday…

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The Cricket Dispute. Public Meeting to Be Held in Sydney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 5

A public meeting is to be held in the Town Hall on Monday. The convener's object is to try and end the differences between the two parties to the…

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Not Wanted in Melbourne. Cabinet Will Not Encourage Boxing. Mr. H. D. M'intosh "Knocked Out." Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 3

Some years have elapsed, since any pugilistic contest of wide interest has been held in Melbourne. The Government appears determined not to…

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Late Sporting. [Reuter's Messages.] Cricket. Marylebone v. ARGENTINE. Bu[?]nos Ayre, Monday. The Marylebone cricket team beat the Argentine team by two wickets. the Board of Control Trouble. Mr. H. Trumble's Announcement. Will There Be an Application for Injunction? Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 March 1912 · page 3

Mr. H. Trumble's announcement, us appeared in to-day's First Edition of "The Minor," that the best team or no team at all shall go to England, has…

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SPORTING. [Reuter's Message.] Boxing. Packy M'fabland Outs Hogan. New York

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 2

Packy M'Farland accounted for "One-Round" Hogan in a ten-round bout at New York. M'Farland led from start to finish…

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Local Cricket. Broken Hill Association. Finish of This Season

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 March 1912 · page 4

The teams comprising the Broken Hill Cricket Association will enter on the lost matches of the season, which terminates on March 16, on Saturday…

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To-morrow's Cricket

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 4

Norths v. Souths, Alma Oval.— Norths from: Pincombe, Bloomfield, Johns (2). Morrow, Bowen, Tilley, O'Shannessey. Ross, Bills, Marks,…

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S.b.h.j.c. Races

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 2

The acceptances for the S.B.H.J.C. races, to he run on Wednesday next, at South Broken Hill, are due on Monday night…

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The Cricket Dispute. the Misleading Telegram

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 March 1912 · page 4

In the "Age" of March 4 a statement from Mr. Edmund Jowett, one of the conveners of, the indignation meeting in Melbourne last week, was…

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