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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Wednesday Cricket. Lack of Interest. Both Matches Forfeited

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

Ever since, the Wednesday Cricket Association matches started this season, there has been a palpable lack of enthusiasm on the part of the teams. It…

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Cricket. Interstate Match. South Australia v. New South Wales. New South Wales Wins by Eight Wickets. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 4

The South Australians were in a hopeless position when they continued their second innings agninst New South Wales to-day on the Adelaide Oval…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 7

Tommy Burns is reported to have dropped £600 by backing Langford to beat M'vea. After the fight the burly little Tahmy turned very sour and said…

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Local Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

The Y.M.C.A. team will play the Imperial Lodge on the Hillside Reserve to-day. Y.M.C.A. from: Nettle, S. Rawlings, Nelson, Dow, Jones,…

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Lawn Tennis. Chicago

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

Mr. Harry Waider (secretary of the Western Lawn Tennis Association) announces that the United States tennis players will cease to be contestants for…

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Late Sporting. [Reuter's Message.] Boxing in Paris. Paris

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 8

"Kid" M'Coy defeated Gunter on points in a 10 rounds bout'at Paris to-day…

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Motor-cars Collide. a Well-known Racing Man Killed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 4

At 11.30 o'clock on Thursday evening two motor-cars came into collision at the corner of Darlington-road and Golden Grove-street…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

Time was when the announcement that Buffalo Costello was to fight Choynski ten rounds would draw 5000 persons, to witness the good game contest…

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An Athletic Parson. Runs a Boxing Contest. Keeping a Crowd in Order

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 7

The Brisbane correspondent of one of the Sydney papers gives the following description of the, incident mentioned in 'The Miner" this week, when…

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State Swimming Championship. the 220 Yards Won by Long Worth. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 4

The 220 Yards' State Swimming Championship was won easily oh Saturday by Longworth in 2m. 27 2-5s. He thus broke the Australian record…

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Cricket. Third Test Match. Notes on Saturday's Play. (By "Wakeful.")

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 5

Saturday was pretty warm-in fact, very hot—and the attendance on the Adelaide Oval numbered no more than between 13,000 and 14,000. There…

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Boxing in Sydney. Terry Keller v."BANDSMAN " Rice. Rice Wins on a Foul. Sydney,Monday

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 4

Terry Keller,the American boxer, made his first appearance in Australia at the Stadium on Saturday night, when he met "Bandsman" Rice in a contest…

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Wednesday Cricket

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

Young Hillsides y. St. James's, South Pitoh.[?]Young Hillsides from: Prior, Bowden, Landorg, Barnes, Petney, Collicot, Taylor, Martin (2), N…

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Adelaide Swimming Championship. Queensland Contestants' Arrival at Sydney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4

The Queensland [?]testauts in the swimming championships at Adelaido arrived at Sydney yesterday, and went on by the express…

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Late Sporting. Boxing in Melbourne. Frank Thorn v.BILLY Elliott. a Vtotory for Thorn Sudden Ending to Fight. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4

Frank Thom beat Billy Elliott in a boxing contest in Melbourne last night. The first round was evenly contested, but the fight ended suddenly in the…

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Wednesday Cricket. a Languishing Association

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 2

Enthusiasm in the Wednesday crikeltet Association never at any time during the current season trenched a high point. On thc other hand…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 3

According to latest information from America, it was the fact of Johnson absolutely declining to visit Australia at present that caused the venue of his…

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Swimming Representation at the Olympic Games

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 3

In connection with the world's athletic championships, to be decided at the Olympic Games at Stockholm in July of this year, the New South Wales…

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To-morrow's Cricket

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

St. James' v. Mica-street Boys.—St. James': Mitchell (captain), Wallace (vice-captain), Wright, Francis, Massey, Roberts, Tyler, Galloway. Reece,…

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Swimming. Is Beaurepaire a Professional? Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

Interest has been created in swimming circles as to whether Beaurepaire is now a professional, because he receives a salary from Victoria for teaching…

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