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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1915

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Late Sporting. (Reuter's Message.) English Racing. Champion Steeplechase. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 6

The Champion Steeplechase run at Hurst Park to-day was won by Balscadden. Scarabee and Bullawarra (the Australian horse), the only other…

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Boxing in Sydney. a Belgian Victory. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Sunday 21 March 1915 · page 2

Henri Demlen, of Belgium, defeated Frank Loughrey, of America, in a 20-round contest at the Stadium last night. There was a very fair audience…

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South Broken Hill Jockey Club Races

Barrier Miner · Sunday 21 March 1915 · page 2

The booths and catering rights for the South Broken Hill races to be held on Easter Monday will be auctioned by Messrs. Megaw and Hogg at Hegarty's…

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Wonderful Cricket Scores. Melbourne Team Makes 961 Runs. One Lad Hits 506 Not Out. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Sunday 21 March 1915 · page 2

Fresh cricket records were established in a match yesterday by two lads, about 16 or 17 years of age, in the Public schools contests. The match…

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South Football Club

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 1

A euchre tournament and dance in connection with the South Football Club will be held at Hegarty's Hall to-night…

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Boxing in England. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 2

Sapper O'Neill last night beat Waldermar Holberg in a boxing match. Holberg was disqualified in the 19th round for holding…

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Swimming Carnival

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

Nominations for the Y.M.C.A. swimming carnival to be held at the City Baths on March 27 and 29 (Saturday and Monday) will close at the[?]…

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Future Tennis Champion

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 4

One of the features of the Adelaide tennis tournament (says the "Registrar") has been the phenomenal success of Cecil Schubert, who…

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Football Club Social

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

The South Football Club held a euchre tournament and dance at Hegarty's Hall last night. About 50 couples attended. Mrs. M'Grath won the…

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North Imperial Football Club

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

A special general meeting of the North Imperial Football Club was held last night at the Silver King Hotel, when the chairman (Mr. J. Marks)…

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Interstate Tennis. the Adelaide Tournament

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

As is usually the case at Adelaide lawn tennis tournaments, the finals of the senior championship events on Saturday were (Says the "Advertiser")…

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Coming Races. Booth Sales Indefinitely Postponed

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 4

The sale of booths and catering rights for the Easter Monday race meeting on the South course, which was to have been held at Hegarty's Hotel this…

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Senior Cricket. Proposed Improvements in the Game. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

The special committee appointed by the New South Wales Cricket Association has tabled a report containing 30 recommendations for the improvement…

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The Swimming Carnival. the Nominations

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 4

The following are the nominations for the Tarions events in the Programme arranged for the swimming carnival to be held at the City Baths…

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Football. B.r.f.a. Annual Meeting. Season to Open on April 24

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Barrier Ranges Football Association was held in the association room last night. There were present:—Messrs. T. S…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 2

The Darcy-Jeff Smith fight which was to have taken place in Sydney on Easter Saturday night, has been declared off. Smith intimated that he…

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SPORTING. (Reuter's Message.) Improving the Cricket Game. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 2

The "Sporting Life" states that the New South Wales Cricket Association's proposal of an eight-ball over will not brighten cricket, and will only save a…

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Latest Sporting. Broken Hill Racing. Appeals Before the A.J.C. Appeals Dismissed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 4

The A.J.C. committee this afternoon considered the appeal of J. T. Lees, jr., in the Neutral case at Broken Hill. The appeals in the case of the owner,…

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Boxing Contests to Be Resumed. Joe Henderson and Dodger Ryan Matched

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

Mr. Uro Allen called in at "The Miner" office yesterday and stated that he was going to get the boxing gloves going again, and would make a start…

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Cricket. Broken Hill Junior League. Hillsides v. WARATAHS

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

Hillsides and Waratahs, clubs in the Broken Hill Junior Cricket League, will meet to-morrow on the Hospital Ground. The Hillside team will be…

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