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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1925

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Local Cricket To-day's Play League a and B Games

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 9

All the ovals were engaged by cricket teams to-day. The Y.M.C.A.'s met the Wests on me No. 1 wicket at the Western Oval, while on No. 2…

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Cricket Fourth Test Match. Australian Lost Grip Is Opinion of Clem Hill

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 1

According to Mr. Clem Hill (one of the Australian Eleven selectors), who returned to Adelaide from Melbourne by the express on Thursday morning,…

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Cricket Fourth Test Match. Australians Lost Grip Is Opinion of Clem Hill

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 February 1925 · page 10

According to Mr. Clem Hill (one of the Australian Eleven selectors), who returned to Adelaide from Melbourne by the express on Thursday morning,…

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Football. Proposed Tour of Germany by Oxford Greyhounds Rugby Union Prohibits (Reuter's Message.) London, February 21

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 3

After the Oxford Greyhounds' Football Club had completed arrangements to play a series of matches at Heimelbert. Cologne and Berlin, the British…

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Boxing. Gibbons and Wills to Meet at New York (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, February 21

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 February 1925 · page 3

A message from New York states that Tommy Gibbons and Harry Wills, two outstanding contenders for the world's heavyweight championship,…

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Swimming. No News Received Locally About Sam Kahanamoku

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

It is not considered likely that Sam Kahanumoku, the visiting Hawaiian swimmer, will visit Broken Hill to give exhibitions during the Silver City…

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M. A. Noble Elected Cricket Ground Trustee

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

The vacancy on the board of trustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground was balloted for on Wednesday last, when Mr. M. A. Noble, the ex-international…

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Tennis. Ladies' Team to Tour Champions Agreeable Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 4

No time is being lost to make arrangements to carry into effect the proposal to send a Australan ladies' team to compete in England and…

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Cricket. Scott Receives Engagement From South Australia. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

J. D. Scott, the fast bowler in the New South Wales team, has received an engagement from the South Australian Cricket Association. He is…

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Football Trophy for N.Z. From British Assocn. (Reuter's Message.) London, February 23

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 4

At a meeting of the British Football Association it was unanimously decided to present a trophy to New Zealand similar to that given to…

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Sporting Tennis. Great Semi-final Games in Beaulieu Tournament (Reuter's Message.) London, February 22

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 February 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Monte Carlo correspondent reports:— There were some great fights in the semi-finals of the Beaulieu tennis…

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Boxing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 3

Mr. O. A. Senneman, secretary of the boxing committee of the Trades Hall Trust, stated to-day that he has written to Jack Murray, manager of…

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Swimming. Carnival Abandoned

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 3

Owing to the proposed visit of Sam Kahanamoku and other swimmers not being possible this season, the Silver City Amateur Swimming Club has…

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Goulburn Racing Club Conducts Sheep Dealing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 2

The Goulburn Racing Club can apparently make bigger profits from dealing in sneep than by catering for the sporting public. S[?] fatened…

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Sporting Cricket Interstate Bank Match. Ponsford's Small Score. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 February 1925 · page 3

The annual Interstate banks cricket match between New South Wales and Victoria was commenced on the University Oval, Sydney, yesterdsy…

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Football Wests' Annual Meeting

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

The adjourned annual meeting of the West Broken Hill Football Club was held at the training rooms last night. Mr. J. M'Ewan presided over…

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Victorian Racing Form in Futurity

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 3

In winning the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday Father's Voice placed the rich V.A.T.C. event to the credit of New Zealand for the second…

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Tennis Wilden Expected to Win U.S.A. Tennis Crown (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver, February 25

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 February 1925 · page 4

Although victofious in his right to remove any question of professionalism from player-writers. William Tilden still faces some kinks in his status as…

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Football

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 1

The animal meeting of the Broken Hill Suburban Football Association will be held on Monday night, March 2, at the B.R.F.A. rooms…

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Rugby Football. N.Z. Team Will Visit England Next Year (Reuter's Message.) London, February 25

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 1

The Eugby League Council has lengthily, considered the New South Wales agreement. The council considers that at the end of two-years…

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