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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1929

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Football North Club Meeting

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

The North Football Club will hold a meeting in the clubrooms on Sunday morning to discuss a proposal of making a trip to Tasmania during the next…

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Aeroplane Racing Proposed Monthly Event Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 1

"Unless someone starts an aero race," stated Captain H. C. Miller to-day. "we will never get any further ahead. It has often been suggested,…

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Sir Frank and Lady Moulden at the Gawler Races

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 5

Miss Laila Drake-Brockman, alcousin of Lady Moulden, is the central figure…

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Lee Is Fined £5 by S.a. Athletic League

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

At a recent meeting of the South Australian Athletic League it was decided that a penalty of £5 be inflicted on G. A. Lee, a local runner, for false…

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Lee Is Fined £5 by S.a. Athletic League

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 2

At a recent meeting of the South Australian Athletic League it was decided that a penalty of £5 be inflicted on G. A. Lee, a local runner, for false…

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Boxing Gardiner Beats Bowden

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 3

Before a vastly improved attendance at the Stadium on Saturday night "Jerry" Gardiner, of Melbourne, outpointed Jack Bowden, of Sydney, in a…

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Football Turnstiles to Be Installed at the Jubilee Oval

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

The grounds committee of the Broken Hill Football League met at the Jubilee Oval yesterday morning to inspect the property and to finalise…

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Boxing Gillespie Not Available to Meet "Jerry" Gardiner

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 1

Negotiations for arranging a bout between "Jerry" Gardiner and Norm Gillespie for next Saturday night have failed owing to Gillespie going from…

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"Private" Hendren Army Cricket Recalled

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 2

"Private E. Hendren (Middlesex), caught for three." So reads the programme of a cricket match played at Lord's on Saturday, July 14, 1917…

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Menindie Races

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

The Menindie Jockey Club will hold its summer meeting on the river course on Saturday. A special train for passengers and horses will leave…

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Boxing World's Bantam Champion Wins Bout by Knock Out Paris, January 29

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

Alf. Brown, world bantamweight champion boxer knocked out Humery in the first round of a contest here to-night…

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Cricket

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

Speedway's XI.: Ford, Ryan, Hosking. Thorpe, James, Harding, Bertram, Vance, Hill, Matters, Nissen, Hemple…

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Question on Cricket

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

"Argument" asks:— "If a striker's cap falls on the wicket and dislodges the bails, is be out" [The 14th edition of "The Laws of…

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Cricket To-morrow's Matches

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 3

Cricket matches in the Barrier District Cricket League competition which began last Saturday will be concluded on the Western and Jubilee…

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Football Proposed Week End Club

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

A meeting of football players called by Mr. Watts was held in the West Football Clubrooms on Thursday night to form a week end club. There was…

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Boxing Elimination Contests for World's Championships Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 4

A radio amateur at Gisborne, New Zealand, picked up a wireless message stating that definite arrangements had been made for the elimination series…

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Boxing Dick Congress to Meet Gardiner Saturday Week

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

Following his endeavors to get Dick Congress to come to Broken Hill to fight "Jerry" Gardiner on Saturday week, Mr. O. A. Sonneman has…

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Swimming Arne Borg's New Record Over 440 Yards Course Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

Last night Arne Borg defeated "Boy" Charlton's Australian record of 4m. 59 4.5s. for 440 yards by 1 4.5s…

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Barrier Miner Friday, February 1, 1929. Not "Cricket"

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 2

The progress of the Test matches between the English and Australian teams has at various stages been marked by remarkable out[?]urs[?]s in the…

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Sporting Local Racing L.v.r.c. Members Against Race Club Amalgamation

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 1

At a special meeting of the Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club held last night to discuss the advisability or otherwise of meeting the Broken Hill…

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