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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1930

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Boxing Wally Hancock Retains the Welter Championship Draw with Fairhall Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 2

Wally Hancock (10.4½) retained the welterweight championship of Australia, when he held Tommy Fairhall (9.13½) to a draw at the…

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Boxing Wally Hancock Retains the Welter Championship Draw with Fairhall Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

Wally Hancock (10.4[?]) retained the welterweight championship of Australia when he held Tommy Fairhall (9.13[?]) to a draw at the…

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Cricket Plater From West Australia No-balled Six Times Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 2

R. Halcombe, the West Australian fast bowler, who was nominated for the Test trial came in Sydney, was "no-balled" six times in one over for…

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Cricket Plater From West Australia No.balled Six Times Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

R. Halcombe, the West Australian fast bowler, who was nominated for the Test trial game in Sydney, was "no-balled" six times in one over for…

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Sporting Pedestrianism Lermond Wins Mile Race at Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

An athletic carnival was held on the Sydney cricket around this afternoon. One-mile Scratch Race,—Lormond (U.S.A.). 1; Dillon (East Sydney), 2;…

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Sporting Issue To-day's Racing S.b.h.j.c. Meeting Zero Hour's Hurdles Prince Ramarco Again

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

In a blinding dust storm, a good deal of the white dust in the air coming from a mine dusp near the course, the January meeting of the…

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Football Australian Rugby Team May Win "Daily Mail" Cup (Special to "The Miner") London, January 18

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

If the Australia Rugby team wins the."Daily Mail" Cop it will he nested that SquadroiuLeader Hinkler should fly the cup back to Australia in…

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Boxing M'grath Outfights Knuckler

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 3

The credentials of Young Knuckler, of Melbourne, and Billy M'Grath, of Sydney, who provided the main bout at the Stadium on Saturday night,…

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Tennis Whippets Defeat Daisies

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

The Whippet Tennis Club had a decisive win over the Daisies Clnb on the Brokens Court on Tuesday night, the Broken scores being:—Whippets, 6…

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German Runner Hooted at Sydney Cricket Ground Wins All Events Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 1

The German athlete Doctor Otto Peltier, was loudly hooted at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday when an announcement was made…

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Saturday's Sorting Issue Racing S.b.h.j.c. Meeting Zero Hour's Hurdles Prince Ramarco Again

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 4

In a blinding dust storm, a good desl of the white dost in the air coming from a mine dusp near the course, the January meeting of the…

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Sunday Tennis Katoomba

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

Towards the end of last year the question of permitting play on the municipal tennis courts on Sunday was fully discussed at the Blackheath…

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Boxing Lee Brander v. Shack Both Arrived To-day

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 3

Lee Brander, who halls from the Gilgandra district, arrived by the Sydney express this morning to meet Sammy Shack, an American, who also…

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Cricket Victoria v. W.A. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

In the match between Victoria, and West Australia in Melbourne the West Australiana scored 187 in their first innings and 311 in their second…

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Sporting Cricket the Injured Players Talk on Ponsford's Hand Ridiculed by Doctor Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

The statement made at the New South Wales cricket meeting last night that there is a possibility of W. Ponsford breaking down in…

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Victorian Racing Caulfield Meeting

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 3

Lucie Manette's win in the Tooronga Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday put her among the horses likely to be given a substantial weight in the…

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Golf —Professional's Death Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

Mr. R. S. Banks, the veteran golf professional, died in the Alfred Hospital to-day. Mr. Banks, who was 53 Tears of age. had been ill for some…

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Cycling East End Club Races

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

The following are the results of the East End Club races conducted on Sunday morning:- Senior Mile.—Johns, 1; Hughes, 2;…

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Cricket Jackson and Oldfield Reply to Selector Jones Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. R. L. Jones, an Australian XI. selector, has brought forth vigorous responses from Jackson and Oldfield, probable players for England, by his…

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Sporting Cricket the Team for England Control Board Members Against Taking 16 PLAYERS Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

Whether 15 or 16 cricketers shall represent Australis in England next year has still to be decided by the Board of Control. The selectors asked…

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