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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Sport

Sport, 1928

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Hawkesbury Cricket Play Resumes This

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 January 1928 · page 12

AFTER a suspension for two weeks, due to tHe holidays, Hawkesbury competition snatches will resume this Saturday, when the following fixtures will be played on the…

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Cosmopolitan Hawkesbury College Students From Ten Races

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 10

Hawkesbury College is surely the most cosmopolitan school in Australia. Its reputation as one of the finest agricultural colleges in the world attracts pupils from Japan, Burma, Chile, the Argentine…

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Country Week Tennis Windsor Team Does Well Success of Tv. B. Walker

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 12

WINDSOR sent down a strong gents' team of racquet welders to compete in this year's Country Week Carnival at the White City Courts. The quartette comprised W. B…

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Cricket in Tasmania N.s.w. Has Worst of Hobart Game Player Loses Two Teeth

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 January 1928 · page 3

HOBART Thursday, January 5th.—On the Tasmanian Cricket Association's Ground at Hobart to-day, W. Rothwell's New South Wales cricket team had the worst of a drawn…

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Cricket by Radio

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 January 1928 · page 16

The Sheffield Shield cricket matches have given the Sydney broadcasting stations an opportunity of serving innumerable lovers of the game who are unable to see the…

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Cricket Association Monthly Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 14

There was a poor attendance at the monthly meeting of the Hawkesbury District Cricket Association held in the School of Arts, Windsor, on Saturday night last…

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Radio notes & news Broadcasting the Races Direct From the Course 2Bl at Randwick

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 16

Important evidence of the progress of broadcasting in New South Wales lies in the fact that the Australian Jockey Club now allows station 2BL to radiate a…

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Stop Press Big Cricket Sheffield Shield Match Charlie Nicholas Plats Bad Start by New South Wales Sydney

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 4

NEW SOUTH WALES made a bad start in the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria, commenced on the Sydney Cricket Ground this Thursday (Anniversary Day)…

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Bowlers in Form Many Fine Averages in Hawkesbury Cricket Windsor & Wilberforce in Trouble Richmond Defeats Norths on Opening Day

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 January 1928 · page 15

ANOTHER series of Hawkesbury competition matches was commenced on Saturday, when some excellent cricket was witnessed. Bowlers had the best of the argument, and many fine averages were recorded. A. McLennan (8 for 34) and Wearing (8 for 37), of Glossodia and Maroota respectively, topped the list of 11…

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New Giant in Big Cricket Charlie Nicholls Proves Himself a Century & Brilliant Fielding Against Victoria Hawkesbury Player Acclaimed As Probable Test Man

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 12

CHARLIE NICHOLLS, Hawkesbury District player of two years ago, cricket nonentity until the last few weeks, has come to light with a batting performance that has brought him well into the running for Test honors. IT is one of the most remarkable rises that has taken place in the cricket sphere…

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Rain Interferes Hawkesbury Cricket Delayed SACKVILIiE'S Position Good Scoring in B Grade

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 14

A heavy thunderstorm which broke over the Hawkesbury district at noon on Saturday considerably interfered with the local cricket competitions. Grounds…

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Tennis Meeting

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 14

Delegates of the Richmond District Tennis Association met at the Methodist Hall, Richmond, on Tuesday, to make preliminary arrangements for the commencement of…

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Four Matches at Once Boadcasting Big Tennis

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 16

Although most people prefer to see a thing happen rather than hear about it, numbers of broadcast listeners have Claimed that they get a better, idea of an event by…

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Cricket Rain Disorganises Play Only Two Matches Commenced

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 14

OWING. to heavy rain, and the flooded state of the various grounds, the last series of the district cricket competitions was badly disorganised on Saturday. Only two…

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Cricket Teams for

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 12

To represent Glossodia against Pitt Town T. Hibbert, T. Smith, J. Atkins, H. C. Smith, A. McLennan, H. Garnish, G. Hayes, V. Case, W. Smith, C. Mortynie, H. J…

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Cricket Association Fixtures for Final Round Pitt Town's Protest Dismissed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 March 1928 · page 14

There was a fair roll-up of delegates at the meeting of the Hawkesbury District Cricket Association on, Saturday last, when the adjourned meeting was held in…

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Jewel Stand Dead Popular Coursing Dog Riverstone Owner's Loss

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 1

BY the death of Jewel Stand, the greatest half-miler that mechanical hare coursing has produced, Mr. E. J. Jarrett, of Riverstone, has…

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Bowlers in Form Small Scoring in Hawkesbury Cricket. North Richmond Surprises Sackville Unfair Advantage in the Little Cup

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 13

BOWLERS had a great time in Hawkesbury competition games on Saturday. R. Alcorn, H. Bowd, W. Everingham, W. Tierney, N. Mitchell, Whyte and Bowcock all had attractive figures on a day which seemed eminently suitable for heavy scoring…

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Cricket Teams for

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 12

To represent Windsor B against Kurrajong at Pitt Town:—W. Jones, C. Hudson, W. Molloy, J. Dickson, L. Rose, R. Whyte, B. Murphy, H. Hagger, H. Tebbutt, O…

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Interest Waning Hawkesbury Cricket Drawn Out Too Long Several Teams Forfeit — Many Default with Scores

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 March 1928 · page 13

INTEREST seems to be waning in Hawkesbury cricket, owing to the long, drawn out season. This year, the matches will continue into May, whereas they should finish up at the end of the current month. The Association is certainly not honoring its unwritten agreement with the Tennis Association…

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