Swimming. a World's Record
S. Smith, of the Randwick and Coogee Club, won the president's cup in the Domain's baths. Miss Fanny Durack reduced the world's…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sport, 1912
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Cricket Stories
Many of the most amusing and interesting stories of the cricket, field not unnaturally have for their central figure that dominating and all-powerlul personality of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Drowned in a Swimming Bath. Peculiar Fatality
Victor Rio, aged 10 years, of Maylands, was the victim of a peculiar fatality at (he Adelaide City Baths on Sunday afternoon. In order to expedite the clearing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boxing. Smith and Clabby Fight a Draw
The third meeting of Dave Smith, the popular light heavyweight, and Jimmy Clabby, welterwight champion of the world at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Boxing. Carpentier Beats Sullivan. Monte Carlo, March 1
Georges Carpentier knocked out Jim Sullivan in the second round. Carpentier is the French middleweight champion. There are, however, reasons which lead to grave…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cricket. the Team for England
The selectors, Messrs. V. Iredale, E. R. and P. A. M'Alister, have chosen following players to make the trip to England: S. Emery, C. Jennings, C…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Latest Sporting News. Cessnock Races
Cessnock Jockey Club is certainly not a favourite of Fortune. It may be remembered that its meeting fixed for February 10 had to be posponed owing to heavy rain for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cricket Dispute. Protest Meeting in Melbourne
A great crowd attended at a meeting in Melbourne on Thursday night, to protest against the action of the board of control in regard to the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Humours of Cricket. Stories Told by Dr. Grace. on Going in First
Here is a curious and interesting confession made by the greatest cricketer of the age, Dr. W. G. Grace, "What i regard as being the main cause of my batting she…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Athletics. Mangan and Daunt's Handicap
There should be a great attendance on the Ascot Running Ground this evening. When Mangan and Daunt will conduct another of their popular hadlcaps. There is no…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boxing. Bell Beats Simpson
Colin Bell, of Moree, and Dick Simpson met at Wollongong on Saturday afternoon in a boxing content. In the second round Bell went to the boards as the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The English Cricket Tour. Home Press Jubilant. London, March 2
Referring to the cricket tour, the "Standard" states. "The Australians had the worst luck in the hint match, but the element of luck can be disregarded in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Athletics. Ascot Handicap
The first handicap under the management of Messrs. Daunt and Mangan took place on Saturday evening on the Ascot running track. The weather was showery and uncertain, but…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cricket
The following players will represent Singleton B Team v. Mitchell's Flat, at Mitchell's Flat, on Saturday next, play to commence at 2 p.m.:—G. Freeman, R…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boxing. Regan Defeats Shakespeare
That popular boxer, Joe Shakespeare, appears to have struck a patch of bad luck since the introduction of what are now refered to as the "Police rules" of battling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Cricket Dispute. Litigation Likely
In all probability the High Court will be called upon to deckle in the matter of the cricket dispute. "When I left Melbourne," said Mr. J. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cricket. Buenos Ayres, March 4
Lord Hawke's Marylebone cricket tema defeated a representative Argentine team by two wickets…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Cricket Topics. the Board's Fifteen
What do the rebellious millionaires of Melbourne mean when they dub the Board of Control's team "unrepresentative?" (says a writer to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Athletics. St. Patrick's Day Sports
The attention of pedestrians, trotting men, and others interested in the tug-of-war is directed to the closing entries for St. Patrick's Day sports in Maitland. On…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cricket
School of Arts No. 2 team v. Robins on Brewery wicket, Maitland Park :—Lygoe, Ryan, Halpin, Winter, Thompson, Prendergast, Grant, Leo, Styman, Bradley, Perl,…
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