Cycling. Showground Sports. Exciting Racing
Those who intended the cycling carnival, promoted by Messrs. Campbell and Du Froeg, on the Maitland Show ground on Saturday night—and there…
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School Swimming. Summer Vacation Classes. a Great Success
The annual report of Mr. Harold Hardwick, supervisor of the swimming classes of the Department of Education, shows that the summer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Borg's Record Mile. Sensational Swimming. Charlton Also Breaks Record
Something in the nature of a sensation was created on Wednesday at Domain Baths, Sydney, by the record-breaking swim of Arne Borg, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sporting Cables. Rugby Match. Ireland v. France. London, Jan. 26
Ireland beat France at Dublin by 6 point to nil. The game was played before 18,000 spectators. France kicked off against a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sporting Cables. Tennis in France. London, Jan. 28
In an exciting final at Cannes (France) Colonel Mayes and Made moiselle Lenglen beat Aeschliman and Miss Ryan, 6-4, 1-3, 15-13…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Cricket. Next Team for Australia. London, Jan. 23
Lord Hawke, presiding at the annual meeting of the Yorkshire Cricket Club at Sheffield, referred to the question of amateurs versus…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rugby Football Birth and Development of the Game in England
If it had been a mere coming of age or even a jubilee! What waggings of grevbeards; what stirring of stiffened limbs: what exchanges of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boxing. Flynn Beaten
The fight between Jimmy Semmens, 8st 721b, and Mike Flynn, 8st [?] at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night ended in an unsatisfactory…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →English Boxing. Too Many Pretty Performers. Some American Opinions
Mr. Tex O'Rourke's search for an English heavy-weight capable of being trained for the world's championship is attracting widespread…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Northern Division v. Marist Brothers
Northern Division and Marist Brothers commenced a match on the Show Ground on Saturday afternoon. The (batting was very slow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ran Off with Train. to See Football Match
Running off with a special passenged train to see a football game, because he had no money to pay his fare, was the exploit of an 18 year old boy, Denver…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tennis Troubles. Amateur Definition. Journalists' Protest. New York, Feb. 2
The United States Lawn Tennis Association, at its annual meeting, adopted the interpretation of the rule denning amateur status, under which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lost at the Races Secretary's Defalcations. Big Sum Involved. SYDNEY
At Darlinghurst Sessions, William Benjamin pleaded guilty to a charge of having forged and uttered two cheques for £4000. and to charges…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swimming Carnival
The Cessnck District Band is organising a big swimming carnival for February 23rd. A big programme is beng arrived by the promoters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cricket
There was no cricket at Dungog on Saturday, both local teams receiving forfeits. The match between Stroud and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Juno v GREEN
Great interest is being centred in the fight between Garn Juno and Jacky Green, set down for decision at the Strand on Friday night. This…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Tennis Association
An executive meeting of the Maitland and District Lawn Tennis Association will be held at Guy's store, on Thursday night next, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bowls Carnival. Singles Championship. Sydney
The bowls carnival was continued to-day, when the singles championship was further advanced. In the third round, at Warringah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Amateur Swimming. a British Complaint. London, Feb. 4
The annual report of the Amateur Swimming Association acknowledges the improved standard of sprinting in the United Kingdom but…
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