Boxing. Sharkey v. HEENEY
Jack Sharkey, America, and Tom Heeney, New Zealand, fought a draw in a 12-rounds match at Madison Garden, to decide which should meet…
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Armidale Races
A good entry was received yesterday for the chief events at the Armidale and New England J.C.'s Cup meeting on February 1, 2, and 3…
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Queensland, in the match against South Australia, which opened in Brisbane on Friday, were dismissed, on a good wicket, for a mediocre 143 (R…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lawn Tennis the Country Carnival
The semi-finals of the country tennis championships were continued in Sydney on Friday afternoon. Miss Ivy Stewart, ladies' singles champion of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Gresford Races
Programme for Gresford Cup meeting to be held on 26th Jan., appears in this issue Entries close 21st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CRICKET Fixtures for Next
The ninth round will commence or Saturday next. Fixtures, umpires etc., are as under "A" GRADE…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boxing Contest Grime Defeated by Gordon. On Points. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16
Billy Grime made his first appearance hero to-night, meeting Albie Gordon, a local left-hander, in a first preliminary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOXING Re-appearance of George Saunders. to Meet Mick Griffiths on
Joe Shakespeare's Tabernacle of , which, to give the establishment its less aggressive title, is tin Strand Theatre, Cessnock, re-open…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lawn Tennis Ball Controversy. Strange Action of All-england Club. London, January 16
The secretary of the All[?] Tennis Club announces that Slazenger's scamless ball will be used in the Wimbledon championships in June…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Humane Coursing Society
The Humane Coursing Society (Maitland), Ltd., announces that all advertised fixtures have been postponed until further notice. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Autumn Racing. the Nominations
Yesterday was nomination day for the principal handicaps at the Autumn meetings. Locally the Doncaster Handicap, the Sydney Cup, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cricket. Hendren Scores 134
E. ("Patsy") Hendren scored 134 not out in his first club match in Adelaide. Hendren led the colts in absence of C. V. Grimmett, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lawn Tennis. Visit of French Players
The French tennis player, Jean Borotra, in an interview at Wellington (N.Z.), said that French players did not take their tennis seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Shield Cricket. Queensland's Difficult Task. Match Against South Australia
Having lost five wickets in their second innings, the Queenslanders were still 174 runs behind South Australia's first innings score when…
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Following will represent "A" team to play East Maitland at Singleton on Saturday next:— Ogilvy, Hinton, Brown, [?]ennedy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Billy Grime Defeated
Philadelphia, Monday.—Billy Grime made his first appearance here to-night, meeting Albie Gordon, a local lefthander, in a first preliminary bout of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Muswellbrook Letter Swimming Baths Movement
At the last meeting of the executive committee of the White Memorial Baths movement, the treasurer, Mr. T. Eveleigh, reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Mechanics' Hall To-night
A contest for the welterweight championship of the north and north-west, over 15 rounds, will be decided in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mechanical Coursing. Cup Presented to Cessnock Association
Mr. C. G. Kent has presented to the Cessnock Electric Coursing Association a silver cup for competition, and it has been decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Golf. Summer Season. Opening Competition
There was a very good field at the stroke competition played on Maitland links to celebrate the opening of the summer season. The course is…
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