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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1910

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District School, West Kempsey. Girls' Swimming Club

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 December 1910 · page 18

FOR some time past the girls of the District School have manifested a keen desire that they should be given the opportunity, equally with…

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Gloucester Park Sports. Boxing Day

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 7

Mr. Walker states that he has been compelled; to abandon the wood chopping contest as advertised owing to the difficulty in getting suitable logs. It…

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Cricket. First Test Notes

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 8

If Australia wants a motto, it might well be—"When in drought, play the South Africans." Three of the visitors' first six matches were interfered with by…

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Nambucca Regatta

Nambucca News · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 6

Arrangements have been completed for the regatta to be held at Macksville on Monday next (Boxing Day). A drogher kindly loaned by Mr. James Butler, will…

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Athletics

Nambucca News · Friday 23 December 1910 · page 8

Professor Munsterberg, in his new book, "Problems of To-day," says, apropos of athletes : -- "Millions of people are running wildly to catch a…

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Boxing

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 3

Jack Johnson hs declared his willingness to accept the [?] offer of a 30,000 dollar purse for a championship battle with Sam Langford in London. "[?] is willing to give either a…

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Cricket

The Macleay Chronicle · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 5

Queensland's defeat of Victoria "on the post," was a pleasant surprise to Sydney, but the jubilators forgot that Victoria was without Ransford, lost…

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Boxing Day Sports, Gloucester

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 7

Mr. J. Walker, of the Royal Hotel, provided a good day's sport on the Gloucester Park on Monday last. He was assisted by willing workers in…

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