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Sport, 1915

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Racing in England. Bullawarra Unplaced. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 4

The Victortian steeplechaser Bullawar[?] took part in the Lancashire Steeplechase, run yesterday, but was not placed. The event was won by Vermouth, with…

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Late News A.J.C Races Postponed Owing to Heavy Raise SYDNEY

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 2

Owing to the continued heavy rain the A.J.C. autumn races were postponed from to-day till Friday…

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Albury Racing Club. the Weights

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

The following weights have been declared by Mr. Jas. Price for the undermentioned events, to be run on the opening day of the above club's cup meeting on…

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Cricket. Brocklesby V. Goombargana

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

The Brocklesby Cricket Club played its final match of the season on Friday last, when it met the Goombaragana Club at Brocklesby. Neither team had its fall…

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Sporting. Football. Ovens and Murray Association

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

Applications from football clubs desirous of joining the above association must be ledged in writing with the secretary, Mr. Curtis Drenen, before 12 noon on…

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Boxing. Willard's Victory. Visit to Australia Mooted. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

Later details from Havana regarding the boxing contest for the championship of the world show that the suggestion that the knock-out of Jack Johnson was…

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A.J.C. Races Postponed. Course Under Water. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

Heavy rain is falling and the Australian Jockey Club races have been postponed until Friday. The course is under water…

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Old Buffers at Cricket. Match in Albury on April 28

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 4

The date originally fixed upon by the Albury Oil Buffers for the return cricket match with the Wagga Old Buffers, in and of the Albury Hospital, has been found…

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Boxing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 6

In the fight for the world's heavy weight championship at Havana, Cuba, Willard knocked out Jack Johnson in the 26th round. It is stated that whilst…

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Racing Rules

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

Horse owners, trainers, jockeys and Clubs should make themselves acquainted with the new rules governing the management of race…

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Football Notes. O. & M. Football Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 3

Applications are invited from teams wishing to join the above association, and same will be received up to noon on Wednesday, April 14. The…

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Boxing Championship. Havana

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

Promoters of the Jack Johnson Jess Willard light for the championship of the world announce that the receipts [?] to £22,000 and that the…

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Championship Boxing. Willard and Johnson. Contestants Described

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

The new world's heavyweight boxing champion, Jess Willard, is comparatively a little-known boxer. He was born on December 29, 1887, in…

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Randwick Races Saturday. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

As the committee of the A.J.C. has been informed that the course at Randwick is likely to be unfit for racing to-morrow, it has decided on a further…

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Tea-rooms at Albury Races

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 3

Messrs. W. D. James and H. K. Gerrard, joint hon. secretaries of the Albury Belgian Relief Fund Committee, wrote to last night's meeting of the Albury Racing…

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Randwick Races. Postponed Until To-day. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

Owing to a heavy storm the Randwick races, which were to have taken place on Wednesday last, have been postponed until to-day (Friday)…

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Boxing Championship. Won by Jess Willard. Jack Johnson Knocked Out. Sydney

The Independent · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

The match between Jess Willard, described as an American cow-boy, and Jack Johnson, for the world's heavy-weight championship, took place at Havana, Cuba…

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A Second Postponement. Third Day's Racing on Saturday. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 3

Owing to the condition of the Randwick racecourse, the meeting fixed for to-morrow, has been further postponed till Saturday, while Saturday's meeting…

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Sporting Notes. Racing Fixtures. Albury (Cup Meeting).--April 15 and 16

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 6

A race meeting, in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund, will take place at Cohram on the 14th inst. Mr. J. Wren, owner of Garlin, has in…

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A.J.C. Races Postponed. Heavy Rains at Randwick. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 3

It is a rare thing for the A.J.C. to postpone one of its meetings, but in consequence of the continued heavy rains rendering Randwick course unfit to race…

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