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New England · Sport

Sport, 1903

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The Boxing Championship. M'call Defeats Creedon

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6

The boxing contest for £750 and the heavyweight championship of Australia, between W. M'Call, of Armidale, and D[?]n Creedon, of…

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Cricket

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

AT Stonehenge on Saturday, the local team inflicted a crushing defeat upon Graham's Valley. The latter made 67, Hunt 18, S. Marsden 10, and Williams 14 being…

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Tennis Club

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the Glen Innes Tennis Club was held at the School of Arts on Thursday evening, there being a satisfactory attendance. The committee's report…

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Moorefifld Races

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 3

Kogarah Stakes--Zue and Atholstone dead heat. Flying Handicap--Saltillo, Hello, Geneva…

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Cricket Concert

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

ARRANGEMENTS for the concert to be held in the Town Hall on Saturday, 21st instant, in aid of the Northern Border Cricket Association, are well in hand, and the promoters…

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The Annual Races

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

The meeting on Wednesday night was a little more enthusiastic than the usual quiet gathering of a "workers" on whom the great bulk…

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TELEGRAPHIC. V. R. C. RACES

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 3

All-aged Stakes.--Chantress. Wakeful, Sir Leonard. Nursery Handicap--Endeavor, Seakale, Martinique…

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TELEGRAMS. Late Sporting. V.R.C. Races. Tuesday, March 3

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

Hurdle Race—Fusilette, Shoddy, Nansen. Ascot Vale Stakes—Emir, Czarovitch, F.J.A…

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Athleticism. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 5

SPEAKING at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterSay the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson said that athlecism has been given a position in Australian life entirely out of proportion to its…

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Sporting Notes. Boxing

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 4

In commenting on the M'Coll-Creedon fight the Glen Innes Examiner says:-- "M'Coll was beaten, to all intents and purposes, but his stout heart would not let him admit it. His…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 6

J. R. Mackay scored 32 not out in a total of 54 (two wickets down) for Burwood against Leicbhardt-Balmain on Saturday…

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The Boxing Question

Guyra Argus · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 2

Regarding the boxing question, like most other subjects, much may be said on both sides, and all the sense remain in what in left unsaid. Some…

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Boxing

The Inverell Times · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 4

Next Tuesday night at the Gaiety Hall "Soldier" Bill Thompson and Arthur Cripps will decide their long-pending match. A match for the bantam-weight championship…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 4

In the match between Lord Hawke's team and Victoria, the former have five wickets down for 234…

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Cricket

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 6
Also in The Inverell Times

Lord Hawke'a English team conCloned its New Zealand tour last weeks andas was to be expected, won the 18 matches which were played…

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Jottings on Sport. CRICKET

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 2

A BUNDARRA team journeyed to Baker's Creek on Saturday last, and met the newly-formed club out there. It was a thirteen-aside affair, the town team being aided by…

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Cricket

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 2

The local team jou[?] Moree [?]an Friday afternoon for [?] march. At the last minute t[?]stit[?]se were obtained to make [?] the…

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Boxing Contest. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 5

WHAT is described as a brutal boxing contest was stopped by the police on Saturday night…

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The Anti-boxing Crusade

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1903 · page 3

What is described as "a brutal boxing contest" was stopped in the ninth round on Saturday night…

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