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New England · Sport

Sport, 1926

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Bowls

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 12

Over the holidays two 'button' matches were congested by Hutchison, Stephens, Shadforth and Nelson and Jones, Jewell, Stanton and Neil. The…

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Tennis

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 5

The tennis season was opened at Guyra courts in a match, Ben Lomond v. Guyra, and the result was in favor of the locals by 6 sets 19 games. A very…

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Boxing Day Cricket Armidale and Kingstown Draw. Centuries to Croft and Mackay

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 4

Should Arthur Mackay and Bernie Croft ho in as good form to-day as on Boxing Day, the Walcha attack will need to be strong to…

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Sheffield Shield Cricket. N.S. Wales' Easy Win

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1926 · page 6

Victoria's second innings yielded 130. Hendry b Kelleway 5, Ryder c and b Mailey 18, Ponsford not out, 25, Hartkopf c Oldfield b Kelleway 1,…

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Inter-district Cricket Armidale v. KINGSTOWN. Centuries to Croft and Mackay

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 3

A team representing New England Cricket Association played a drawn match with Kingstown on Boxing Day. Only six of the players originally…

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Inverell Races

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 2

The Inverell Jockey Club had a record attendance at the opening (New Year's Day) of their three days' meeting, the gate receipts for…

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Warialda Railway Races

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 2

The Warialda Railway Amateur Club held a meeting on Boxing Day. Mr. G. H. McGee acted as Stipendiary Steward (in the absence of Mr…

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Warialda D.A.R.C Races

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1926 · page 2

Following are the nominations for the Amateur Race Club's meeting on Friday and Saturday next, the weights for which were not…

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Bowls. Pennant Matches

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 4

The following is the draw for the A and B grade Pennant matches. Both Glen Innes and Inverell have only entered one grade…

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Tennis. Match with Graham's Valley

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 1

A match has been arranged with the Graham's Valley Tennis Club on the Glen Innes Town Tennis Club courts on Saturday next play to…

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CRICKET. Tamworth Defeats Glen Innes

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 5

Tamworth and Glen Innes cricket teams played tin New Year's Day at Tamworth. The home team won by 179 runs…

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Weights Tampered With. Incident at Races. BEGA

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 1

On the second day of the local meet on Saturday it was discovered the official scales bad been tampered with Chewing gum and lead were worked…

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Racing in Armidale. ARMIDALE & N.E. Jockey Club Meeting. Prepares for Annual Meeting. Profit of £126 From Christimas Meeting

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1926 · page 9

A meeting of the Committee of the Armidale and New England Jockey Club was held on Monday night. There were present: Messrs. G. F. Noll…

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Cricket

The Uralla Times · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

The Association second team accounted for Tamworth H. at Armidale on Saturday. Tamworth got 150. Comber took six for 51 and J. Ryan…

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Deepwater Races

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 6

Most of the residents here made the Journey into Deepwater for the two days' races. All nave expressed the opinion that the racing was…

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Tennis. [?]Stone West v. GLENCOE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 2

A match was played on the West [?]stone court which resulted in a win for Reddstone by 4 sets 18 [?]. On the occasion of…

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Emmaville Goes to Deepwater Races

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 6

An usual a big crowd of Emmaville people attended the Deepwater Races, but this year most of the people travelled over per car, and…

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Cricket. Sheffield Shield. Homeric Struggle

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 5

The return Sheffield Shield cricket match between Victoria and South Australia, is still vigorously in progress. Victoria in the first innings…

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Inverell Races Show Profit. of £300

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 4

The total gate receipts at the Inverell Jockey Club's New Year meeting were: Friday £183/3/6, Saturday £143/19/; Monday £80/18/;…

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No-confidence Motion Rough on Cricket Selectors. MELBOURNE

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 1

Mr. Yeomans, one of the delegates to the Victorian Cricket Association, has handed to the secretary a notice of motion declaring that the…

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