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New England · Sport

Sport, 1928

2,184 stories in New England's papers · page 16 of 110

League Football

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

There is a movement on foot to revive the League code of football in Inverell, and a meeting is being convened for next week. Three years…

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Golf Club Associates

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 4

The attention, of associates is drawn to an advertisement appearing in this issue by Which the annual general meeting is convened for Monday, 26th…

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Bowls. Gold Boomerangs Competition

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

Notwithstanding the heavy downpour of rain on Saturday morning, and the threatening weather in the afternoon, no less than twenty-four…

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Golf. Uralla Club's Successful Opening

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

The official opening of the Uralla Golf Club's 1928 season, held las Saturday, was favored by bright weather conditions…

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Football. Country Reps. Join City Team

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

St. George Football League F.G. has commenced training. The following oustanding recru[?]s from country centres were in attendance:…

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Sunday Cricket. Inverell Mayor Takes Action

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 7

The Mayor of inverell, Ald. F. S. Stuckey, intimated to last meeting of the Council, in a Mayoral minute, that he proposed to take action in…

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Cricket Ball. Causes Player's Death. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 21 March 1928 · page 1

Thomas Malison was struck behind the ear by a ball while playing cricket. He continued playing for twenty minutes and then collapsed…

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Tennis. Armidale V. Uralla

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 1

An Armidale City Club team me and defeated Uralla, at Uralla, on Saturday, by 13 sets to four sets. Details:—…

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Uralla Races Second Day Abandoned

The Uralla Times · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

Uralla Jockey Club's autumn racemeeting attracted 23 horses originally, but by the time the fates had done their fell work, the number had…

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Dundee Races Rider Comes to Grief

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 4

The sports which were so successfully run at Dundee yesterday afternoon ended with disaster. During the afternoon a heavy shower of rain…

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Cricket. the Juergens' Shield Comes to Guyra, Notes by "X."

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 March 1928 · page 2

Guyra representative cricket team was successful in winning the Juergens' Shield for 1928. The final, Guyra v. Tenterfield, was played at Glen Innes…

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Boxing

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

Defeat of Jack Sharkey in an elimination contest to decide Tunney's next opponent for the world's heavyweight boxing title by Johnnie Risko seems…

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Bowls Competition

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

The competitions which were commenced by the Inverell Bowling Club last year, are Hearing completion. On Tuesday night, in the final of the…

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Tennis

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 13

In the return match against Uralla on Saturday (to-morrow), Armidale City Club will be represented by W. Bruyn Young Farmer Blake SA…

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Tennis

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

North Armidale (W., P. and N. Hanlan, and J. Reynolds, Mrs. Gunn and Miss Mad dock) beat Railway (Mannix, Walton, McCosker and Kerson,…

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Sporting Golf

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

Official opening of the 1928 season of the Uralla Golf Club, held last Saturday, was favored by bright weather conditions…

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Some Tennis!

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 5

In the big tennis tourney in Melbourne recently, Blackburn and Tippets, In the doubles, played one match which they won 10-12, 6-4, 38-36, This is a…

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League Football

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 4

"League Supporter" writes to the "Times":- It was refreshing to note from the paragraph appearing in last issue of…

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Easter Races

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 2

We would remind horseowners that nominations in connection with Tingha Jockey Club's annual races, which take place on April 7th and 9th, close…

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Sporting. Cricket

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1928 · page 13

Local fixtures for to-morrow (Saturday) comprise: A' grade: Kentucky v. Railway, at racecourse, in all-day match—final of…

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