Newcastle Regatta
The final meeting of the committee of the Newcastle annual regatta was held at the Terminus Hotel last evening, the president, Mr. M. J. Moroney, in the…
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Sport, 1908
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Swimming
F. Bearurepalre, of the Albert Park Club, Melbourne, computing in the "test" race of 880yds at the Hawthorn Baths, to select the Victorian representative to…
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Jim Griffin and G. Stirling, the well-known heavyweights, met at the Gaiety Athletic Hall in a 20-round boxing contest this evening, the former winning in…
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Is it not strange that no one has over thought of a cricket flag? The sports of the water have their flags: why not those of the field? A yacht club without a flag…
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Tommy Burns, the American heavyweight boxer, and vanquisher of Bill Squires, varied the routine of his training for his contest with Gunner Moir, by…
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It has been decided by the council of the New South Wales Rugby Union that any player, who is incapacitated through being injured who taking part in a…
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Western Division concluded their match with the Morpeth Club on the Alblon Ground yesterday, in connection with the Wednesday half-holiday competition. The…
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The first face meeting of the Heddon Jockey Club, under the management of Mr. William M'Lauchim, will be held at Heddon-Greta on Saturday, the 1st…
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Lance Laver and Duice Jennings, who are to do battle at the pavillon next Saturday night, continue to put in good work in their training, and everything points to…
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Cecil Healy is unable to make the trip to West Australia. This is a severe blow to the chances of New South Wales, as Healy was expected to win all the…
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Commenting on the play of the New Zealanders, in the match against Rochdale Hornets, an English newspaper says:—In the back division Messenger was the…
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Jack Johnson and Jack O'Brien, exheavyweight champion boxers of the world, were matched for six-rounds boat when the last American mall left…
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F. W. Springfield Australia's one-mile querter-mile and half-mile champion swimmer has arrived in Sydney, on route to Perth (W.A.), to represent his…
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Clem, Hill is the only players, English or Australian, who has made 2000 runs in test matches. R. Hartigan's tatting this season is…
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Cricket is, of course, the all absorbing topic of the hour, the match and its possibilities forming the subject of nine conversations out of ten we heard in the…
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LONDON, Friday.—The "Pall Mail Gazette," referring to the result of the third test match, days, "It was a famous victory, and the best team won,…
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Duke Jennings and Lance Laver are to contest the best of 20 rounds at the Athletic Pavilion to-night, and patrons of boxing are promised a mill full of…
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An all-day match between the Singleton Cricket Club and a team representing the Northern Division of Maitland was played at Singleton, on the park, on Saturday…
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The Wallsend Jockey Club's January race meeting attracted a large attendance on Saturday. The weather was warm, and everything passed off…
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The "Tribune," in reviewing the result of the third test match, declares that the English public are growing weary of the procedure followed in…
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