Athletics
Peter Cook and Lorry Gaffney are to contest the best of twenty rounds in Anstey's hall, Cessnock, at 11 o'clock this morning. The conditions are the best of…
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Sport, 1911
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Boxing
There was a large attendance at the Cessnock Hall on Saturday morning to witness the twenty round contest between Larry Gaffney, of Sydney, and Peter…
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The Australian championship meeting was commenced yesterday at the Municipal Baths, Domain, in the presence of 7000 spectators. The principal event,…
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The January race meeting of the Heddon Jockey Club took place on Saturday in sultry weather. There was a large attendance, and as is usually the case at…
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The race meeting held at Warwick Farm on Saturday was well attended. Early in the afternoon the sky presented a very stormy appearance, but the rain…
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Eddie Donald, billed to meet Tommy Re[?]dy on Saturday night at the Galety, passed away on Friday, and was bur[?]ed on Saturday. The cause of death was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Sydney Letter. Cricket and Science.—mr. Collingridge and Early History. a Really Great Gale.—the Tram Conductor.—a Shortlived Strike.—australia and the English Market. Sydney
There is a feeling of relief that the South Africans won the third test. Anarchists may rise and full, Empires advance and dissolve, the destinies of the race be varied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swimming Matches. Another Champion. Hardwick Wins Quarter-mile. Sydney
At Woolloomooloo Municipal Baths to-night, the 440 yards Australian championship was decided. The competitors were Beaurepaire (Victoria), Longworth, Healy,…
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Dave Smith, who recently defeated Papke, has offered to fight Bob Whitelaw in Newcastle on Saturday night, January 28. The local crack is…
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W. Longworth, the winner of the three-quarter mile swimming championship of Australia, is 19 years old. His object has been distance swimming, and though…
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A meeting of the Carrington regatta committee was held on Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, to settle up accounts in connection with the late…
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Wickham team v. Lowlands, on Wickham green.—Richardson, Pepper, White-liced. Duncan, Eyles, Johnston, R. Edgar, Adams, Cherry, Hardyman, A. Cleary, H…
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The medals and certificates won by the Interstate representatives in the Australian swimming championships at the Do[?]ain Baths were presented at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boxing Contest. Smith Defeats Clabby. Sydney
Long before the fight at the Stadium to-night, between the redoubtable Australian Smith, and Jimmy Clabby, of America, concluded, the ten thousand spectators who…
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Bob Whitelaw has very wisely decided not to accept the challenge issued by Dave Smith. The local crack reailses that the match would be a very unequal…
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After the strenuous times in the recent test, the Springboks are now enjoying holiday cricket in Tasmania. At the end of the month they return to Victoria, and…
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Mike Williams has challenged Colin Bell, Papke, or Bill Turner, for £160 a side. Rollo is anxious to meet Bob…
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It is alleged that, bent on making one more stand against the onslaught of the League, the Rugby Union has joined forces with other amateur bodies, and in making…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxing Contest. Lang Meets Curran. and Loses on a Foul. London
The boxing match between Bill Lang of Melbourne, and Petty-officer Curran last night, came to an abrupt conclusion…
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The Stadium management has matched the all-conquering Dave Smith and "Cyclone" Thompson to meet on February 4. Thompson is a bull-dog boxer,…
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