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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Sport

Sport, 1904

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Athletics V. Beauty

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 6

The much discussed question of athleticism for our sex has roused considerable controversy, and few seem to realise that in athletics, as in work of all…

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Moree Racing Club Annual Meeting. Tuesday and Wednesday March 29 and 30. First Day --

The Moree News · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

First Race to start at 12.30 p.m. RAILWAY HANDICAP of £13, [?]Second Race to start at 1.45 pm…

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In a Racing Motor-car

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1904 · page 6

Mr. Charles Jarrott describes in the Badminton Magazine," how he won the Ardines Automobile Race. To do this he bad to cover 321 miles…

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Cricket Chaffer

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 3

35,000 people present at the test match on Saturday. Shortly after play was resumed in the afternoon a [?] shower fell, sufficient to send the…

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Football. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 2

SIR,—The time for playing football will soon be here again, and I think it is about time a step was taken to do something about that proposed football union…

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Cricket

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 2

The general opinion is that the English team outplayed our men in every department of the game. Both teams left for Melbourne last night…

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Cricket Chatter. (By No-ball.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 6

THE fifth test match commences in Melbourne on Monday. Two competition fixtures are set down for to-day : Keepit v. Glenevon…

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Politicians and Cricket

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 2

The many sided character of Mr. J. H. Carrathers is pretty well known in New South Wales and he is not often taken seriously, but his speech…

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Cricket. Gingham v. WOODLAND

The Moree News · Tuesday 8 March 1904 · page 2

On the 27th [?]ltima a cricket match was playe[?] Woodland, Water source, between the Ginglita[?] and Woodland cricketors res[?]lting in a win for…

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Cricket Chatter

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 2

OWING to the fact that the "rubber' has already been won, the presen test match does not arouse any extraordinary enthusiasm…

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Cricket

The Moree News · Friday 11 March 1904 · page 2

The Australians have, by 218 runs, won the final test match played in Melbourne in wet weather and on a bad wicket. Corner secured 7 wickets…

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Cricket Chatter

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 March 1904 · page 2

IMPORTANT competition match to-day. VICTORIA defeated Tasmania by 5 wickets…

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Twins at Cricket

The Moree News · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 4

One peculiarity about twin schoolboys is that very often [?]be induced in dress [?]The young rascals realised that their striking resemblance to [?]…

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Cricket Chatter

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 2

MACKAY made 149 in Sydney on Saturday. THE Englishmen leave for England to-morrow…

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Cricket Chatter. Glenevon Cricket Club

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—The Glenevon O.C., which was formed with the idea of weakening the formidable Keepit C.C.—which in previous years…

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Racing In America

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 4

A prominent American trainer, James Rowe, was recently asked what he thought of the 1903 racing year in that country. "I think this," he said,…

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Races at Upper Manilla

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

Races, organised by Mr. A. Don­nelly, were held at Upper Manilla on Thursday, writes a correspondent. The fields were very large, and much…

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Letters to the Editor. (We do not necessarily endorse the opini[?] of our correspondents.) Football. (To the Editor.)

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 2

SIR,—As we are now on the eve of football season 1904, and expecting our secretary to call us together on some night in the near future, it is to be…

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New Mexico Races

Manilla Express · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 2

MR. Wiltshire, who undertook to sell the lights of the New Mexico races without fee, offered the privileges on Saturday afternoon at his rooms…

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