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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Sport

Sport, 1921

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Cricket Match

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

At the new pitch on the Show Ground on Sunday next a match is to be played. Married v. Single. The married team is made up of the following…

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Lawn Tennis. Champions for Wimbledon. LONDON

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

It is announced that Tilden and Mrs. Mallory, the respective lawn tennis single champions or America, will compete at Wimbledon in June. The authorities…

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V.R.C. RACES. May Have to be Abandoned. Shipping Trouble Responsible. MELBOURNE

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

The latest developments in the shipping trouble have convinced turf supporters that the autumn racing carnival in Victoria will be ruined unless the…

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SWIMMING. Carnival at Paradise

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

The Second Carnival held by the Tamworth Swimming Club was well attended. A feature of the carnival was the fine swimming and diving of Mr. L…

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Strike Interferes with Racing Melbourne

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

The weights for the summer meeting of the Williamstown Racing Club were to have been issued to-day, but the handicapper withheld them. His reason…

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Cricket Rumpus. Melbourne Public Support Armstrong. MELBOURNE

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

The newspapers to-day contain a numbers of angry letters protesting against the omission of Armstrong from the Victorian eleven to meet the…

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Uralla Races. Bibreen and Prince Selbert Win. URALLA

The Northern Daily Leader · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

The second day's racing took place to-day. Results:— FLYING HANDICAP, 6 fur…

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Novel Cricket Match. Armstrong Defeated. MELBOURNE

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

Warwick Armstrong played in a cricket match between a team of 18 Montone boys and the Australian captain. who had two boys to assist. The…

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Big Cricket. Victorian Batsmen Fail Badly. Demonstration Against Mayne. Late Stand Improves Position. MELBOURNE

The Northern Daily Leader · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

In fine but cool weather the return match between England and Victoria opened. in Melbourne to-day Much of the interest in the match had been…

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Cricket

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 2

A largely attended match was played on the racecourse yesterday, between married and single teams. The married men scored 149 and [?]for 51…

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BOXING. Record Crowd at Stadium. Criqui Defeats Godfrey SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 2

A record crowd was present at the Stadium, last night to see the Criqui-Godfrey fight. The Johnson-Burns match did not draw such a large crowd. It is…

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Big Cricket. Englishmen Score Heavily. HENDREN 262 Not Out. Melbourne

The Northern Daily Leader · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 1

The international cricket match between England and Victoria was resumed on the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday…

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Cricket

Manilla Express · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 2

The match between England and Victoria which started at Melbourne last Friday is still in progress and Victoria seems to be making a good effort…

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Swimming Championship. N.Z. 100 yards Record. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 1

The race for the 100 yards swimming championship Of New Zealand was won by Miss J. Shand, who defeated Miss Walrond by 5 strokes in 69 secs, which…

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Bowls

The Northern Daily Leader · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 2

From our Armidale correspondent:- The Armidale Bowling Club intend opening the Cr[?]net lawn and also hold the official opening of the club for the…

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Melbourne Racing. Meeting Urges Resumption. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 1

At a largely attended public meeting this afternoon in Melbourne a resolution was passed urging the resumption of racing in the metropolitan area…

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Welter Boxing Championship. Vancouver

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

A New York message says that Jack. Britton. world's welter champion. successfully defended the title against Ted Lewis, claiming the English title, in a…

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Cricket Club Social

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

The Narrabri Girls Cricket Club held a very successful social and dance at the Town Hall on Tuesday night. The ball was decorated with…

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Racing Embargo Deputation to Victorian Premier. SYDNEY

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 1

A imputation of racecourse employees waited on the Victorian Premier to-day to protest against the continued embargo on racing…

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N.S.W. Cricket Team. Sydney

The Northern Daily Leader · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 2

The New South Wales team to play Queensland, at Brisbane, is:—Folkard (captain), Love, McColl, Thatcher. Trennery, O'Keefe, Wells, Ives, Gostellow…

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