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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Mob Rule at Cricket. Fry's Plan to Stop It

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 7

It is not only in Australia that the crowd wakes oliensive remarks to cricketers (remarks the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" of 3rd. January). Writing in the…

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Cricket. Third Test Match. Australians Playing Well. Adelaide

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 5

The third test match was resumed, to-day in cool and pleasant weather. Before the commencement of play it was announced that owing to the injury he received…

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SPORTING Cricket

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 2

On Saturday last the second round of local competition started when Bay travelled to Main Arm and easily defeated their opponents by an innings…

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Science in Play. the Paper Swimming Fish

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 6

Cut out of ordinary note-paper a fish like the one represented below, say of life size. In the centre cut a circular opening a, communicating…

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Cricket. Third Test Match. England's Second Win. Adelaide

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 5

In the third test match to-day the not out Australians Minnett 38 and Hordern 3) resumed the Home team's second innings, but before one over had been…

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Football. the Kangaroos' Tour. Match with League Abandoned. London

Northern Star · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 3

The match Australasians versus the Rugby League had to be abandoned on account of the snow…

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Cricket. Must Win the Rubber. Noble Comes to the Front. Sydney

Northern Star · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 3

M. A. Noble, interviewed to-day, said he was ambitious to see Australia win the cricket rubber, and would like to help towards that end, if it was thought his…

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Cricket

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 7
Also in The Byron Bay Record

In the Test match at Adelaide, Gunn was walking oat to Hordern, when the latter bowled the ball into the wicket-keeper's hands. Gunn turned round and…

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A Football Story

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 5

A good story is told of a youth who, on his way to a football match, met a friend and inquired if he was also going. The friend replied that he had…

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Boxing. Attell Defeats Brown. New York

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

Abe Attell beat Knock-out Brown in a ten rounds fight. Brown was unable to land to any advantage. Attell had Brown groggy in the tenth round. The popular…

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Cricket. Noble Considers. to Play or Not to Play. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

Noble says he will finally decide to-morrow whether he will play in the third test match at Brisbane on Friday…

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Swimming. One Mile Championship. Adelaide

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

W. Longworth won the mile championship at the Amateur Swimming Championship Carnival at Adelaide to-day by 100 yards. Springfield was second and…

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Boxing. Mehegan Defeates Picato. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

Hughie Mehegan (9-9) defeated Frank Picato (10-3½) at the Stadium to-night, the fight going the full twenty rounds, in the presence of 7000 spectators…

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Wellington Races. Auckland

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

At the race meeting at Wellington, the New Zealand Cup resulted: Undecided 1, Midnight Sun 2, Coromander 3…

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Football. Australasians v. Barrow. London

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

The Australasians, two goals and six tries, defeated Barrow, one goal and one try. A thousand spectators witnessed the…

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Cricket. First Grade Matches. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

Another round in the first grade competitions concluded to-day, the scores being as follows:— Waverley v. North Sydney.—Last…

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Orangemen at Cricket. Clunes v. Pearce's Creek

Northern Star · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 8

The members of the Clunes branch L.O.L. journeyed to Pearce's Creek on Wednesday last to try conclusions with their brother members of the Pearce's…

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Soccer Football

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 4

An enthusiastic meeting of "Soccer" footballers was held on Thursday evening last in Pearce's refreshment rooms, to consider the advisability of forming a…

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Savage Cricket

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 7

Cricket is very popular with the natives in some of Britain's out-of-the-way dominions, and the time may come when test matches will be…

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