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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1915

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Swimming Long Worth Recovering. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 5

Although Long worth may not compete in the quarter" mile race to-morrow, it is understood he has recovered sufficiently to start in the 220 yards…

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Shoe Creek Races

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

[?]al meeting of the Horse[?] Race Club, held on Box[?] as as usual an unqualified [?]om a social as well as a…

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Inter-state Cricket Sydney

The Kyogle Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

In the match Victoria versus South Australia, the former have lost four wickets in their second innings for 254 (Park, not out, 130)…

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Latest Sporting. the Turf. Woodburn Races

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 5

The Woodburn Jockey Club hold a meeting to-day (Wednesday). Excellent entries have been received for the various events, and a good day's racing may be…

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Swimming. Kahanamoku's Great Feat

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 5

Duke Paoa Kahanamoku, champion amateur swimmer of the world, on Saturday, at the Domain Baths, smashed his own 100 yards record with astonishing case…

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SPORTING Swimming 440 Yards Championship. Adrian Wins by Bare' Tough

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. The 440 Yards Swimming Champion ship of New South Wales was contested, at the Domain Baths to-night…

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Cricket. Sheffield Shield Match. Victoria v. South Australia

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wedesday.—In the Shelield Shield match, Victoria defeated South Australia by 247 runs…

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Cricket

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The Brunswick competition will be resumed on Saturday. The following will represent Perseverance v. Main Arm on the latter's ground:—E. Warren, F…

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Woodburn Races

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The meeting of the Woodburn Turf Club on Wednesday last was a big success. The weather was beautifully fine, the attendance was large, the fields good and the…

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Cricket Reminiscenses

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 5

Ballina "Beacon" retails some reminiascenses of old time cricket related by an old hand. Here are a few of them: "Break bowling had its best exponent…

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Cricket Notes

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The tour of the Ipswich cricketers has concluded And they have returned home. Ouside Lismore they had a splendid time and speak well of the treatment accorded…

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Judging at Horse-races. a Difficult Job at Times

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

The following apposite article is taken from the last issue of the "Sunday Sun": A number of onlookers went away from Randwick on Wednesday…

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Cricket S. A. V. N.S.W Revised Home Team Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 3

The revised team to meet, South Australian to-morrow as follows Bardsley, Macartney, Taylor, Barbour, Scott, Ratcliffe, Kelleway, Andrews,…

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Fatal Boxing Contest

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

The adjourned hearing of the case against Fernandez and others, preferred by the police in the matter of the death of John Facey, which…

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Cricket

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

The following will represent Lismore in the match with Rous on the Oval to-day at 2 p.m.:—Drown, Wotherapoon, Nalder, Godfrey, Alexander, Musgrave. Bice, Gaull…

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Latest Sporting. the Turf. the Tipsters. Warwick Farm Races

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—"Early Bird's" lips are as follow:— Liverpool Mile.—Solue, Sanguine, Cacique…

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Boxing. World's Championship Contest

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

NEW YORK, Saturday.—Jack Johson and Jesse Willard have arranged a 45 rounds' world's chanpionship at Juarez (Mexico) on the 6th March…

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Swimming. Two Twenty Yards Championship

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

SYDNEY, Saturday.—At the swhnming carnalval to-day the 220 yards championship of N.S.W. was won by Kahanomoku. with Page second and Cunba third. The…

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Swimming Kahanamoku Wins 220 Yards Championship. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

The swimming, championship carnival concluded this afternoon. The 220 Yards Championship resulted Kahanamoku. 1, Page 2, Cunha…

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Cricket. Richmond River Completition

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

The competition under the suspices of the Richmond River Cricket Assocation was resumed on Saturday in pleasant weather. The local matches were…

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