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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Swimming. Longworth Establishes Another Record. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 2

The 920 yards swimming championship of New South Wales was won by Longworth, from Healy, Hardwick, and Boardhian…

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Rugby. Australians Beat Kingston Rovers. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 2

Playing of Huli the Australians scored one goal one try and defeated Kingston Rovers, who scored one goal. The first half was full of incident and…

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Tennis. Davis Cup. Statement by American Secretary. Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 1

Mr. Harry Waider, secretary of the Western Lawn Tennis Association, announces that United States players would cease to be contestants for an…

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Swimming

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

W. Longworth won the 220yds. championship of the state on Saturday from Healy and Hardwick. His time, 2min. 27 2-5 sec., is an…

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Boxing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

Bandsman Rice defeated Terry Kellar at the Stadium, Sydney, on Saturday night, Kellar being disqualified in the seventh round for hitting…

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Cricket

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

Tho third Test Match was commenced at Adelnide on Friday, the Australians in their first innings are all out for 133 and the Englishmen in their first innings made 501…

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Cricket Notes

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 3

It must be very pleasing to the promoters of grade cricket in Cootamundra to see the interest that is being taken in it…

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General Sporting Notes. Racing Fixtures

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 2

Gundagai M.U. Racing Club—January 23 and 24. Gundagai Racing Club—Feb. 28 and 29. Southern District Trotting Club—Feb. 6…

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Football in Wyalong. a Flourishing Club

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 4

NOWHERE in up country towns in New South Wales has the game of football progressed like it has in West Wyalong during the year 1911. The…

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Boxing

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 5

?rank Thorn defeated Elliott in the second round at Melbourne last night…

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Boxing. Thorn Beats Elliott. Painful Incident. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

Frank Thorn, of Melbourne, and "Billy" Elliott, of Sydney, met at the Melbourne Athletic Pavilion last night. Both men weighed 9st. 4lb. In the…

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Rugby Football Attractive Proposal. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 2

The Rugby League has received from England a proposal to send a team consisting of the Australians now playing for the Northern Union Clubs…

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Melbourne Racing

The Worker · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 25

The Aspendale Park Racing Club brought off a very successful meeting on Saturday last, when the weather was fine and the attendance large. In a field of…

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Cricket

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 5

The Half-Holiday C. C. Eleven engaged a team yesterday afternoon styled "the old buffers." As most of the players in the "O.B." team were well…

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Protection of Native Races

The Worker · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 24

The Executive Committee of the Association for the Protection of Native Races at its last meeting had under consideration the report of the Chief Protector of…

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Warwick Farm Races. Pride of Murillo Boats Precious.—Golden Light Scores at Last.—A Good Race for the Handicap.—Milfoil Wins the Welter

The Worker · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 25

There was a very fair crowd at the "Farm" on Saturday, seeing that a meeting was being held at Victoria Park, which was much handier to town, and drew a…

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Rugby. Match Abandoned. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

The match between the Kangaroos and the Northern League has been abandoned owing to a fall of snow…

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Cricket Notes

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

In the grade competition the two unfinished games, commenced last Saturday, will be concluded to-morrow. A and B look like the winning…

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Cricket Chatter

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

WILLIE Ryan, of Camp st. Cricket Club, is one of the few coming colts in the district. His 60 at Sandy Gully was a splendid performance…

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A Football Story

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 3

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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