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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1912

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Cricket. Waratahs v. Butchers and Bakers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

J. Martin, who belongs to the Education Department and is home on holidays, batted brilliantly for 137 not out. Included in his score were 14…

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Cricket. Surawi Cup Competition

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 2

The Newtown-Wagga match for the Surawi Cup will be continued this afternoon, when the Wagga batsmen will endeavor to wipe out the 236…

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Too Much Racing. Professionalism in Sport. (To the Editor "Daily Advertiser.")

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1912 · page 4

Sir,—The recent importation to New South Wales of 150 head of American thoroughbreds is convincing proof of the disastrous effects the…

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Swimming. Longworth Again Successful. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

Longworth won the Mile Amateur Swimming Championship Adelaide to-day by 100 yards. Springfield was second and Moon third…

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Rugby. Australians in England. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

The Australians played Barrow in heavy show. The final scores were: Australia 22 points, Barrow 5 points…

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Boxing. Attell Beats Brown. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 2

Abe Attell beat Brown with a knock-out in ten rounds. Brown was unable to land. Attell had Brown groggy in the tenth round. The…

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Cricket. Newtown v. WAGGA

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1912 · page 3

The above match was concluded on Saturday on the Cricket Ground and resulted in an easy victory for Newtown by an innings and 56 runs…

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Swimming

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

The Australasian championships were started at Adelaide on Saturday. The mile championship was won easily by W. Longworth in 25…

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Boxing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

Hughie Mohegan defeated Picato at the Stadium, Sydney, on Saturday night. The contest went the full 20 rounds, when the referee, Mr…

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Football

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

The Australians played Burrow in heavy snow. The final scores were: Australia 22 points, Barrow 5 points…

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Gundagai Racing Club

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 3

The new committee of the Gundagai Racing Club met at Tracey's hotel on Friday evening last, there being present:—…

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CRICkET NOTES

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 4

The Englishmen defeated a Ballarat XV. by 8 tickets and 32 runs, the scores being:—Ballarat XV. 318 (M. Herring 129, E Herring 33): England…

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Cricket. Surawi Cup Competition

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 5

The competition for the Surawi Cup was resumed on Saturday when the Wagga-Newtown match was completed. On the previous Saturday…

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Cricket Strike. an Ultimatum

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

Mr. Sydney Smith, jun., has received a letter signed conjointly by six Australian players, who, although not yet selected, consider they are…

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Billiards and Football. London

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 3

Inman defeated Lindrum by 16.000 to 10,231. The Kangaroos defeated Barrow by 22 to 5…

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Gilmore. Cricket. Caset Cup Competition. Gilmore v. Mt. Pleasant

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 23 January 1912 · page 2

Never in the history of cricket at Gilmore has such enthusiasm and excitement prevailed among players and supporters as that which was…

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Jugiong Races

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 4

A line nomination has been received for the leading event of the Jugiong meeting, which will be held on Friday next…

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Lockhart Football Club

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

The Members of the Lockhart Football Club desire to place on record in the files of the Public Press their deep sense of loss in…

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Boxing. Conlon Beats Forbes. Kershaw

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 January 1912 · page 2

Johnny Conlon knocked out Harry Forbes in the third round of a scheduled ten round fight…

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Melbourne Racing

The Worker · Thursday 25 January 1912 · page 25

Fine cool weather favored the Victorian Amateur Turf Club's meeting at Caulfield last Saturday, when the attendance was large and the racing interesting. The…

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