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Sport, 1920

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Boxing

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

Owing to tho Attorney-General's Department not granting permission for a boxing match to take place in the Leeton School of Arts, on…

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Golf

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

Notwithstanding the fact that the holiday on Monday, prevented some of the members taking part in the competitions on Saturday afternoon,…

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Racing Notes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

Followers of Sandbee have not had a very profitable time lately. He was backed down to 2 to 1 in the Rosehill Handicap on Saturday, but he was…

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Schools' Football

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

A meeting of public school feathers and others was held at Matong on Saturday last for the purpose of ranging a football competition…

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Rugby League. Monsignor Buckley Competition

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 4

Illabo met Junce Rovers on the Junce Park on Sunday, before a large gathering of onlookrs. Junee kicked off. The back man of Illabo team…

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Hanwood Tennis Club

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

A handicap tournament among the members of the Hanwood Tennis Club is being held…

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Yanco and Leeton on Boxing Map

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

Under the above heading the following paragraph appeared in last week's "Referee":— Dave Smith drops me this…

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School Boys at Football

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

The Narandera school boys in charge of Mr. Stone, visited Grong Grong on Saturday and played a team from the village school The visiting…

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Football. Cadets v. RAILWAY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 5

A fair number of local sports enthusiastically witnessed a match, played on Albert Park, between a team of cadets and the railway on Saturday…

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Football. Australian Rules. South Western Association Competition

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 4

A special train from Norandera arrived in Junee at 2.55 p.m. on Saturday with a team of footballer from Coolamon and a number of supporters…

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BOXING Carpentier and Levinsky Will Fight on July 26. New York

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 1

Geo. Carpentier has announced that he will fight "Battling" Levinsky on July 26…

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South Western District Football Association. Matches for the First Round

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 4

The following is the amended list of matches for the first balf of the round, the re-draw being rendered necessary by the withdrawal of the…

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Tennis. Half Holiday v. Church of England

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 4

The following will represent Half Holiday in their match against Church of England on the former's courts this afternoon:—Dunstan Nail, Gilchrist…

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Boxing. Fight for Carpentier. Match with Levinsky. New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 4

It is announced that Carpenter and Battling Devinsky are to fight p[?]bably in a fifteen rounds contest, at New York on July [?]…

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Motor Racing. Brooklands Re-opened. Hawker's Great Race. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 4

The first meeting at Brooklands since the war attracted a large attendance to-day. Leading motorists took part…

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Football

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 2

The first match of the second-grade football competition for the Lawson Cup was played yesterday at Grahamstown between Tumut and the home team, the…

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Football. Australian Rules

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 4

The team to represent "The Rock" against the Lilies on Saturday next will be chosen from the following: Cooper, Richards, Ross, Stearman, Penrose, T…

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Golf. Wagga Club Active

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 3

In the School of Arts, Wagga, on last Tuesday night, the Committee of the Wagga Golf Club meet under the chairmanship of the president (Mr. I…

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Boxing

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 2

Tommy Burns, the Canadian boxer, who lost the world's championship to Jack Johnson in Sydney in 1908, and who has been out of…

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Golf

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1920 · page 2

The following is the draw for the mixed foursomes to be played on Saturday afternoon next, starting at 2 p.m. sharp:—Major Ford and…

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