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Sport, 1920

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Boxing. Hill and Godfrey Draw. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 4

Sid Godfrey and Jimmy Hill, both of whom have held the featerweight championship fought a draw at the Stadium last night. The match was…

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Cricket. South Wagga Club

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 4

The annual meeting of the South Wagga Cricket Club was held at Roberts' Tea Rooms on Friday night. Many intending members were present,…

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Boxing. Jimmy Hill v. Sid. Godfrey. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 4

At the Sydney Stadium a big crowd gave Jimmy Hill a great reception [?] his re-entry to the ring after an absence of several years. His…

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Football. City Cup Competition. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 4

The Rugby League City Cup Competition was commenced yesterday, when Balmain defeated Newtown by 9 points to 6; North Sydney beat…

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Football Semi-final. Federals [?] Mangoplah a Ding Bong Game

The Daily Express · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 2

The semi-final of the Wagga District Association (Australian Rules) played between Mangoplah, last year’s premiers, and the Federals, on the…

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Football. Australian Rules. Federals Win Final. a Well Earned Victory

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 4

There was much talk during test week in reference to this match, and, if anything, Mangoplah seemed to be a little the better favorite, although…

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Boxing

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 7

Boxing Extraordinary [?] on Friday night, September 17th Cliff Whitfield (Cootamundra), who showed such good form in the…

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Golf

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

M. Gibb and Maxwell beat Oakes and Lindsay, 4 up and 3 to play, in the Challenge Cup during the week-end…

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Tennis

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 2

A very successful meeting of the Gundagai Tennis Club was held on Friday night, when the president (Mr. Tout) occupied the chair…

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Football

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 7

The Cootamundra Association team went to Springdale on Saturday, and got a terrible doing. One of the vanquished tells us he…

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 7

A largely attended meeting of those interested in cricket was held on Friday night at the office of Messrs. Osborne and Fuller…

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Football Recovered

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 2

A resident of Junee lost a fat yearling calf last week, and anxious to find out the cause of death he opened the beast and found a child's football…

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Sports and Pastimes. Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 7

Rose Hlil came to Cootamundra on Saturday to play another match with the Methodists. The latter won by 13 games…

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Boxing. Jamito Defeats Watson. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

At the Hippodrome Jamito defeated Cecil (Tibby) Watson in the tenth round. The latter was disqualified on a foul…

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M.i.a. Races

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 2

Entries close next Saturday for the races to be held at Leeton on Saturday. September 18th. Owners are specially requested to matte a note of…

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Football Australian Rules Wagga v. COOTAMUNDRA

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

The Wagga association players journey to Cootamundra to-morrow to play a return match with the local players here. This should prove a very…

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The Football Competition. Narandera v. Marrar

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 2

The Narandera v Marrar semi-final match at Grong Grong on Saturday attracted a very large crowd of spectators, and had it not been for a…

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Boxing. World’s Championship Both Contestants Well. Montreal, Sept. 6

The Daily Express · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 2

The New York TIMES correspondent at Benton . Har[?]or reports that in view of the fact that Michigan law does not permit a referee to give a…

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Sporting. Spring Races. Yesterday's Betting. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 4

Several commissions were worked during settling hours today for the coming big races. King's Word was introduced…

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FOOTBALL. S.W.D. Competition. Semi-final. Narrandera v. MARRAR

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 3

Excitement ran high at the meeting of the "giants" in the above competition, on a neutral ground, Grong Grong. This village's football ground…

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