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Sport, 1921

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Country Week Tennis Carnival

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 8

The [?]ual Country Week Tennis Carnival will commence at Double Ray. (Sydney) courts on Wednesday next. A large number of country…

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Cricket. To-day's Match

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

A[?] district cricket matches have been arranged for to-day the Wagga association selectors have chosen two terms from amongst the members of…

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Mentone Races. Monday, January 3

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 8

[?]TRAL HANDICAP A fuloags Hauds Up.. .. .. .. 9 0 wee[?]h .. .. .. .. .. 8 30 Torbrook .. .. .. .. 8 7…

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Chiltern Cup Races Weights for

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 8

Malden Plate, 5f.—Lady Threave 8.12, Noisy Tom 8.12. Silent March 8.12, G[?]arcen Star S.12, Royal Pat 8.12, Bal River 8.11, Pictoo S.11…

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Cricket. To-day’s Match- Playing for a Dinnker

The Daily Express · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 8

To-day two teams from the Wagga Association Clubs will play a match on the cricket ground, and to make the gaine interesting players will be…

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Boxing. Demsky Beats Dupre. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4
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Paul Demsky, the Russian featherweight, defeated Andre Dupre, of France, on points at the Stadium last night. The contest was keenly…

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"Napoleon of Tennis." London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

In an article on the Davis Cup matches, referring to "the wonderful display" of Norman Brookes against W. T. Tilden in the first of the singles…

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N.S.W. Tennis. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

Yesterday's play in the Western Suburbs tennis tournament at Ashfield saw the defeat of J. O. Anderson by L. Watson, of Cooma. In…

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International Football Australian Tour. London, Dec. 20

The Daily Express · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 1

The Northern Union has fixed the first match aganst the Australian footallers for September 17…

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Davis Cup. Good Showing by Brookes. Patterson's "Wretched Tennis. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 4

Yesterday's Davis Cup play confirmed the previous opinion that the Americans are the superior team. Brookes remarked to-night. that "they deserved…

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Tumut Turf Club. Boxing Day Races

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

The hot weather and the prospect of witnessing good racing as the result of satisfactory nominations urged people to seek the cool shade of the…

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Big Tennis the New Zealand Contests. Auckland, Jan. 3

The Daily Express · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 1

The Tennis Championships were continued in perfect weather to-day. Tilden and Washburn (America) and O’Hara Wood and Patterson…

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New Zealand Tennis. Win for Brookes and Patterson. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

The New Zealand tennis championships were continued in perfect weather to-day. Tilden and Washburn, of America, and O'Hara Wood and…

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N.Z. Tennis. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 3

Much interest was taken in the games in the New Zealand championship lawn tennis tourney to-day. Tilden again defeated Patterson, the scores…

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Boxing. Dempsey v. Carpentier. New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. Tex Rickard, the boxing promotor, denies the reports that the bout for the world's heavyweight championship between the present bolder of the…

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Totalisator Inadequate Boom in Racing Adelaide

The Daily Express · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

The hoom in racing on the metroliatan course here still continue. Every meeting is attracting tremendous crowds, and record sums are being…

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Cricket. Queensland v. N.S.W. Match Abandoned, Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

The match between teams representing Queensland and N.S.W. has been abandoned in consequence of the continued rain, making play…

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Bowls

The Daily Express · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

On Monday afternoon as interesting challenge match. 13 ends up for a trophy was played on the local green between two of our leading townsmer…

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Boxing in School

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 2

Success is [?]ending the experiments teaing classes started by the Minister for Education for boys in State schools under Mr. Harry Melville, a former…

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