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Sport, 1921

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Athletic Club Meeting

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 1

A meeting of the Athletic Club was held at the Club House Hall on Saturday night last, when there were present—Messrs Macfarlane…

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Bowls. Wagga Bowling Club

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 5

In the second round of the Wagga Bowls Championship A division Cox (26) ,beat Bull (24), Emblen (28) beat Do[?]ey (18); ' In “B” division…

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Loss to Football

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 6

Football in the south-west will lose the services of that fine footballer, W. Scott, who broke his leg whilst following his occupation as a horse breaker…

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Rugby League Foot Proposed Soldiers’ Te

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 2

Prospects for Ru[?]by [?]ne ball in Wagga during the con[?] are bright, und it la now [?] as curtain that four or five…

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Willow for Cricket Bats

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 6

The [?]keters of the Go[?]burn district are discovering that loca[?] grown willow wood [?] fully equal to all demands to be made upom it…

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Rosehill Races, Anticipations by “Wollundry“

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 8

The racing public will be [?]ll supplied with racing a Rose[?] to-day, when no fewer than nine events will be decided. The meeting may be…

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Control of Racing. New Advisory Committee. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 6

A meeting of representatives of horse racing clubs was held at the Chief Secretary's Department yesterday afternoon. It transpired, despite a good…

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Cricket. Australians in New Zealand Wellingtons, March 4

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 March 1921 · page 8

The Australian cricketers opened a match against Wangan[?] to-day. They scbred freely and lost 3 wickets for 133 runs…

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Golf Notes

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 2

A meeting of Gundagai [?] Club was held on Friday lap[?]G. O. Robertson presiding. The report and balance sheet (the…

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Boxing at the Rock

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

Big entries have been received for the different divisions to be fought at The Rock on Wednesday. The Borden Grime fight is causing considerable…

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Boxing. Symonds' Beats Blackburn. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

Joe Symonds defeated Vince Blackburn as the Stadium to-night in seven rounds. Symonds continually lauded heavy punches on Blackburn's body…

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Swimming Championships Kealoha and Langer Win. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

At the swimming carnival yesterday [?] Kealoha won the 100 yards race by a big margin. Boyle, of South Brisbane, being second…

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Rain Prevents Cricket. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

All the grade .marches were postponed to-day owing to rain, some of the grounds being in a very boggy condition, and the wickets unlit for…

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[?]Porting [?]Otes. the V.r.c. Racing

The Daily Express · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 4

[?] Racing. After [?] of over two months[?] was [?] at [?] As may have…

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Play the Game English Cricket Tour Interview with Douglas

The Daily Express · Monday 7 March 1921 · page 1

Colonel J. W. H. T. Donglas, captain of the English cricket tesm, in the course of a chat at albury with t a representative of the “Daily Express.”…

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Boxing

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

The fight for the championship of Harden and a purse of £50, between W. Haley, Harden, and A. Dennis, Tumblong, did not…

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Golf

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 5
Also in The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser

A meeting of Gundagai Golf Club was held on Friday last, Dr. G. O. Robertson presiding. The report and balance sheet (the latter showed a credit of…

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Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 5

A team from the Presbyterian Club played a return match with the District School on Saturday, and won by 20 games…

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Racing Notes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1921 · page 2

Nautical made an exhibition of the other horses in the St. Ledger. He took the lead soon after the barrier lose, and was never afterwards headed,…

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