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Sport, 1921

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Boxing. Cable to Carpentier. Offer of £20,000. for Three Fights in Australia. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 4

A cable was sent by Mr. Jack Munro to Carpentier to-day making an offer of £20,000 for three fights in Australia, the contests to take place after…

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Tennis

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

A match will be played this afternoon on the Half Hollday Tennis Courts between teams from that club and St Andrew’s Church. The…

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Boxing. a Festival of Fight

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

The boxing syndicate is providing a big programme for Wagga pati[?]ns on Friday night the biggest flsticu[?] night ever held in the town is…

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Wagga Cup Races

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

All that now remains to eqsure a successful Cup Meeting for the Mur[?]mbidgee Turf Club is fine weather, and as the days are b[?]oming warmer…

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Benefit Cricket Match

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

[?] cricket match in [?]id of the funds of the Licensed Victuallers’ Queen (Miss Corcoran) will be played to-day between teams representing the…

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Local and General. Wagga Golf Club

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Wagga Golf Club will be held to—night as advertised The Club to in a very good position and the forthcoming season…

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Cricket. Inter-kig[?] School Match

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

The following will represent the Christian Brothers' High School in their match against the Wagga High School at Bolton Park to-day, play starting at…

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Boxing. Rice Defeats Callicot. for Lightweight Championship. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Ernie Rice, of Hounslow, Knocked out Ben Callicot, of Plymouth, in the seventh round of their battle for the lightweight championship of Great Britain which…

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Freak Golf Music Hall Artists’ Stunt. London, April 11

The Daily Express · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 1

Three music hall artists have commenced a high-road match from E[?]mingham to Hull, lasting eight days, in which they will not change their…

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N. Z. Rugby League Will Not Send a Team to Sydney Conditions Involve Professionalism

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 1

The New Zealand Rugby League will not send a team to Sydney his year. the decision was arrived at because the N.S.W. League resolved to pay…

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Tennis Championship. the English Singles. Doust and Lycett in Form. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Up to the present the outstanding feature of the tennis singles at the Queen's covered courts is the form of the two ex-Australians. Doust is playing as…

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Football. Rugby League. New Zealanders' Tour. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 2

A cable from New Zealand states that the report to the effect that, the New Zealand Rugby League has cancelled its tour of Australia is incorrect…

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Golf

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 3

A bogey handicap is set down for Saturday on the Cootamundra links. Since the article appeared in the "Evening News" on the one-legged…

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Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 3

A match was played between Kilrush and Jindalee Tennis clubs on the latter's courts last Saturday which resulted in a win for the visitors. Scores…

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Wagga Cup Races

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 2

To-morrow (Friday) the Murrumbidgee Turf Club will set the ball rolling in connection with the time honored Cup meeting, the dates set down for…

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Wagga Golf Club Annual Meeting

The Daily Express · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 2

The annual 'meeting of the Wagga Golf Club was hold in the School of Arts last evening, when there was a large attendance ot members and…

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Wagga Golf Club. Election of Officers and Annual Report

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Wagga Golf Club was held at the School of Arts last night. There was a large attendance of members and associates…

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Rugby League Football N.Z. Team for Australia. Auckland, April 14

The Daily Express · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 2

Although the New Ze[?] Rugh[?] Football Le[?] has just discovered that if any [?] Zealand players selected to tour [?]gland accept a since…

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Football

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Adelong Football Club was held in Ward's Hotel, on Saturday night, and the following office-bearers were…

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Cricket

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 3

To wind up the cricket season in Coolamon all members of the local club are requested to be present on Kindra Park next Sunday at 11 a.m. to participate in…

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