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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1922

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Swimming. C.y.m.s. Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

On Friday night last, the Catholic Young Men's Society Swimming Club held a meeting to finalise arrangements for the swimming carnival to…

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Boxing. Week-end Routs. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

One of the keenest matches sought at the Stadium for some time was that between Berl Sparge, featherwegiht champion of Australia, and Louis…

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Rugby League. Kangaroos V. Cumberland. London, Jan. 7

The Daily Express · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

There were 1,000 peoples present at thr [?] of the [?] and [?] the attendance increasing to 20,000…

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Tennis. Country Carnival Postponed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

There was no play to-day in connection with the tennis carnival, as all the courts at Double Bay were completely saturday as a result of the heavy…

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Country Tennis Rain Prevents Play. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

Rain to-day made play in the Country Tennis Carnival impossible. To-day’s fixtures will be played on [?]…

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Golf. Holed Out in One. Sandy Heard's Performance. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

For the eleventh time Sandy Herd holed out in one on his own ground at Coombe Hill, Surrey, He has done the same four times on other courses…

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Football. the Kangaroos. Defeat Cumberland by 25—12. WORKINGTON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

Five thousand spectators were present to-day when the Australian team defeated Cumberland by 25 points to 12. It was an exhilarating game, in…

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Athletics. New Victorian Record. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

At the athletic sports in Melbourne the Victorian record for 300 yards was broken by D. Gale (Victoria), who beat J. Oosterlook (South Africa) by inches,…

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Athletics South Africans Score. [?]

The Daily Express · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 4

The South African athletics competed at a [?] of athletics at the [?] Sports [?] made his first…

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Narandera Swimming Club

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

A meeting of the Narandera Swimming Club was held at the Mechanics' Institute on Friday evening last, there being a large attendance…

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BOXING “ No Contest.” Sydney

The Daily Express · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 4

To-night’s fight at the Hippodrome between Mike Flynn and Andre Dupre was stopped, in the 13th round, by the referee, who declared it “ no…

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BOXING. H. McLean v. V. Walker

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

In reporting a boxing contest which was held of Coolamon on Saturday night week, between H. McLean (Narandera) and V. Walker (Collamon)…

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Competition Cricket. B. Team V. C. Team

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

The above teams met on the Park Oval on Saturday afternoon, the result being a victory for B team by 60 runs. The system adopted is for the…

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BOXING. Dunstan beats Butler. Fight goes 20 Rounds. ALBURY, Friday Night

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 2

The boxing match, fought at the Theatre Royal to-night drew a large attendance of boxing enthusiasts, who arrived by car and train from nil parts…

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Golf

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 2

Mr. Hawkins, the retired banker, who is a great local enthusiast for golf, has been spending much time improving Cootamundra's links, which rank…

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Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 2

A fair amount of tennis has been indulged in locally. On the town courts last Saturday we noticed Mr. Marsh learning to use his…

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 2

The Cootamundra team will be picked to-morrow to play Muttama here next Saturday…

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Boxing. Murphy v. REYNOLDS

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 4

In connection with the match between Murphy and Reynolds on Saturday night, the management have made special arrangements for the benefit…

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Boxing Crique Wanted Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 2

Jack Munro has cabled to Crique to come to Australia again for several fights. Crique replied that he is going to…

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Is Test Football Coming ?

The Daily Express · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 4

A topic which may have a big hearing on sport—and Association football especially—in the Colonies has recently been the cause of no little…

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