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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1924

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Bishop Long on Racing

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 8

“The ordinary person who thinks` he can pit his judgement and knowledge successfully against vast horded of people who are living on the…

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Cricket. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 4

Owing to the wet weathers making it impossible to prepare the wicket there was no play to-day in the Sheffield Shield match. New South Wales…

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Tennis. Australian Championships. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 5

The tennis championships were continued to-day. In the doubles Patterson and O'Hara Wood defeated Kalms and Willard 6-2, 8-6, 5-7, 6-4…

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Old Time Swimming. Sir G. Dibbs' Correct Style. Left Him Second to a Kanak?

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 1

The popularity of swimming matches is no new development in Sydney. In early days they attracted as much attention as a Charlton-Borg contest does…

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The Cricket Match No Play Yesterday Prospects Last Night, Poor Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 26 January 1924 · page 1

Owing to the Impossibility of getting the wicket into condition It was reluctantly decided to p[?] the commencement of the Sheffield Shield…

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Coursing Dog Dead

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 4

Brown Hawk, winner of the Waterloo Cup in 1916 and 1917, and other notable events in the coursing field, has died at Bendigo. Brown Hawk was…

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Cricket

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 2

Gundagai Tumblong combined journeyed to Adelong on Saturday, and were defeated by Adelong district by 40 runs, in…

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Bowls. Albury Defeats Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 4

After defeating the Wagga bowling team on Saturday, the Albury team were entertained at afternoon tea. The visitors returned to Albury the same…

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Tennis. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 4

Play in Melbourne in the Australian tennis championships was suspended to-day on account of heavy rain…

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Boxing. Godfrey Beats Spargo. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 2

Ten thousand spectators witnessed fight between Sid Godfrey and Bert Spargo at the Sydney Stadium last night. Godfrey retained his…

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Boxing Week-end Bouts Spargo Outpointed Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 28 January 1924 · page 3

At Ute Stadium last night [?] fry (9.8) defeated Bert Spargo (9.3) on points in 10 rounds for the Australian Lightweight Championship…

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Golf

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

Advantage of the cool week and weather was taken to play on the local course, which is in better order than it has ever been at this time of…

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Wagga Swimming Carnival

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

The annual C.Y.M. swimming carnival took place at Wagga on Saturday last. Spasmo[?] fell during the day, but otherwise the carnival…

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Cricket

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

An association team journeyed to Narandera en Anniversary Day and had a very enjoyable one-innings match, resulting in an exciting…

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Cricket Notes

The Daily Express · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 4

The Can[?] and A grade match on Saturday showed how very weak [?] our leading cricketers are in the field. many returns were…

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Sheffield Shield Cricket

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

The Sheffield match between Vic torin and N.S.W. was commenced at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. At the drawing of stumps…

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Griffith Races. Successful Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 3

The Griffith Race Club's first meeting under A.J.C. Rules proved highly successful the first day's racing last Saturday drawing a long string of…

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Cricket. Match at Adelong

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1924 · page 2

A combined Gundagai-Tumblong team journeyed to Adelong on Saturday (Anniversary Day) and played a match against an Adelong…

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Cricket [?]Hook [?]

The Daily Express · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 4

[?] cricketers played[?] [?] [?]ny, and were [?] by [?]…

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Tennis. Australian J. O. Anderson Victorious. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 January 1924 · page 4

The final s in the Australian tennis championships were decided to-day and J. O. Anderson was victorious in both singles and doubles. In the singles…

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