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Sport, 1926

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Topical Turf Notes a Budget of Interesting Racing New by Our Melbourne Sporting Writer (Published Each Week in Tuesday's and Saturday's Issues)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 1

With the publishing if entries for the big autumn handicaps, the Turf outlook his brightened up considerably. For the next few weeks there…

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Country Tennis Preliminary Rounds Completed Yesterday Wagga and South Wagga Men Eliminated Wagga Ladies’ Team Suffer First Defeat After Many Successes Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 1

The first series of the tennis at the Country Carnival was concluded to-day. In the men’s matches sixteen…

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SPORTING Saturday's Racing Cricket Tennis and Swimming Results Turf Notes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

The Hawk, Molyneux, and Egyptian Flower left Sydney by beat on Saturday for Melbourne, while Lanorne, Aidan and Sweeting journeyed to Brisbane,…

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Swimming Notes Anniversary Day Carnival

The Daily Express · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

This year, the Wagga swimming [?]val, conducted ann[?]nlly by the amateur swimming club, is expected to be bigger than on any previous…

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Tennis Junee Helps Cootamundra

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

Miss Elly Hiscock, of Junee, who was watching the tennis contests in Sydney during the country week tournament, was able to render the…

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Boxing Demsky Debeats Hall Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

At the Sydney Stadium Paul Demsky (9.11[?]). of Queensland, defeated Joe Hall (9.9.1), the Africa Negro, on points. The decision was loudly…

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Swimming New Record Made 100 Yerds in [?] SYDNEY

The Daily Express · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

Frank Doyle is the new hero of the Australian swimming world. Winning the final of the 100 Yards State Championship, at the Domain Baths…

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Sporting Cricket Sparre Cup Competition

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

The Sparre Cup Competition was resumed on Saturday after a break of six weeks, to allow of the country teams' members doing their…

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Boxing Week-end Bouts Bantam Champion Beaten. Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

At the Stadium last night Pau. Demsky beat Joe Hall, a e[?] boxer, on points. Demsky forced the fighting while Hall fought on the…

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Golf Prodigy Ten-year-old Champion Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

Jack Filseail, aged 10 years, won the championship of the Brighton municipal golf course, yesterday, by defeating V. Mallett five up and three…

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Swimming New Record Made 100 Yards in 5-1 1-5 SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 3

Frank Boyle is the new here of the Australian swimming world. Winning the final of the 100 Yards State Championship, at the Domain Baths,…

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Bowls

The Daily Express · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

The first round in the Champion Pairs was completed on Friday, and the following are included in the second round, which must be finished…

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Swimming Notes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

The annual monster swimming carnival, under the auspices of the Wagga Amateur Swimming Club, promises to excel all predecessors. Every year…

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Tennis at Culcairn

The Daily Express · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

In a match last Wednesday Town a country, the latter won by 9 sets [?] games to 5 sets 55 games. In the Mixed Doubles, country won 6 sets…

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Bowls Notes on the Game

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3

The first round of the champion pairs has now been played. Since my last report, the following games have been completed. Anderson and Ley cleverly…

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Boxing Unofficial Champion. Len. Johnson Arrives, Perth

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3

Lon. Johnson, described as the unofficial champion middleweight of England, arrived to-day by the steamer Largs Bay. Asked to explain what…

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Golf Costly Missed Putt New York, Jan. 17

The Daily Express · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 4

At San Antonio, Macdonald Smith, scoring 288, won the 1500 dollars first prize in the Texas Open Golf Championship. cruicksha[?]k missed a ten…

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Cricket. Narrandbra Victorious Griffith's Bad Beginning

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3

The weather conditions were moat favourable during the cricket match played on the Griffith Irrigation oval, on Sunday afternoon last, when a…

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Athletics Wednesday's Relay Championship

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 3

No harriers event for some time has been the subject of so much discussion as the relay championship to be decided at the Wagga Night Carnivals…

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Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 4

The Country tennis carnival yesterday was interrupted by rain, which was of a thundery pature. Many tournaments, however, were held…

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