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Sport, 1926

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Cricket Victorian Team Arrives Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

The Victorian team to play New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield competition arrived to-day…

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Cricket the [?]Erach Cup. Reg[?] C[?]lamo[?]

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

[?] lost the [?] [?] Sunday week to Murray they immediately exercised [?] right to challenge the winners to another game…

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Country Tennis Eliminating Rounds Mathews in Good Form Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

The country Week Tennis Carnival was continued to-day the matches now being near the concluding stages. The weather was fine…

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Test Cricket the Australian Side What [?] Thinks. London, January 20

The Daily Express · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

Herbert Sute[?] addressing a cricket meeting at Stalybridge said the Australian were an extra[?] strong side and had a…

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Cricket Super-captain and a Team of Fighters Sutcliffe Sums Up Australians London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 6

Suteliffe, addressing a cricket meeting at Staly Bridge, said the Australians were an extraordinarily strong side, and they had a super-captain in…

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Athletics Relay Championship

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 6

From the public point of view Wednesday night's Relay Championship was the most spectacular event which the Harriers have yet put on,…

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Boxing Offer to Dempsey £100,000 for a Bout Vancouver

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 8

Tom O'Rourke, boxing promoter, has wired to Jack Dempsey, the world's boxing champion, at Miama, Florida, offering him 500,000 to defend his title…

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

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 8

There is only a short interval between the closing of nominations and the declaration of weights for the Newmarket Handicap and Australian…

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Rugby Football. Ireland Defeats France. Belfast

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

The weather was boisterous and for the international rugby match; 15,000 people attended. Ireland beat France 11 points to nil…

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Wagga Tennis

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

The following will represent St. Michnel's against St. Joseph's (Temora) to-morrow: J. M'Glynn, J. M'Carthy, J. Fagan, J. Nugent, F. O'Reilly, W…

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Cricket Wagga Association Position of Clubs

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

As the result of Saturday’s matches South Wagga, who gained a 4-point victory over A.I,F, now lead with 17 points. Wagga and Newtown are…

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Rough Football Drastic Regulations Sanfrancisco, January 22

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 3

Disturbances in football matches here have caused the Governor to draw up a code of penalties unique in sport. For any insulting…

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Boxing Week-end Bouts Contest Stopped at Sydney Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

At the Stadium last night, Har[?] C[?] (10.9) gave Frisco M'G[?] (10.8). a colored boxer, the father on a hiding and the contest was stop…

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Big Tennis French v English London, January 22

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

In the lawn tennis match between the Queen’s Club and Paris, the latter represented by Lacoste and [?] the French Davies Cup…

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Test Cricket Final Selections No Discussions Made Yet

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

Mr. Clam Hill emphatically declares that Australian selectors have not some to any final decision regarding the three places remaining to…

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SPORTING: Quixotic Wins Challenge Stakes Saturday's Cricket Results Turf Notes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 4

The Fleurant mare Flourish, who was previously owned by the Albury sportsman, J. Long, and trained at Wagga by J. Saunders, has changed hands…

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Country Tennis Fred. Kaims Champion Wagga Ladies Beaten in Final Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

The Country Week Tennis Carnival was c[?] to-day in perfect weather Fred [?] of West Myalong…

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Bowls

The Daily Express · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 4

The selected four rinks du[?] journeyed to Narandera on Wednesday and scored a win over the bowlers of that historic town…

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Narandera Coursing Club

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

A meeting or the Narandera Coursing Club was held on Saturday evening last, there held present Messrs. E. J. Hunt (chair), R. Kirkpatrick, W…

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The Griffith Races

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 2

A special train will run from Narandera to Griffith this (Tuesday) morning for the purpose of carrying horses and passengers to the Griffith…

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