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Sport, 1900

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Boxing

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 11

At the Golden Gate Athletic Club to-night the opening of an 8st. 71. tournament is on the programme. We are informed that there are a good number of entries, and a first-class…

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Bowls

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 173

The third round of the pennant championship and trophy competition under the auspices of the New South Wales Bowling Association was played on the several greens on Saturday afternoon under…

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SWIMMING. Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 172

On Saturday the concluding event of the Australasian biennial championships was decided. These competitions commenced on January 6, and were carried on during last week. Visitors came from all…

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Swimming Splashes

The Arrow · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

BONDI Annual Championship Carnival to-day. Even If only for the sake of the outing— the trip there and back, and a couple of…

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SWIMMING. Australasian Championship

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 51

The six events of the Australasian Championships have now been decided, and it will be seen from the table below that in no case have the records been broken. Representatives from…

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Swimming. Association Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 12

The matter of "first claim" members of one club representing another body during the same reason came before the permit and standing committee at its usual weekly meeting on Wednesday evening. After some…

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Football

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 51

Speaking of the recent visit bf a British Association football team to the Continent, a writer in London "Sporting Life" says:— The "missioners" have come home, and the…

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Cricket. Electorate Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 11

The grade matches will be continued this afternoon. On the Syney Cricket Ground Paddington, six for 417, should be free from defeat, and have a good chance of winning aguinst…

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GOLF. Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 172

Mr. Mark Waterton and the editor of "Golf Illustrated" have collaborated in drawing up a table of penalties under the now rules, which gives their gist at a glance. Here is a condensation of it:—…

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BOWLS. Pennant Matches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 53

The third round of the Pennant matches was played on Saturday, with the following results: At Balmain Green, City beat Victoria Park by 106 points to 97…

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Bowls and Bowlers

The Arrow · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

THE bowlers' song, "Our Jack's Come Home To-day." Mr. John. Young, president of the New South Wales Bowling Association, Is aboard…

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Cricket

Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

Of the thirteen men picked to practise for file intercolonial match, four were not included in the previous team. These four are: M'Beth, Duff, Howard, and Diamond. M'Beth and Howard have…

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Enterprise Swimming Club Carnival

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 51

The fifteenth annual carnival of the Enterprise Swimming Club took place at Farmer's Baths, Woolloomooloo Bay, on Saturday, in the presence of a large number of spectators of both…

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Lawn Tennis

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 11
Also in Evening News

The annual general meeting of the Neutral Bay Lawn Tennis Club was held at the club ground on Thursday evening last. The president of the club, H. W. Carey, was in the…

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Golf and Golfers

The Arrow · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 3

MATTERS golf have been slow—decidedly slow—since my last budget or notes. The links, comparatively speaking, have worn a deserted appearance, and matches…

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CRICKET. Gossip

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 171

The South Australians have now concluded their season—a disastrous one for them, though there are probably few who will grudge them the sweets of victory gained in the last match, that…

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Cricket Chatter

The Arrow · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 2

IT is an extraordinary fact that those clubs which helped to introduce and took part in local cricket in 1893 have, with one exception, no voice on the executive…

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Cricket Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1900 · page 5

Joe Darling has gone back to S.A. with a bigger opinion of himself than over, became our muddling powers that be let his side win a most inglorious game by 6 wickets…

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