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Sport, 1901

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Tennis. Centennial Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

The captaincy matches in connection with the Centennial Tennis Club have taken place during the past month. Several exciting games were played. The conditions of the competition were that each of…

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Swimming Splashes. (Continued From Page 6.)

The Arrow · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 3

The Council of the Association decided on Thursday night that Fred. Lane and Dick Cavill should represent N.S.W. in the Australasian championships next month…

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Boxing. Monty Andrews v. Jack M'kell

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 5

This long-looked-forward-to contest comes off at the Golden Gate Athletic Club to-night. Both men have been in active training for the past six weeks. Andrews on tills occasion, in…

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Cricket the Grade Competitons

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

The fifth round of the first-grade competition will be concluded this afternoon, and also the eighth round of the second and third grade matches. Central Cumberland, with six wickets for 293, wi[?]…

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A Record Cricket Match

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 149

There was never a match which abounded in so many remarkable features as this year's interstate one between New South Wales and South Australia played recently in this city. The…

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Bowls. Pennant and "B" Competitions. Fourth Round

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

The fourth round of the Pennant and "B" competitions will be played this afternoon, as follows:- PENNANT COMPETITION. Strathfield v. Balmain, at Waverley…

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Queensland Racing. BRISBANE, January 14, 1901

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 174

After the large amount of racing that we have had here lately, it was quite a relief to local sp[?]t man to have only one day's racing this week. It is to be hoped that there will never le[?] much racing again…

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Sydney Amateur Club. Rating Races

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 12

This afternoon the Sydney Amateur Club is deciding two races for boats of the 16 rating and 20 rating respectively. There are but two entries in each class, and for this reason it has been decided to virtually make one…

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English Cricket. Bowling or Throwing

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

LONDON, January 18.-The English cricket counties appear willing to accept the decision arrived at recently at a meeting ol the county captains respecting "throwers." Lancashire alone…

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Bowls. St. George Bowling Club. City v St. George

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 3

City had a comparatively easy win over St. George at Ashfield, the final roll-up giving them a majority of 31 points. In one rink only did St…

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Forest [?]Odge Pony and Galloway Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 10

Following are the handicaps for the above races, to be run on Monday next:- Thirteen-three Handicap, 5 furlongs.—Etheline II., 8st 9lb; Queeni[?], 7st 101b; Mirror, 7st 9lb; Auric, 7st [?]lb;…

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English Cricket. Feeling in the Counties

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--The English cricket counties appear willing to accept the decision arrived at recently at a meeting of the captains, respecting "throwers."…

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Cricket. Prohibition of Bowlers. London, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 9

The counties appear to be willing to accept the decision of the recent meeting of captains respecting bowlers who are alleged to throw. Lancashire, however, hesitates in the matter…

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Cricket at Upper Castlereagh CASTLEREAGH V. St. Marys. (From a Correspondent)

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 8

A Saturday at Upper Castler[?]agh, when a ' Shield ' match is in progress, is a really enjoyable day; more especially when ' Smithy ' and ' Sammy '—mighty smiters…

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Athletics

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 2
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M. M. Roseingrave, the well-known hurdler, has joined the sixth New Zealand Contingent for service in South Africa…

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Swimming Splashes

The Arrow · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 5

DICK CAVILL will give an exhibition of his powers at the Goulburn Swimming Oarnival to-day. M'Intyre, once employed at the old…

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Bowls and Bowlers

The Arrow · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 3

TO-DAY was to have been a great day in the bowling world of this State, for the first and second rounds of the most interesting event of the year—the champion…

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Golf and Golfers

The Arrow · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 3

"ROYAL, SYDNEY'S notify a handicap score competition at Bondi to-day for trophies. Thirty-six hoics are to be played. We don't hear much of the Marrickville…

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Cricket Chatter

The Arrow · Sunday 20 January 1901 · page 2

THE death of the Queen on Wednesday was expected to influence the cricket authorities in the direction of postponing the Inter-State match with Victoria. It…

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