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Sport, 1902

8,214 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250

Swimming. Enterprise Club's Gala

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 12

At the Enterprise Swimming Club's annual carnival, which will be held in Farmer's Baths, Domain, this afternoon, the half mile championship will be brought off. This event should be one of the most keenly…

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Lawn Tennis

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 246

Details are to hand of the various events decided in connection with the lawn tennis championships of New Zealand. At the annual meeting m Auckland this year Miss Nunneley, " the lady champion,"…

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Bowls. Sydney V. Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 12

A five-rink match will be played on Monday between a Newcastle team and one picked from the City Club. The local men will be skippered by Messrs B. Hale, M. Moran, J. Young (president of the New South Wales Bowling…

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Personalities. a Lady's Swimming Feat

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 12

LADY Agnes Townshend recently swam completely round St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. The distance is over two miles, and…

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International Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 12

The English cricketers commence a match to-day in Melbourne against a country team…

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Cricket Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 5

Farquhar is in the N.S.W. team against Victoria today. There is, surely, either too much or too little made, now-a-days, of those strains and…

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Cricket Chatter

The Arrow · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 2

THE victory of Australia at Adelaide under all the circumstances of the game was a great one. The Englishmen, when play censed on Tuesday, had a lead of…

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Bowls. Gladstone Park Club's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 12

The Gladstone Park Bowling Club's annual carnival has been arranged to take place on Monday (Anniversary Bay). Invitations have been forwarded to the whole of the kindred clubs in the metropolitan…

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Hunter's Hill Golf Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 12

Two bogey competitions of 18 holes each (one in the morning and one in the afternoon) will be held on Monday next, 27th instant. Entries on the ground…

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The Cricket Match

The Catholic Press · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 19
Also in The Australian Star

As the test match stands, as we go to press, it looks very much as if Australia cannot lose. Of course cricket is proverbially uncertain, but with six wickets to fall and…

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Local and General Rook dale Swimming Club

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 2

THE fifth annual carnival of the above club will take place on Saturday afternoon next February 1st, at the Brighton Baths, Lady Robinsons…

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Queensland Racing. BRISBANE, Jan. 18

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 241

For some tame past the stewards of the Q.T.C. have been the recipients of a considerable amount of hostile criticism through not dealing with several cases on glaringly inconsistent running. The publication of…

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The English Cricket Team. Match Against a Victorian Country Team

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The match between MacLaren's English Eleven and 16 country players will commence on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-morrow. MacLaren, Barnes, and…

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International Cricket. ENGLAND v. Australia. Third Test Match. First Day's Play

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 245

The third test match was commenced on the Adelaide Oval on the 17th instant in perfect weather, and when play closed England had lost five wickets for 266 runs. The attendance numbered 8000. His…

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Inter-state Cricket. New South Wales V. Victoria. To-day's Match. an Opportunity for New Players

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 10

The second Inter-State cricket match of this season between Victoria and New South Wales will be commenced at noon to-day at the Sydney Cricket Ground, and a large amount of…

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Athletics. a Maoriland Team for England

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 12

There is talk of a New Zealand team of athletes visiting England ere long, and to that end a call will probably be made upon the local public for assistance. There is every reason why this proposal should assume…

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ATHLETICS. Mountain Schools' Sports

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 53

The first annual meeting of the Blue Mountain Public Schools' Amateur Athletic Association was held on the Blackheath Cricket Reserve on Jan. 17, under the patronage of his Excellency…

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Boxing

Truth · Sunday 26 January 1902 · page 3

THE Golden Gate Athletic Hall was packed from floor to ceiling last evening, when Denny Maloney and Mat Mitchie met to box the best of 20 rounds for the "gate" and a side…

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St. George Cricket Association Competition

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1902 · page 4

Kogarah District beat Federal by ten wickets and 2 runs. Kogarah, first innings. 121 (J. Fox 24, H. Thompson 14, J. Wright 16 not out); second innings, none for 59 (J. Fox 34, Hawkins…

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