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Sport, 1902

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

Swimming

Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

Lovers of swimming should not miss Bondi Club's championship carnival at Mr. Phil Farmer's Bondi Baths next Saturday afternoon. The programme promises to be…

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Bowls

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2
Also in Evening News

The season opens officially with the pennant and B competitions on Saturday, and matches will commence punctually at 2.46 p.m. Manly Bowling and Recreation Club opened…

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Australia and Henley Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 5

In a letter to "The Times," Mr. John Fitz-Simons, erstwhile secretary of the N.S.W. R.A., contrived to suggest that the visit of an Australian crew to next Henley Regatta was a…

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Boxing. Two Champions

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

Billy M'Call, the unbeaten, put in a day with his friends in this city last Friday, when on route to his family seat at Armidale. And what a treat it…

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Bowls. Champion Competition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 10

The time has been extended for the close of entries for the champion gold medal and champion rink competitions to February 3. It appears that confusion was created by the date having been altered from April 1 to January…

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Cricket

Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 9
Also in Sydney Sportsman, Evening News

OLD SYDNEYITE (Hawthorn, Melbourne): See cricket columns, page [?] "ARGUS" (Newcastle): Letter arrived the day after "The Referee" was published…

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Newcastle Annual Regatta. a Great Success

Referee · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

The Annual, Regatta held on New Year's Day was a most gratifying success, and the members of the executive committee are to be warmly congratulated upon the result. The president (Mr…

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Swimming. Fixtures for the Week

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 7

This Evening.—Palace Emporium Club, Ladies' Night, Coogee Aquarium Batha. Next Saturday.—Bondi Carnival, Bondi Baths, [?]00yds State Championship…

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A Racing Row

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

THE racing dispute now raging in Adelaide, the city of piety, poverty, and prostitution, is only what has been long expected. For many years past…

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Cricket Chatter

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 1

SOME time ago, when the SPORTSMAN, commenting on the coming Test matches, said it appeared as if the old gang of cricketers considered they had a Torrens' title to play…

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Interstate Cricket

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6
Also in Sydney Sportsman

ADELAIDE, Tuesday Afternoon.—The following team has been chosen by the selectors (Messrs. G. Giffen, C. Hill, and J. Reedman) to represent South Australia in the match against New…

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Cemetery Cricket

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 1

IN many of our burnt-up backblocks towns there is a greater or losser antipathy to innovation. An old hawker who had never been out of a barracks at home or a…

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Street Cricket

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6

Emulative youths who persist in playing at "the game called cricket" in the public streets, "to the annoyance of passers-by," forget occasionally to keep a look-out for the plain-clothes…

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Canterbury Park Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

THE Canterbury Park Racing Club issued invitations to all and sundry to visit their course on Saturday. The only embargo placed upon the public was a [?] of [?]…

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Amateur Sport. Cricket

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2

Some tall scoring took place at Armidale on Saturday in the match Uralla v. Kentucky. Uralla lost four wickets for, 353 runs. That fine batsman, J. R. Mackay, played…

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Swimming. Bondi Club Carnival. 300 Yards Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 10

The Bondi Club's carnival, which is to take place at Bondi on Saturday next, promises to be successful. The principal event on the programme is the 300 yards championship of New South Wales, for which…

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