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Sport, 1903

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Bowls. Pennant and B Competitions. To-day's Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 12

The third round of the pennant and B competitions played under the auspices of the New South Wales Bowling Association, will take place this afternoon on the undermentioned greens. The…

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Table Football: Another Amusing Indoor Game

The World's News · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 7

A very amusing, albeit difficult, game has recently been placed upon the London market for the benefit of those who have tired of the joys of ping-pong, and seek fresh amusements…

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Sporting. Saturday's Matches. Cricket. Second Grade

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 6

Leichhardt-Balmain II defeated Central Cumberland in the Second Grade Competition at Balmain by 176 runs to 24…

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Boxing Day at Mulgoa. the Annual R.C. Sports. a Time of Enjoyment

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 2

The 'director rays' Which came down upon the holidaying public on Boxing Day told against the attendance at Mulgoa R.C. Sports until the sun had considerably…

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South African Cricket[?] Fields. the Visit of the Australians

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 10

It is not, my intention (says E. W. Ballantine, Durban, writing to the London "Daily Express") to write much that is already known, but to draw from the matches played in South Africa between…

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Inter-state Cricket. Victoria v. South Australia. Tenth Wicket Record for Australia. Centuries by Ellis, Hastings, and Hill. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1903 · page 7

The inter-state match, South Australia v. Victoria, was continued to-day in warm, pleasant weather, and on an excellent wicket. The attendance was 6000, and the takings amounted to £178 11s. Hastings, 40, and…

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Brisbane Cricket. Brisbane, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 January 1903 · page 4

In to-day's cricket P. J. Carew scored 233 run out in three hours cut of Toowong's total of 350 against South Brisbane. Carew's score is a record for Queensland. Woolloongabba made 320 for two…

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Cricket. Victoria v. South Australia. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1903 · page 6

The match between Victoria and South Australia was continued on the M.C.C. Ground to-day. The Victorians, in their first innings, made 472, and the South Australians 317. In…

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Boxing Day Fatality. a Huge Chain of Errors of the Navigation Department Leads to Needless Loss of Life

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1903 · page 4

During the week the police have continued their unsuccessful search for the bodies of the men who lost their lives through the terrible bungle at Watson's Bay on Boxing Dy. The…

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The Cycling Carnival. Sydney Cricket Ground Crowded. Taylor, the Loss Wheeler, on the Track

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1903 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon there was a tremendous crowd at the Sydney Cricket Ground to witness the opening of the Cycling Carnival. The chief attraction was the coon cyclist, Major…

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Ballade of the Athletic Novelists

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 January 1903 · page 13

Of old, in "bidding ladies hail To ranks of story telling skill, The paragraphers, in detail. Told how each loved her domicile;…

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Gaiety Athletic Club

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1903 · page 2

To-night (Sunday) there will be an entire change of programme by Bert Howard's Australian Entertainers, when the following artist will make their first appearance :—Lou…

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Boxing

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

There was a good house at the Golden Gate Club on Saturday night, when the third and fourth rounds cf the Christmas Novice Tourna­ment were decided, with the following results:…

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Bowls

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

As a result of the third round of the Pennant Competition matches, decided on Saturday. Strathfield, Balmain, St. Leonards, and Manly drop cut, having suffered two defeats. Victoria…

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Boxing. Golden Gate Hall

The Australian Star · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

The Christmas novice tourney was continued at the Golden Gate on Saturday night last, the third and fourth rounds being fought. Mr. D. M'Donald was referee, and…

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To-night's Racing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 5

The carnival will be continued to-night, when the Sydney Cricket Ground will be brilliantly illuminated with electric lights, all the stands will be picked out with incandescent lamps, and clusters of…

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Boxing. Golden Gate Hall Christmas Novice Tourney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 3

The novice boxing tournament (promoted by the Golden Gate Athletic-hall Proprietary) for [?] stone men started sometime before Christmas, and for which there was an unusually large entry is near its end. On…

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Cricket. a Queensland Record

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sunday.--In a cricket match, Toowong Versus Smith Brisbane, M. Carew, hatting for Toowong, scored 233 in three hours, which is the record for Queensland in association cricket. His score included…

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The Australian Game of Football

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 7

The movement started in Sydney last winter by a number of ex[?] Victorians to establish in Sydney what is known as the Australian game of football is being pushed forward. Messrs. D. A. Madden (South…

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Cricket. Notes on Saturday's Play

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1903 · page 2

Fresh rounds of the Grade Competitions were begun on Saturday last, but they will not be completed until the 17th instant, as next Satur­day will be occupied by the South…

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