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Sport, 1904

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Football Flashes

The St George Call · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 6

Junior Footballers are reminded that The Rugby union will subsidise Junior associations formed in the various Districts. The District for which Juniors residing…

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Swimming. East Sydney Club's Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 12

The above carnival will be held to-day at G. farmer's Rushcutter Bay baths. An interesting programme includes the flying squadron championship, attempts on records, and other items…

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Swimming Carnival. East Sydney Club

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 8

Patrons of swimming have something out of the ordinary in store for them at the carnival to be held at Rushcutters Bay to-day. Besides the usual handicap events the…

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Cricket Notes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 5
Also in The Arrow

The first-grade competition will be resumed to-day. Central Cumberland will meat Burwood on the Parramatta oval, and a good game should result…

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Current Cricket

The St George Call · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 5

To-day will see the first day's play of the last matches in the first round. The leading clubs are: A Grade: Hurstville, Penshurst, Arncliffe, Federal, Rockdale…

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Cricket Barrackers

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 13

JUDGING by some recent exhibitions by certain spectators at the big cricket matches, one might be pardoned for imagining that the payment of an…

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Football War in America

The World's News · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 20

The American football season has come to an end, and during the two months that the game has been played last year 19 persons have been killed, 13 permanently injured, and one driven…

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Rosehill Racing Club. January Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 12

With a reunion at Rosehill this afternoon Suburban racing commences for the New Year, and the programme framed for the occasion is certain to attract a large muster to…

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Cricket Stories by Spofforth

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 16

Mr. F. R. Spofforth, the erstwhile 'Demon Bowler," has contributed to "M.A.P." some account of his cricketing experiences. Among other stories he relates the following:--…

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Cricket. the Local Competitions

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 14

After an interruption in consequence of the holidays, the local competitions will be continued to-day in all grades. Several of the first-grade teams will be without their best men. Paddington will be without Noble…

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Golf. Western Victorian Championship. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 12

At Warrnambool Golf Club tournament to [?]ive competitors tied for the amateur champions[?] [?]he Western District, and in the play off victory [?] [?]h Mr A. W. Mitchell…

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The Test Match. Cricket Skill Competition

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

Coupons for the second "Evening News" Cricket Skill Competition, which closes at noon on the 15th instant, are being received in a rapidly increasing volume. The number of…

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Sub-races in South and Central America

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 7

Nowhere else in the world have the white, negro, and red or Indian races, mingled so much as in South and Central America. A special vocabulary has…

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Interstate Cricket. Retuen Match with Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 11

At a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association to-night the following were chosen to represent Vi[?] toria in the return match with New South Wales:— Bruce. Trumble, Laver, M[?] Sa[?]…

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Association to Ground. N.W. Cricket Association Office, Sydney, November 27, 1903. To the Secretary, Sydney Cricket Ground

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

Dear Sir— Your communication of November 25, addressed to the hon treasurer, was laid before the executive committee of the New South Wales Cricket Association to-day. It was decided to…

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Sporting [Secretaries of cricket clubs, &c., are requested to forward the reports of matches by Wednesday in each week—or earlier, if possible,] CRICKET

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 3

The following is the programme of matches, and the grounds on which they are to be played, for the season 1903-4, in connection with the Nepean Bl[?]orate Cricket Association's Handicap…

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Association to Ground. N.S.W. Cricket Association Office. Sydney, December 17, 1903

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 11

Dear Sir.--Referring to your communications of 1st and 10th insts., in which you state that you have rendered an account of the match, England and New South Wales, and paid the share of the gate receipts agreed…

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Association to Ground. N.S.W. Cricket Association Office, Sydney. November 27 1903

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 11

To the Secretary Sydney Cricket Ground. Dear Sir,--Your communication of November 25. addressed to the hon, treasurer, was laid before the executive committee of the New South Wales Cricket…

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Association to Ground. N.S.W. Cricket Association Office. Sydney, December 17. 1903

Evening News · Saturday 9 January 1904 · page 4

Dear Sir,— Referring to your communications of 1st and 10th instants, in which you state that you have rendered an account of the match, England find New South Wales, and paid the share of the…

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