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Sport, 1904

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Boxing. Creedon and Thompson to Fight Again

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 7

Mr. Brennan, managing director of the National Sporting Club, informed a "Sun" representative last night that he had made arrangements for Creedon and Thompson to…

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Brisbane Cricket. Brisbane, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 7

The fifth set of premiership matches was concluded to-day. Owing to the holidays most of the teams played short. At Bowen Bridge North Brisbane defeated Wool…

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Boxing Contest. Fitzsimmons v. Gardner. Full Account of the Fight

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 7

Files of the San Francisco "Call," which arrived in Sydney yesterday, give a full account of the contest between Fitzsimmons and Gardner. The "Call" spates that the…

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Lawn Tennis. Review of the Game for 1903

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 6

The year just closed can be classed as one of the most successful in the history of the game. Both Inter-State matches with Victoria and…

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Tattersall's Club Races Long Tom Lands the Cup. Graceton and Possum Win Races. Zythos Scores a Win—Steeple-chasing Incidents—Small Fields—A Successful Meeting

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 6

The Midsummer Meeting, of Tattersall's , Club was brought to a successful conclusion at Randwick yesterday, when there was a large attendance. The visitors included…

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Latest Wires. From "Truth's" Own Correspondents. Victoria. Racing Man Injured. Fell and Fractured His Leg. MELBOURNE, Saturday Night

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 4

Mr. John M'Phail, a well-known Ballarat racing man, slipped while walking along Sturt-street last night and fractured his leg. The injury is so severe…

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Athletics

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 6

The selection of the team to represent N.S.W. at the Australasian championships in Melbourne at the end of the month will be made known on Tuesday next. The final "tests" take place on the…

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Gaiety Athletic Hall. Novice Tourney

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 8

The second round of the Gaiety novice tourney was started last night, when three heats were decided, as follows:—Howard beat Murray in the third round; Murray…

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Gaiety Athletic Club

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 2
Also in The Sunday Sun

On Monday evening next, at the Garety Athletic Club, Jack Willis and the St-wart w[?] contest she best of 20 rounds. Willis, since his defeat by Jack Blackmore, has…

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Yesterday's Cricket Matches and Notes. the Second Test Match. England Makes 306 for the Loss of Six Wickets. Tyldesley Scores 97 Not Out. Play Interfered with by Rain—r. E. Foster Unable to Bat Through Tonsilitis. Brilliant Fielding by the Australians—the Crowd's Ill-humor. Melbourne, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1904 · page 7

THE second Test match was continued on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day in dull and showery weather. In the afternoon the attendance reached 25,000. The…

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Anniversary Regatta

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 4

We published in our advertising columns on Saturday a notice referring to the programme to be carried out at the Adversary Regatta, in which was omitted the race for…

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Swimming

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2

Saturday was a quiet day in swimming circles, all the engagements being postponed on account of the holidays…

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Bowls

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2

Results for Saturday.— A. W. Clark defeated J. Hickey in the third round of the Annandale Club's championship by 34 points to 30…

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Boxing. Golden Gate Athletic-hall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 8

Up to Saturday night several additional heats of the Golden Gate novice tourney were decided as follow;-- Watson bent Williams in two rounds; Allen beat Rurn[?] in four; Harkness heat Power in two; Barden brat…

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Golf

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2

H. Y. Braddon and E. Duret won the men's foursomes of the Lindfield Club on Saturday, with 93-12, 81. The next best return was 160-20, 86, by R. Grant and T. Michell…

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Football

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 2

As was anticipated last season, the cup which Sir Harry Rawson presented to the N.S.W. Rugby Union is to be devoted to a Country Branch Unions' Competition. The matches will…

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Boxing. Bantam Tournament

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 3

The second round of the Christmas bantam tournament was advanced another stage at the Calety Athletic Club on Saturday night, when the second round was fought off. There…

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Cricket

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 7

Despite the auspicious commencement of the second test match in beautiful weather it was not destined to last long, and the fears of those who prophesied rain for the…

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East Sydney Swimming Club

The Australian Star · Monday 4 January 1904 · page 5

The East Sydney Swimming Club held a 100 yards test race at Farmers' Rushcutters Bay Baths yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, for the purpose of selecting a team to represent…

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