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Sport, 1906

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BOXING. Casey Beats Murphy

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 7
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Bert Murphy and Billy Casey met at the Gaiety Athletic Club on Saturday night, to contest the best of 20 rounds, before a good house. Casey's weight was announced as…

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Cricket. Notes

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 7

D. R. A. Gehrs has made four hundreds in Australian First Class cricket, two, against New South Wales and one each against Victoria add Lord Hawke's team…

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Rosebery Park Races

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 6

The entries for to-morrow's meeting at Rosebery are up to the, average, and as this club's fixtures stand well with followers of pony-racing, no doubt there will…

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Lawn Tennis. Mosman Tournament

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 6

The play yesterday in this tournament was again favored with good weather, though it was some whiit hot for the players, and the strong north-easterly wind interfered with accurate play…

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ROWING. Prospects for the Anniversary Regatta. Encouraging Amateur Scullers

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 7

At the Anniversary Regatta committee meeting held last week and alteration was made in the service 'whalers' race. Originally it was for crews of the Imperial service…

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Inter-state Cricket

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 8
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The South Australian eleven won the cricket match against Victoria by 120 runs. Scores : South Australia, 181 and 378 ; Victoria, 183 and 256…

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Kensington Racing Club Entries. Wednesday, January 10

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 6

FOURTEEN-THREE HANDICAP, 5 fur.—Impudent, Morok, Kelp, Little Joe, Bliss,. Starling, First Aid, Kerreka, Kola, Bid, Descender, Rosalind…

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Winners' Starting Prices. Canterbury Park Races

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 3

The weather yesterday was decidedly not and oppressive, but a cool northerly springing up during the afternoon tempered the rays of the sun, and those who visited…

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Lawn Tennis. Mosman Championship Tourney. S. Jones and Miss Jones Win Mixed Championship

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 1

The fifth day of the above event was played yesterday in fine, but windy, weather, which made the tennis a trifle erratic, but nevertheless the attendance was very large,…

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Nineteen Killed; 137 Injured. the Season's Total on American Football Fields, London, November 28

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 8

The deaths on football fields in the United States this year number nineteen, and the serious accidents total 137. Three youths were killed last Saturday,…

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English Cricket Team Beaten by South Africa In First Test Match at Johannesburg. LONDON, December 5

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 5

South Africa has beaten Mr. P. F. Warner's M.C.C. English team at Johannesburg in the first of the five Test matches by one wicket…

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CRICKET. N.S.W. v. S. AUSTRALIA Gehrs Scores a Century. Brisk Batting by Trumper and Mackay. Notes

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 6

The return match between New South Wales and South Australia was commenced yesterday at the Sydney Cricket Ground. This is the 31st contest between the two…

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Use of Athletics

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 6

"Do you believe in athletics ?" was asked of a wellrknown business man who was found practising with the dumbells at the back of his warehouse the other day…

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Athletics

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 January 1906 · page 6

Entries are being received at Cameron's Palace Hotel George-street, for the 100yds Handicap to take place at the A.N.A. Exhibition. Noms, close on 10th inst. The race is under N.S.W. Athletic…

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Boxing

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 2

There was only a fair house at the Gaiety Club on Saturday night, when Bert Murphy, of New Zealand, and Casey, of Sydney, contested the best of 20 rounds. Before the start, Casey…

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Bowls

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 8

Saturday's matches were not productive of any particularly close finishes, though in a number of cases the margin of surplus points was by no means large. In the home-and-home game between Mosman and…

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Bowls. Saturday's Play

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 4

There was more than the usual number of interclub matches on Saturday's programme, and some interesting play was witnessed. The scoring was not so close as usual, but yet there was an absence of…

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Cricket

Evening News · Monday 8 January 1906 · page 2

There was some argument at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon as to whether Dolling was stumped or run out. The batsman had gone out of his ground to play a…

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