Queensland Cricket Notes. Brisbane, December 29, 1908
For the first time in the cricket history of Queensland a team of cricketers representative of North Queensland are in Brisbane with the object of measuring their…
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The Boxing Championship. Squires to Meet Jeffries. Passage Booked to America
Negotiations which have been conducted by a Melbourne sporting writer on behalf of Champion. Bill Squires with a prominent sportsman of Los Angeles California have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclists' Association. Cycling and Motor Races at Braidwood
On Boxing Day the Braidwood B.C. held their annual sports meeting, in the presence of a large gathering. The weather was fine and the racing good. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Football. the South Africans' Tour. Defeated in Final Match
LONDON, Tuesday. 6.30 p.m.—The South African Rugby footballers played the last match of their tour to-day, when they met a Cardiff Team at Cardiff…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Interstate Cricket. Victoria V South Australia. a Good Contest. Melbourne
The match, Victoria against South Australia was resumed in fin[?] but cloudy weather shortly after noon to-day. M'Rae (not out 63) and Jennings (not out 29) continued the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Inter-State Letters Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. V.A.T.C. Races
We had lovely weather for outdoor sport on Boxing Day. Many people went out of town, but we still had a sufficiently large number of racing people left in Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Athletic Notes and Gossip Amateur Athletics. Sydney Highland Gathering. WilKins and Campbell Win Championships— Pars From All Parts. FEBRUARY
[?]— Nelson A.A. and C.C. Sports at Nelson (N.Z.). [?] — New Zealand Championships, Christchurch. It has been definitely decided that the next Olympian Games shall take place in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Turf Topics Three Days at Randwick. Tatterdemalion's Summer Cup— Malsterdelle Wins the December Stakes— Banzai and Barbican— Pompous Wins the Carrington Stakes— The Owl Has a Win— Graceton and Lady Esme— The Perth and Viceroy's Cups. Rosemead Wins Tattersall's Cup. a Hot Favorite — Deutscher Shapes Well — Heavy Betting. A Procession of Favorites — Isisford and Rose Ray. The Moorefidd Meeting. Racing and Betting Laws
NO moro appropriate time could be chosen for drawing the attention of sporting Australia to the fact that there will be a duty to perform at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Anniversary Regatta
At a meeting of the commitee of the Anniversary regatta, held in the Australia Hotel last evening, Dr. A. Burne presiding, arrangements were completed with a view to the collection of funds. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Swimming. Sydney Swimming Club
The Sydney Club's annual carnival will take place to-night, at 8 o'clock, at Lavendar Bay Municipal Baths. The chief features of an attractive programme are the 220yds State championship, a 300yds Junior…
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The suggestion to send a team of Australian Rugby players to tour. Britain in 1907 comes at an opportune time (says the London "Daily 'Mail" of December 1). But it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lawn Tennis
In the tennis tournament at Wellington (N.Z.), in the Indies' singles, Miss. Nuuneley defeated Miss Baker (N.S.W. champion) with case…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxing a Converted Pugilist
Kid Wedge, the champion lightweight boxer of Arkansas, was advertised to take part in a contest at Omaha on November 23. Instead of fighting, however, he presented…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Xmas Cricket
Although the P.S.A.A.A. has for many years helped country teachers to send a pleasant holiday by arranging a series of cricket matches, this year constitutes a record, since over fifty teachers, submitted their names…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Football Hero
It turns out that H. J. Henebry, Ireland's Rugby full-back, played for seventy minutes against the South Africans on November 24 while suffering from the following injuries:--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cricket Season
Australian cricket, as exemplified in the Sheffield Shield contests, is more interesting this season than it has been for a long time. This is particularly fortunate,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Great Football Tour
The defeat of the South African footballers at Cardiff in the final match of the English tour is not as surprising as it may seem at first sight. Touring players at field games…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Sporting. Interstate Cricket
Trumper and Duff cannot play for N.S.W. against South Australia in the match which begins at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-morrow. Their places will be filled by Blexland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boxing Championship. Squires's Passage Booked to America
Negotiations which have been conducted by a Melbourne sporting writer, on behalf of champion Bill Squires, with a prominent sportsman of Los Angeles, California, have so for…
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