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Sport, 1907

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Football. Australian Footballers at Vancouver

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

There are several exponents of Rugby football in Canada, and not long ago they decided to foregather and form a club to tackle various Vancouver and district teams. The "Vancouver World" of Nov. 12, just…

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Golf. Foursome for £50 a Side

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

English files to hand contain particulars of the golf foursome in winch James Braid, of Walton Heath, and Harry Vardon, of South Herts, were opposed by George Duncan, of Timperley, and C. H. Mayo, of…

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Fixtures for To-morrow. Cricket. Interstate

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 6

South Australia v. N. S. Wales, Sydney Cricket Ground…

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Swimming. Sydney Club's Carnival. 220 Yards State Championship Won by H. Baker

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

The twenty-second annual carnival of the Sydney Swimming Club was held last night at the municipal baths, Lavender Bay, in the presence of about 1500 people…

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Cricket. [?]. K. Foster and Unprepared Wickets. He Funked Cotter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Worcestershire County Cricket Club, it was decided that there should be less preparation of the wicket at Worcester. Speaking on this subject, Mr. Foster denied that the wicket…

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Interstate Cricket. New South Wales V. South Australia. To-day's Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 7

The first of the two Sheffield matches to be played at Sydney will begin to-day at noon at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The South Australians, fresh from their suceess in…

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Cricket in Victoria the Slump in the Game How It Might Be Checked

The Australian Star · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 1

The experience of the Christmas carnival has left no doubt us to the present weakness of Victorian cricket, and the urgent necessity for the adoption of some means by which…

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Anniversary Regatta

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

This year's Anniversary Regatta, to be held on Saturday, 20th instant, promises to be a big success. There are ho tower than 15 sailing races (including four inter-State…

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Middle Harbor Regatta

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

The annual Middle Harbour Regatta eventuated on Tuesday (New Years Day), and was a pronounced…

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Rowing. Anniversary Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 16

The committee of the Anniversary Regatta has done a great deal of work in a short space of time, and has issued a long programme of races, whidh is advertised today. It is, perhaps, the most attractive…

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Boxing

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

Whiting, of Victoria, and Whitelaw, of Newcastle, will contest the best of 20 rounds at the Gaiety Club to-night, and as both are in the pink of condition a good battle should…

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Bowls

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

The pair tournament is going along well on the Parramatta Bowling Club's green. Meggitt and Robilliard (a solid pair)…

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Swimming Splashes

The Arrow · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 6

MANLY CLUB, in its second season of life, has another gala arranged for to-day. The "two-twenty" championship of the…

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Golf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 16

The engagements for to-day are:— Australian G.C.—Entries close for mixed foursomes for next Saturday. Strathfield G.C.—Bogey competition…

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Bowls & Bowlers

The Arrow · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

"THREE-SCORE-AND-TEN" is indignant at the "new-fangled ideas that are creeping into bowls," "I've played the game, boy and man," he writes, "and I've…

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Swimming Waverley Club

The Australian Star · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 6

In view of Harold Baker's victory on Thursday evening in the 220 yards championship, and Cecil Hcaly's form in the 120 yards handicap last Saturday, the Wonderland Handicap…

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Boxing. Whitelaw v. WHITING

The Arrow · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 6

A match of an inter-state character will take place at the Gaiety to-night, when Bob Whitelaw (Newcastle) and Ted Whiting (Melbourne) are to clash. Each is…

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Golf V. Politics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 8

Mr. Arthur Balfour's absorbing fondness for golf is well hit off in a story told by Mr. Harry Furniss in "Cassell's Magazine." "Just before the break-up of the Balfour…

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Cricket Notes

The Arrow · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

The manner in which the South Australians from start to finish played all over the Victorians must have, been an agreeable starter to the Adelaide critics, who…

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