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Sport, 1908

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A.J.C. Races. Summer Meeting at Randwick. First Day

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 41

The first day of the summer meeting of the Australian Jockey Club was held at Randwick on December 21. The attendance was good, although many familiar faces were missing. The…

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Tattersall's Races Second Day. the Club Cup. Won by True Light

Evening News · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 7

The second day of the annual race meeting of Tattersall's Club was concluded this afternoon at Randwick. The weather was beautifully fine, and the attendance was nearly a…

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Cricket Edition Last Night's Burglary at Anthony Horderns and Sons' Large Quantity of Jewellery Missing

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 7

At the time of the first edition of the "Star" going to press it had not been ascertained whether or not the door which had been taken off its hinges in the ironmongery…

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[All Rights Reserved.] Phases of Cricket by Leading Exponents of the Game No. 30.---"What Not to Do"

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 1

When your captain has written out the order of going in, don't tell him you never make a run in the position he has assigned to you, and ask him if you may change with…

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Athletics

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 6

It is freely admitted on all sides that for holding athletic sports, at times weekly, the South Sydney Harriers must without question be given pride…

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Athletics A.a.a. Council Meeting

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 7

The Council meeting of the Amateur Athletic Association will be held to-morrow evening. The special business before the meeting will be the consideration of the…

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Sport and Pastime Among the Amateurs Notes From Many Sources Athletics for Rheumatism

The Australian Star · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 3

The treatment of muscular rheumatism by exercise of the affected muscles has been adopted with [?]uch success by Dr. B. Cates, an American physician, that he has abandoned…

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Athletics. the Highland Gathering Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 10

The annual sports meeting of the Highland Society takes place on the Agricultural Society's grounds to-day, co[?]encing' at 11 a.m. The athletic events for professionals, as well as amateurs and boys, have induced…

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Interstate Matches. Jan. 24 -- Victoria v. N.S.W., at Sydney Cricket Ground Apl. 13. -- N.S.W. v. Queensland, at Brisbane. Tour of the Englishmen. the South Melbourne Match

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 48

As expected, the match between England and a Victorian team, at the South Melbourne Ground, was drawn, only three days being allowed for play. When the possibility of…

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The Regatta. Results of Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 6

Youths, under 18, pulling two pairs sculls in water-men's skiffs. First prize £3, second £1,—J. E. Ross and W. Bedford, 1; Ben. Thoroughgood, jun., and H. Hughes, 2…

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Middle Harbor Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 8

Glorious weather conditions prevailed for the holding of the fifth Middle Harbor 'Regatta, which was the most successful yet held by the residents of the northern waterside suburbs…

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Middle Harbour Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 6

The annual Middle Harbour regatta took place yesterday under genial weather conditions. The races started and finished at the Spit, where there was a large assemblage of…

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Swimming. Sydney Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 7

This club will hold a 50yds general handicap o[?] Friday night next…

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Football

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 2

Playing for Blackheath against Richmond, the well-known Sydney University representative, G.V. Portus, who is now in England as a Rhodes scholar, scored three tries…

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Inter-state Bowls

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 5

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--The New South Wales bowlers played two games to-day on the Cricket Association green against the Tasmanian Bowling Association. The home team won by 97 points to 87. Another game…

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The Racing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

As on the opening day the sport was of an interesting character; the fields were of good proportions without being too large, and, with the exception of a harmless fall, which…

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Boxing. Tucker Beats Ryan

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.---At the boxing match tonight, Bill Tucker v. "Tiger" Ryan, the theatre was crowded. Tucker went down several, times in the first couple of round. In the sixth round he floored Ryan…

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Swimming Randwick and Coogee Club

The Australian Star · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 3

The Randwick and Coogee Swimming Club held a 66 yards handicap at the Coogee Aquarium Baths. The race was contested in two divisions. Results:…

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Football and Hakas

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 6

"The people responsible for professional Rugby football in Sydney," writes the Sydney agent of the Tourist Department to the Wellington office, "are trying to complete arrangements for a visit…

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