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Sport, 1908

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Death of a Famous Rugby Player. the Great Taiaroa Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.--Jack Taiaroa, once famous as a Rugby player, was drowned in Otago to-day. Taiaroa visited Australia with the first New Zealand team in 1884,…

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Lawn Tennis Goulburn V. Yass. Goulburn

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 3

In the annual lawn tennis fixture between the ladles and gentlemen representing the Victoria Park Tennis Club, Yass, and the Waratah Club, Goulburn, the Goulburn Club…

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A Football Tourney. Association Game at the Highland Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 7

A five-aside tourney, Association game, for a £10 trophy, was played in connection with Wednesday's carnival of the Highland Society. The first round was between Ultimo and Glebe, the…

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"Early Bird's" Note-book Turf Notes and Comments Warwick Farm Races Anticipations

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 5

With Warwick Farm arid Ascot both in the field to-morrow turf frequenters will be in a position to pick and choose Mr. P. A. Oatley has put forward a neat programme…

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"Fists Up to Asiatic Races." Need for a Citizen Soldiery. Australian Navy Condemned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 5

PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.--Speaking in connection with the distribution of prizes at the National Rifle Association meeting, the State Commandant (Lieutenant-Colonel Haviland le…

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[All Rights Reserved.] Phases of Cricket by Leading Exponents of the Game No. 31.--" Virtues of Hard Hitting"

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 2

The inter-'Varsity match of 1892 furnished two of the finest pieces of hard hitting it has ever been my good fortune to witness-- the first hitter won the match when it looked…

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Spaulding's Athletic Library. Hockey

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 3

Some time ago we reviewed some of Spaulding's books, cricket and tennis and the like, but our people said that they couldn't find them in town. Now…

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Athletics Great Wrestling Feat

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 3

The unique challenge thrown out by the American wrestler, Joo Rogers, drew a large crowd to the Holborn Empire Music Hall, London, recently. Rogers undertook…

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The Cricket in Blazing Heat. Australia Out for 266. England's Good Beginning. There Wickets for 240. Splendid Innings by Hutchings. Players with the Tired Feeling

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1908 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The tar was bubbling out of the asphalt footpaths when the second day's play in the test match was continued to-day. The weather affected the players,…

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Swimming

The Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 5

MANLY CLUB'S annual carnival is in the list for this afternoon at the local Municipal Baths. Chief items of a rattling good…

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Boxing

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 7
Also in The Arrow

Burns and Jefferallie, a couple of welter lights, will box the best of 20 rounds at the Gaiety Club to-night. Thomas and Moroney will supply the preliminary…

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Bowls

The Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 4

THE fight for this season's flag, as well as that for the "B" shield, will begin next Saturday. Twenty combinations are in the field for…

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Rugby Notes

The Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 3

The New Zealanders have by this time fallen in public estimation in the North of England. Their blaze of success at the start aroused great interest, and when the…

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Golf Gossip

The Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 12

The year has gone, and with it All our foozled shots and tosses; May this New Year bring lots of luck, And give us wins, not losses…

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Tennis Talk

The Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 6

AS was anticipated, H. A. Parker annexed the Singles Championship of New Zealand at Christmas in the tournament at Wellington…

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Another Racing Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 12

PERTH, Friday.--J. Kent, the jockey who was injured in a hurdle race on Perth course, died to-night without regaining consciousness. This is the second fatality in hurdle events…

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Cricket Notes

The Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 2

THE scoring of Australia on the first day of the Test match at Melbourne has been described as almost the slowest on record. Disappointing, certainly. But…

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Cricket Notes

The Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 3

It will do cricket no harm if the Shore men be taken down a point or two. They are scoring rather too many, more especially as they are not to meet Paddington…

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Early Sports Rugby Football Professional V. Amateur Will the Amateurs Increase Players Remuneration? Officials Say "Yes!"

The Australian Star · Saturday 4 January 1908 · page 15

In our cable columns today will be found messages relating to the visit of a British Rugby football team to New Zealand in April next, and also to the visit of a New…

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