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Sport, 1911

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Cricket. Inter-university Match. Sydney v MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 12

The twenty-ninth annual match between teams representing Sydney and Melbourne Universities was commenced yesterday on the University Oval. Stack, captain of Sydney University, won the loss from…

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A Feature of Cricket of To-day

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 36

The smashing of cricket bats in big cricket engagements lately is causing comment. The bat manufacturers are blamed for using immature trees, owing to the old willows heing cut out…

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Southern Queensland. Brisbane, January 8. Q.T.C. RACING

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

The Queensland Turf Club was one of the concerns which benefited largely by the spending of pleasure funds during the Christmas and New Year holidays…

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Inter-State Letters Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. Mentone Races

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

Saturday, was a disagreeable day, a strong southerly gale making matters (incidedly unpleasant. Mentone course is pretty well sheltered, but the dust was…

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Professionalism in Sport. Disappearance of the "Hybrid Amateur." Rugby League's Point of View

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 6

The relative merits of amateurism and professionalism are being eagerly discussed in sporting circles, and the opinion is steadily growing that the old order of things…

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Rowing. the Early History and Development of Boat Racing. Ii

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 13

Like most institutions, the sport of rowing has had a haphazard development. It did not spring fully equipped with rules, but grew slowly. It fitted itself as it went along with all that was required for…

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Our Melbourne Letter. Racing at Mentone. Tattle of the Turf

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 5

It was windy, dusty, and disagreeable weather on Saturday, but it did not prevent there being a large attendance at Mentone, where one of the usual…

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Inter-'varsity Cricket. Sydney V. Melbourne. Century by Barbour

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 14

For the twenty-ninth time the Sydney and Melbourne Universities yesterday met in their annual cricket match, this year the match being commenced on the Sydney University Oval…

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Boxing the Game in London. Heavy and Bantam Weight Championships. Arrival of Bill Lang-reference to the Late Jem Mace

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 8

Mr. Dyer, of "The Badminton," London, writing on December 1 to the American Journalist, Mr. T.S. Andrews, now in Sydney, says:—…

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SWIMMING. Australian Championships. Next Saturday. 100 Yards. 1320 Yards. Next Monday. 440 Yards. 220 Yards Breast-stroke. Healy and Beaurepaire. Who Will Win?

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

The struggles next Saturday afternoon and the following Monday evening between the Australian, or, as he has proved during his recent tour of the…

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Sports and Games. CRICKET. First Grade. Central Cumberland v. Middle Harbour. The Debut of Hazlitt

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

There was a feature of more than ordinary interest about the first-grade match on the Parramatta Oval on Saturday, as Mr. G. R. Hazlitt, the…

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Athletics

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 15
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser, Sydney Sportsman

The attendance at, the South Canterbury Caledonian Society's gathering at Timaru on New Years Day was 12,000, and the takings amounted to about £455. The great feature…

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Athletic Notes Amateur News and Gossip FIXTURES. 1911 JANUARY

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 9

26-Druids' Sports Sydney, JUNE 1,3—South African Championships, at Durban, Natal…

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Athletics. Anniversary Day Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 12

The following handicaps have been declared for the A.A.A 100yds handicap at the Druids' sports on January 26:—First heat: F. E. Beaver, ½yd; D. Lane, 3½; C. V. Moore, 4½; W. Flockhart, 5½;…

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The Ring. Fixtures. Central Athletic Hall

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 6

Friday, January 13.—Jimmy Hill v. Marty Lane. Monday, January 16.—Jimmy O'Brien Dave Miller…

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Athletic Events. a Likely Lightweight. George Unholz Makes Good. a Win in Eight Rounds

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 4

Hurling himself about the ring as if he was being shot out of a catapult, George Unholz covered a lot of ground at the Gaiety Athletic Hall last night, and distributed a deal of punishment to Billy Lowe, a young…

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Athletic Notes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 13

South Sydney Harriers have every reason to be satisfied with the report submitted and adopted at their annul general meeting last Thursday evening. Over 100 club races were held during the year, and more than 20…

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Notes and Anticipations the Week's Racing. Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap Weights. Increased Betting Fees—A Trainer on the Totalisator—The Best English Horse—Weight-for-age Possibilities—General Notes. Selections for Warwick Farm. The Challenge and Anni­versary

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 1

WITH recent form to guide them, many backers are of opinion they cannot go far astray in connection with the Challenge…

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