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Sport, 1912

12,361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

A Wild Report. Change of Mutiny. Against the Black Watch! Riot Concerning Football

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.--A Press Association telegram gives what purports to be the story of a mutiny in a Scottish infantry regiment at Longmoor Camp, at Petersfield,…

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Cricket. Games for To-morrow. Grade Competitions at Sydney. Sheffield Shield Match. N.S.W. v. South Australia

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 9

Round six of the N.S.w. Association's grade competitions will be concluded in Sydney to-morrow, and there should be some interesting play…

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Athletics. Newtown Harriers

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1912 · page 10

The Newtown Harrilers will hold the following events at the Sports Ground to-morrow afternoon: -- 120yd., 220yd., and 880yd. handicaps…

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Golf and Cricket at Sea

The World's News · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 13

Details are now to hand of the 1000-foot liner Gigantic, which the White Star Line has commissioned Messrs. Harland and Wolff to build at Belfast. Her beam will be between 111 and…

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Swimming

The Arrow · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 7
Also in The St George Call

Another State Championship carnival begins to-day, and will end a week hence. Again is that perhaps finest, for such purposes, swimming enclosure in the world, the…

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Boxing

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6
Also in The Arrow, Evening News

At the Galety Club to-night lightweights Jack Taylor, of Balmain, and Ike Jacobs, of Redfern will meet in a 20-rounds. contest Both man are reported to be in good…

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Bowls

The Arrow · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 8
Also in The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate

"We have had dog days indeed of bowling during the during several weeks, and m[?]e is mere convinced of thai fact than the seri[?] In quest, of news, but after to-day things will…

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Rugby Union

The Arrow · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 6

Some of the Lancashire newspapers miss nothing from the antipodes, which casts a reflection on the Rugby Union Game in this part of the world Here is one of the latest: "The…

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Golf Gossip

The Arrow · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 7

N. V. Christee is looking fit and well arter his trip to tho Old Country. During hla sojourn I Groat Britain ho watched all the soiling notables at play, and he played over most of the…

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Table Golf

The World's News · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 11

An entertaining game for indoors has been introduced in England by the Indoor Golf Company, Norwich. This consists of a number of obstacles to be placed on a table, which, by…

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Long Distance Cycling. To-day's Racing. on the Sydney Cricket Ground

Evening News · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 9

Yesterday's rain gave an opportunity to the six-day cyclists at the Sydney Cricket Ground for a more than ordinary sleep. This coupled with the fact that to-day was the last day of…

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Boxing. Read v HANLY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 18

The contest at the Stadium to-night will be between Jack Read, the Tasmanian lighweight, and "Young" Hanly, who has been doing exceptionally well of late. The contest commences at 8.30…

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Cricket Notes

The Arrow · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 4

Australia and England will start the third rest match next. Saturday, on an equality, each side having won and lost once. England outplayed Australia in the…

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Late Sporting. Swimming. President's Cup Handicap

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 14

The heats of the 1320 yards, President's Cup Handicap, the final of which will be decided at the second of the State championship (Olympic Fund) carnivals on Wednesday night, at the Domain Baths, were swum last…

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St. George Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1912 · page 18

The St. George races have been postponed from this afternoon, on account of the death of one of the members, Mr. Arthur Jarvis, of the Our Own crew…

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