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Sport, 1913

13,516 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 250

Bowls. To-day's Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 22

Interclub contests will form the chief item in the bowling programme for to-day. As many of the leading players are still in Melbourne the list is not a lengthy one. The Randwick Club is holding a special…

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Swimming. To-day's Fixtures. Amateur

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 22

Sydney Club.—75 yards handicap, 66 yards junior handicap, Domain Baths. Rose Bay Club.—100 yards handicap, Rose Bay Baths. Dramunoyne Club.—66 yards handicap, Drummoyne…

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Late Cricket

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 12

Liverpool B defeated Campbelltown, Liverpool, 236 (A. B. Fryer 136, J. Pryke, jun., 37 not out). Campbelltown, 64. Fryer took 5 wickets, and Bradbury 2…

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French Football Scene

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 14

PARIS, Thursday Evening. -- The majority of the French newspapers express their regret at the mobbing of the British referee by the crowd of spectators who watched the match…

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Racing Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 23

An accident befel J. Wade at Donnybrook races on New Year's Day. Wade was rather too anxious to see his son win the Brush Hurdles Race, and wandered on to the track…

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Sailors at Cricket

The St George Call · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 5

The cricket match on Christmas day between teams from the Doll's Point Darlings and Ramsgate-road Ramblers against the Sailing Club duly…

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Town Holds Tramp Races

Globe · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 5

A town in North Carolina (U.S.A.) has at last found a way to rid itself of…

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Cricket. To-day's Fixtures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 22

This afternoon the eighth round of grade matches will commence, but will not conclude until the 18th instant on accound of the New South Wales v South Australia match intervening. At pr[?]nt North…

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Cricket a Few Remarks

The St George Call · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 6

There was a momentous conference in "The Call" office last Friday. It seem that there was to be no cricket (or at least none worthy that name) in St…

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Lawn Tennis. British Isles v AUSTRALIA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 22

In reply to the Australasian Association's cabled inquiry as to whether the British Isles team would agree to the matches in the above contest consisting of the best of five sets, each player meeting one opponent in…

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Cricket with an Iron Ball

Globe · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 4

One of the oddest matches ever played was the outcome of a dispute between two very keen if unskillful players. Neither would admit that the other was the better man, so they…

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Some Cricket Jottings Central Cumberland's Win

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

The able batting of Sid. Thomas and the sound display of Leslie Pye were the main features of the second portion of Central Cumberland's innings against Petersham…

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Turf Gossip Victoria Park Races. Saturday, January [?]

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 7

FLYING HANDICAP: LORD HAUTBOY 1 Miss Kendall 2 Matinee 3…

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First Grape Cricket. Drawing of Stumps Scores

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 1

University v. Petersham.--Petersham, second innings. one for 3[?] (Sedgers, not out. 21). Waverley v. Central Cumberland…

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Personals of the Moment in Our Cricket

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

Slow-bowler Arthur Malley celebrated his birthday yesterday. And F. C. Reed. Gordon's left-hander will do likewise to-morrow—better the day, better the deed…

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Interstate Bowls. Rink Championship. Won by New Soute Wales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 20

There was a large attendance at the Carlton green to-day to witness the final games in the rink championship of Australia, and the spectators were rewarded by seeing some of…

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One of the First Nigger Melodsie. Camperdown Races

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 3

The following old time [?] has just been resurrected: [?] Camp[?]down ladies sing dis[?] song. Doo dah[?] doo-dah…

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Cricket Chatter. The Interstate Games. Grade Match Notes

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 10

The seventh round of grade matches was completed on Saturday, and with it the cricket murdering of New South Wales by…

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South African Politics. Labor Party and Colored Races. Capetown

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 8

The Labor party Conference yesterday adopted the report of the committee on the colored races question. the report emphasised the importance of the…

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Football in the Dark. Pandemonium in a Birmingham Senior Cup-tie

Saturday Referee and the Arrow · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 8

Remarkable scenes were witnessed in a replayed tie for the Birmingham Senior Cup between Birmingham Trams and Wolverhampton wanderers' Reserves, at Birmingham, on…

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