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Sport, 1914

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Ascot Races

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 7

Fourteen-Two Msiden Brilliador. The A.J.C. has granted the Wyong Park Racing Club permission for a meeting to be held on January 22…

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Cricket Edition

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 7

(A PORTION OF THIS AFTERNOON'S NEWS WILL BE FOUND ON PAGE 5 OR THIS ISSUE.)…

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Football. Association Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Wednesday Evening.--The committee of the Amateur Football Association has accepted the terms arranged with the Football Association, to heal the split, and has…

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Boxing. McGOORTY World's Champion

The Land · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 15

There were 16,000 people present at the Stadium on New Year's night to see Eddie McGoorty (U.S.A.) and Dave Smith (N.Z.) battle for the…

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In Praise of Golf

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

"Golf is the finest game in the world for any young man or woman, or any old man or woman either," said Dr. Bowman at Parramatta last night. Golf is a great…

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Horse & Talk Racing Fixtures

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 8

No charge is made for insertion of announcements as to date meeting, etc., under this heading; and we will be glad if secretaries of country race clubs will…

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Racing Boom in England

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 8

Mr. R. G. Casey, chairman of the Victorian Racing Club, who returned to Melbourne from England this week, said there was a great boom in…

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Fire in Racing Stable

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 8

A message from Wellington (N.Z.) says:— I fire broke out in the Harp of Erin racing stables, Ellerslie (Auckland) on…

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Scratchings. Moorefield Races

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 7

Kogarah Stakes Eastern Chief, Mephitto. Juvenllie Handicap Prejudice…

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Tennis. Wilding Winning Easily

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 13

A. F. Wilding, the New Zealand tennis player, is easily winning in the preliminary rounds of the international tournament now in progress in Cannes…

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Swimming. State Championships. Last Carnival To-morrow

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 9

Fallowers of swimming should have a further treat at the concluding State championship car[?]ival to be held at the Domain Baths to morrow afternoon…

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Answers to Correspondent. Tennis Courts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

Forbes asks me if there is any clause in the recognised rules of lawn tennis to suggest that the game should be played on a clipped lawn in preference to a bare court…

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V.r.c. Autumn Racing Carnival

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

Entries received yesterday for the principal events to be run in the autumn show improvement upon those of last year. For the V.A.T.C…

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Definition of Amateur Status in Racing

The Land · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 13

J.K., Amateur, asks:—If a man has been a member of an amateur race club for three years, and is still, and has since received money for training…

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Sporting News by Cable. Boxing. Jack Johnson's Challenge

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 10

LONDON, Thursday.--Jack Johnson has written to the "Sporting Life" stating that he is willing to fight anyone for £6000…

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Bowls. Pennant Play Again. the Lists of Fixtures

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 9

Bowly will be sent a coding again in the ponnant matters of the metropolis to-morrow. The have returned, burnt or bronzed, from the remote corners of the State, many…

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Cricket. Western Suburbs Defeat Chemists

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 12

Western Suburbs, 187 (Mackay 60, James 38), defeated N.S.W. Chemists, 181 (Meadowcroft 84), by 6 runs at Pratten Park. James, bowled well for Western Suburbs, and W. T. J. Finneran took six wickets…

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Strike of Caddies. Trouble on Golf Links

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 8

About 30 caddies went on strike at the Drummoyne golf links last Saturday. When the players arrived in the morning they were surprised to see, struck up on the…

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Golf. the Eclectic Handicap. Among the Clubs

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 11

Most of can suburban clubs hold at summons dance the year continuous [?] one in three months. They take the form of bogey. or electric [?]…

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Lawn Tennis. a Country Benefactor. Personal Pars

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 4

The Richmond River district is fortunate in having such an excellent sport as Miss Yabsley, who is doing her almost to encourage the game up north…

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