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Sport, 1916

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Sydney League Swimming Club

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5

The following are the handicaps for a 66yds swim to be held to-night (Wednesday) at the Domain Baths by the above Club:—Ryan. Smith, Dinny Brown. R…

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Cricket

Referee · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 15

UMPIRE (Waterloo): O. H. Dean made 412 for the Sydney Church of England Grammar School v. Newington College in 1914. The brothers N. Y. Deane. C. Y. Deane, and V…

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Lawn Tennis

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 43

The complete list of entries for the open events for the Country Carnival, which begins at Double Bay on January 7, and concludes on January 15, is: --…

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Football Chat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 43

Mr. Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Colonel Roosevelt, has been appointed one of the three managers of the Harvard (U.S.) University fresh-man football team…

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Boxing. Uren V. Gilmore

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

There will be a departure from middleweight contests at the Stadium next Saturday night, when Tommy Uren, welterweight champion of Australia, and Fred Gilmore, of…

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Golf. Amateurs & Professionals

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

Golfers are invited on Saturday next to witness a match on the Manly links between Messrs. E. L. Apperly and T. E. Howard against Soutar and Kirkwood, the well-known Manly…

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Bowls. the Pennant Season

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 6

The [?] pennant games will begin on Saturday. After a long spell many bowlers lose touch with the subtle attraction that lurks in the pastime, but it requires only one view of a…

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Ladies Swimming. Carnival Next Month

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

Australasian championships will be decided at the Amateur Ladies' Carnival to be held on February 12 and 16, at the Manly and Coogee Aquarium baths respectively…

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Moruya Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 8

The Moruya Race Club will be in action on January 31st and February 1st next with its Cup meeting. Nominations the Moruya Cup, Hurdle…

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Epping Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 7

Entries close at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 6, for events at the New South Wales Trotting Club's meeting at Epping on Monday January 17. The programme…

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Ascot Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

On Wednesday next, which will be the 12th inst., the name will be in full swins at Ascot, when a seven-event £700 programme will provide good sport Owners…

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Boolaroo Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 8

The Boolaroo Club has arranged an excellent programme for its race meeting on the 15th inst. The attention of owners is directed to the fact that…

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Boolaroo Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5

Mr. Lou Solomon, the secretary of the Boolaroo Racing Club, announces to-day that a race meeting will be held on the conveniently-situated course on…

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Goulburn Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

The Goulburn Highland Society and Burns Club, which is registered by the A.J.C. and N.S.W.T.C. and affiliated with the S.D.R.A., will control a race…

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Cessnock Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5

The Cessnock Jockey Club's postponed meeting attracted a good attendance on Wednesday last. The fields were not large, but the racing was full of…

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Newcastle Races

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 5

The Newcastle Jockey Club's New Year's Day meeting has always been a popular racing fixture, and the attendance on Saturday wan well up to the…

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Racing at Newcastle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 40

The holiday meeting held by the Newcastle Jockey Club on January 1 was in every way a success. Mr. Borthwick has evidently a more than useful one in the 3-year-old Trigon, by…

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Racing at Goulburn

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

The Goulburn sports are about the liveliest in this State, outside of the Metropolitan area. The recent meeting held by the Goulburn R.C. was not only…

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Racing at Wyong

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 39

Originally fixed for December 20, it was not until ten days later that the Wyong Park Club ran off the December meeting which made it the last registered gathering of the year. The…

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Racing at Flemington

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 41

Bright weather prevailed oh January 1 in Melbourne, which induced a more than usually good crowd to visit. Femington, where the V.R.C. ran off a programme of six events, which…

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