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Sport, 1917

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Bowls. Southern Tasmania Defeats Victoria. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 13

The Victorian team of bowlers played their second match with Southern Tasmania, on the Hobart Club's green, on Saturday, and were beaten by 33 points. This match gave Southern Tasmania the rubber. The…

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English Flat Racing Season Statistical Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 39

The English flat racing season of 1916 closed in November with the Houghton meeting. Under prevailing conditions it was a success, and some good sport was witnessed. Some of the…

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Brighton Racing Club. Hobart (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 13

The Brighton Jockey Club's New Year's Day meeting was held yesterday, in splendid weather, and in the presence of a large attendance. The going was heavy owing to the recent heavy rains. The…

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Sailing Review of the Eighteen-footer Racing

Referee · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 13

Of the dozen races arranged by the Sydney Flying Squadron and Sydney Sailing Club, to take place before the end of 1916, only nine races were held, owing to the coal strike. Much…

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Summer Racing Notes. a Quintette of Cups

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 39

Taken all round, the summer meetings this season have been successful on all the leading race tracks. There were no fewer than five Cup contests-- two at Randwick (Summer…

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Boxing Night. Boshter Bill's Benefit. Smith Steadily Squashes Squires

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 7

Bill Squirms, ex coal-miner, boxer and farmer made an attempt to "come back" at the Stadium on Tuesday (Boxing) night, and failed to get anywhere near…

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Burlesque on Boxing. Has Been's and Goins-to-Be's

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 1

It is certainly up to the Stadium proprietary to look the boxing question fair in the face and to decide whether it is wise…

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Coursing. Metropolitan Club's Big Event for Puppies. Attractive Stakes in May

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 7

The Metropolitan Produce Stakes, to he run by the Metropolitan C.C. (Sydney) at the Fifefield Enclosure, Liverpool, on May 15, 17 and 18, will be for an unlimited…

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Cricket. Big Match on Anniversary Day

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 10

A big cricket match--the first played in Sydney since the New South Wales Association adopted its special war policy for the conduct of the game--will be played on January 26,…

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New Zealand Racing. Auckland Racing Club. Summer Meeting. Sasanof Wins Great Northern Derby. Wellington (N. Z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 13

At the Summer meeting of the A.R.C. yesterday the contests for the principal events resulted as under:- Great Northern Derby of 1500 sovs, 1½m.—Mr. G…

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Lawn Tennis Country Carnival in Sydney This Week

Referee · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 11

Next Saturday will sec the opening of the third Country Carnival since the war tell upon all sport, with its killing blight, and though this, the most promising of all Australian…

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Golf Notes Topics of Interest for Old and Young

Referee · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 11

It is rather late to wish my readers a prosperous New Year. Bad as things are now, there is a hope that they may be better in the near future. As soon as the balance sheets…

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Boxing. How Summers Beat Mehegan. at London National Sport Ing Club

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 2

Although Johnny Summers has long the State of Boxing much service, more, perhaps, than any other man at present in the business, and Hughle Mahegan, the ex-llghtweight abampion…

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English Racing Statistics Owners, Trainers and Jockeys Who Did Well

Referee · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 1

The English racing season concluded on November 3, and the full statistics are given in the Manchester Sporting Chronicle. The most successful owner was, as announced by…

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Sporting. Bowls V.b.a., N.s.w.b.a., A.b.c

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 10

With competitions postponed, the Christmas holiday means always, a dead time in this State. Mosman endeavored to relieve the monotony, but the effort was halt-hearted…

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Mentone Racing Club. January Meeting Guerino Wins Mentone Handicap. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 13

The Mentone Racing Club held a meeting to-day in dull but fine weather, and the attendance was only moderate. Details:- First Division Handicap, 5f.—H. Davis's Lost Time,…

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Queensland Letter. Brisbane, January 1. Forthcoming Meetings. Q.T.C. Racing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 42

The Q.T.C: holiday meeting on December 26 was well attended, though the weather was showery, while the racing was interesting right through the afternoon. As no big dividends…

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Holiday Racing in Tasmania What Suits Hobart Does Not Suit Launceston

Referee · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 3

There has been plenty of racing throughout Tasmania during the holiday season, but little [?] an important kind happened in the south, where the Hobart Turf Club and Sorell Racing Club…

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Late Victorian Sport. V.R.C. Meeting. Holiday Races. Melbourne

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 2

While the attendance at the V.R.C. meeting yesterday was good. it was not equal to that of the corresponding day last year. The track was in splendid…

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Racing in the Mud. Never Was Such a Display a Shoe Sucked Off

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 6

The track at the Colebrook Hack and Trotting Club's meeting (Tasmania.) was very muddy, and so boggy was it that the two trotting races on the card were, says…

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