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Sport, 1919

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Anniversary Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 4

Intending competitors at the forthcoming Anniversary regatta are notified by advertisement that entries for all events--sailing, rowing, and motor boats--will clone at the…

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Boxing

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 2

Rud Kes ([?]cutpointed Taggle [?] on Saturday night in one of the best [?] rounds contests soon at the hippon[?] for some time. They both…

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Boxing. the Hippodrome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 8

On Saturday night tHE principal bout was 10 rounds for the Chinese championship, between Rud Kee, 9st 7½lb, and Taggie Young, 9st 5lb, and after a fast, strennous full period kee got the verdict on points…

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Racing Dates

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 5

The Richmond Trotting and Racing Co.. Ltd., has arranged the following racing fixtures to the end of May:-- Monday, February 10, trotting:…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 4

Although the attendances at the country carnival had been rather meagre during the week, there was an increase of spectators on Saturday, when the finals were contested, which is an indication of renewed…

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Lawn Tennis Country Carnival Notes on the Finals

Evening News · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 2

Dubbo struck an off day in the carnival at Double Bay on Saturday and failed to produce anything like true form in the semi-final of the teams permiership against Forbes,and…

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Country Champions. Annual Tennis Tourney. Some of the Players

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 4

Sun-tanned and evidencing in their vigorous healthfulness the benefits of the open-air life, the men and women of the country have played their part on the Double Bay tennis…

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Sixty Years of Racing. Harry Rayner Retires. an Interesting Career

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1919 · page 8

Up at Mudgee 60 years ago Harry Rayner--then a young man in his teens--led in his first winner. It was not an important event--merely a hack race--but it was the start of a…

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Rugby Football London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 1

A Rugby football match between Leicester and New Zealand resulted in an easy victory Tor the New Zealand team, which scored 19 points to nil…

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Boxing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 8

Mr. Jack Munro, manager of the Stadium, received a cable message yesterday from Mr. Charles Barnett, his agent in Wales, informing him that Jimmy Wilde, the Welsh fly-weight champion, had several…

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Golf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 8

A meeting of the Suburban and Country Golf Association will be held on Wednesday, February 5…

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Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 8

Definite arrangements in connection with the proposed English tour of an Australian soldier team next season are held in abeyance pending information regarding the personnel of the Australian team. Mr…

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Swimming the Season's Prospects

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

Interest of a special character attaches to the great revival in the swimming world this year. The council of the Amateur…

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Boxing Wanted --A Eavyweight

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

One of the sports likely to boom, following on the end of the war, is boxing. Of all the tournaments ran on troopships boxing has always held the…

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Anniversary Racing Kennaquhair Scratched

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 5

Kennoquhair who was one of the popular [?] for the [?] Handicap, to [?] on January 21, hs been [?] that event…

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Interstate Cricket. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 7

The Victorian team which defeated New South Wales and South Australia in Melbourne, was chosen to-night to represent Victoria against N.S.W. in Sydney on…

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Lawn Tennis Kiilara Tourney Personal Pars

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

The Northern Suburbs championship the open tourney will commence on the Killara Club's courts on Saturday, and will cbe continued on January 15, 27, and…

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Lawn Tennis Country Carnival Prospective Champions

The Sun · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

All who visited the Country Carnival last week are agreed that for high-class play it has never been excelled. There have been only two tournaments…

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