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Sport, 1920

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BOXING Tourney Finals

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The final of the £300 tourney at the Hippodrome to-night and judging by the displays in the semi-finals the battles are almost certain to be exciting…

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Victorian Bowls Champions

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

The champion pairs bowls tourney of the Victorian Bowling Association was decided yesterday, when Dobbic and Collins, of the Rich mond Union Club, defeated Johnstone and…

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Boxing Championship. New York, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

Mr. Cochran, in the course of a statement, said: "I have received a cable from M. Descamps stating that Carpentler is not considering any offers other than raine. The…

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Lawn Tennis. Country v CITY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 8

Players willing to represent the city in the matches against teams of country men and ladies, to be played at Pratten Park, Ashfield, next Tuesday, are requested to inform Mr. Musgrave, Spring-street, to that effect…

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Playing Cricket on

The Land · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

E.D. writes:—Would you be kind enough to let me know if there is any law to prevent cricket being played on Sundays. Could the home team go to the hotel for dinner on…

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Cricket. Combined Teachers v City and Suburban Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 8

Teams representing the N.S.W. School Teachers and the City and Suburban Association met at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday, and the match resulted in a draw. A sensational fight-hand catch…

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Cricket: The Grades Again Incident and Personals: By Not Out

Arrow · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The A.I.F team will open thier Australian tour in Melbourne this morning. They are up against a powerful Victorian eleven that which recently…

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Swimming Norman Ross in Newcastle His 300 Yards Figures: a Valuable Rose Day Cup Leichhardt League's Speed Champion

Arrow · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

There has been nothing doing in a swimming way anywhere about the metropolitan district since the conclusion of the Norman Ross carnival…

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The Davis Cup Contest at the Double Bay: COURtS To-day Battle for World's Lawn Tennis Supremacy

Arrow · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 1

At last the great day for which we have been waiting has arrived, and this afternoon the first stage of the challenge tie for the Davis Cup Competition…

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International Tennis in Great Heat Brilliant Play by Champions Patterson Defeats Lowe by 3 Sets to One Anderson Fails Against Kingscote

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

Weather conditions this afternoon were more for surf bathing than tennis And yet ever 7000 persons who had paid admission charges of 7s 6d 10s 15s and £1 were at Double Bay to watch the first of the matches for the Davis Cup or the world's tennis…

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Australasian Athletic Championships Concerning the Try-outs

Arrow · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 3

The now near at hand Australasian track and field championships overshadow everything in the athlete line, and there is every present indication that there…

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Athletics

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

Test races for Australasia Championships and Botany Harrier Club Championship Sydney Sports Ground Moort Park…

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Athletics

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The council of the New South Wales Amateur Atheletic Association has appointed the following [?] for the Australiasian [?]—Referee…

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World of Sport: Boxing, Golf, Athletics, Etc. Boxing and Boxers

The World's News · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 7

IT is easy to be mistaken, but (writes Mr. Kugene Corri) it is my firm belief that Johnny Basham is one of the greatest welter-weights of modern times, and I ho, [?]…

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Boxing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 14

To-night at the Stadium Vlnce Blackburn will defend his title as bantamweight champion of Australia. His opponent will be jack Green, and the contest is attracting tremendous interest, Thore…

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Bowls

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 3

The bowling season started in earnest last Saturday, and the clubs of our districts, in their various sections, did not do particularly well…

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Golf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 14
Also in The Sun

To-day's club competitions are as follow:- Concord Club: Four ball,best ball v bogey. Manly Club: Stroke handicap…

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BOXING Tournament Finals

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 5

The final contests of the £300 tourney attracted a record crowd to the Hippodrome last night. George Stace of Lidcombe, and "Dido"…

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Bowls for Sale

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 8

We expected to see this sign in Mr. D. Young's window this week. lie is our bowls champion, and he had a tough encounter in the Bescroft pennant team…

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