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Sport, 1920

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Bowls Greens in Condition Lane Cove Club Forming

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 7

All the suburban greens are looking their best, owing to the recent rains, and, as playing areas there is no doubt they are near perfection. Any man who blames the…

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Swimming Will Beaurepaire Beat Ross? Mina Wylie and Her Rivals

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

Norman Ross is due to swim in Melbourne on Saturday. He is to meet Frank Beaure paire and Ivan Steadman over 230 yards 440 yards, and half mile. The last mentioned will…

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Tennis Tourney Australasian Championships Kingscott Beats Anderson

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

The courts at Double Bay were too wet this morning to allow of play in the Australasian championship being resumed at 10 o'clock, as arranged. At 1 o'clock…

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Lawn Tennis. Championship Matches. Lowe's Fixe Display

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 7

Many varieties of weather were experienced during yesterdays play at the Double Bay courts in the Australasian championships. In torrid heat during the…

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The World of Sport Editor of Athletic Sporting, REG. L. (Snowy) BAKER, Australia's Champion All-round Athlete BOWLS Association Meeting Trophies for Competitions

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

At a meeting of the New South Wales Bowling Associations the following motions will be considered. A prize for the best kept green…

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CRICKET Teach Themselves Australians and Coaching

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

Remarks have been made on several occasions about the success of coaching in Australia. Generally speaking, the cricketers of Australia have received…

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Great Cricket Patron. Mr. A. Park

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

Few men are more interesting and entertaining as raconteurs, particularly when speaking of contemporaries of long ago, than the little band of perennials that has gathered match…

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Brilliant Singles Lowe at His Best Championship Tennis

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 7

The best driving I have over seen!" Such was the summing up of one of Australia's most' competent tennis judges, when asked how he enjoyed…

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Tennis Supremacy. American Opinion. New York, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 7

The New York newspapers devote much space to Australia's victories in the Davis Cup tournament. They point out that Australia is rapidly becoming the virtual…

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Sailing and Yachting Races for Northcote Cup

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 3

The most important yachting event of the year, the Northcote Cup, will commence on Victorian waters next Friday, and will be continued on the Saturday and following…

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Golf Faults the Use of Clubs Finding the Trouble

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 3

In last week's article I stated that the best plan to adopt in practising was to take out three clubs, the driver, the midiron, and the mashie. These clubs represent the…

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Yesterday's Cricket Features of the Play Protecting the Wicket

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 7

The chief features of the game on the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday were the continued charming play of Andrews, the persistent ill-luck of…

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Randwick Races. Urney Wins Anniversary Handicap. Rain Spoils the Sport

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 8

Randwick yesterday—Paddock, Leger, and Flat—was crowded with patrons of the turf. There are no official estimates, but the attendance was variously stated to be between…

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Interstate Cricket Wicket Not Right Yet Play May Start Later

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

Because of the rain-damaged wicket the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and Victoria did not start at 11 o'clock as was proposed…

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Randwick Races. Anniversary to Urney. Jack Findlay's Flying. Angleform Wins Again

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

The wind-up of the A.J.C. Anniversary meeting yesterday was a bigger success than the opening on Saturday. As if to give the premier racing body an equal chance of…

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Sporting News Cricket Career of Tom Andrews His Advance as a Batsman

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 3

Several years ago a young player joined one of the western suburbs junior teams. At his first trial with his new club he…

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Tennis Standard. Australia and New Zealand. Venue of Next Davis Cup Match. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 6

Speaking of tue Davis cup, Mr. H. M. Gore, ident of the New Zealand Tennis Association, said: "This year no player in New Zealand was up to Davis Cup, form. The…

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Australasian Athletics Championship Meeting to Begin Next

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 3

Although Australia and New Zealand are but young countries an far as athletics are concerned, they have produced some brilliant exponents in different brunches of…

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Interstate Cricket—australasia's Tennis Victory

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 33

THE annual meeting between Victoria and New South Wales is one of the big events of the cricket season. This year's contest is noteworthy because of the number of new players in the…

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Leichhardt Regatta

The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 2

The Leichhardt Rowing Club's annual regatta has been fixed for February 14, in Leichhardt Bay. The programme will be:--Maiden eight…

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