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Sport, 1920

8,287 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 250

Athletic Union Officers Re-elected

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 5

The parliament of athletics in Australia and New Zealand met at the Sports Club. Hunter street Sydney, this afternoon, to deal with many important…

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Athletic Championships. Great Contest at Sports Ground. N.s.w. and N.z. Level

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 7

Bright weather prevailed on Saturday when the 12th biennial Australasian amateur track and field championships were commenced at the Sydney Sports Ground. There was an…

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Golf. Manly Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 8

W. C. Sturrock won the trophy for the best scratch score with 78. In the play off of the Anniversary Day ties, H. J. Solomon won the 36 holes stroke handicap for Mr. H. R…

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New Racing Rules

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The new rules of racing to come into operation on March 1 are as follow:-- No person, other than the rider, shall,…

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Rosehill Racing. Sandbee's Win

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

Favored by perfect weather, good horses, and an excellent attendance, Rosehill's meeting on Saturday was a big success. The hurst's were above…

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Golf Faults Tracing the Trouble

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 3

Having discovered that it is the swing that is the cause of being off the drive, let us now try and find out at what point of the owing the fault begins to develop…

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BOXING Women at Fights No Disguise Now

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

Sitting at the Stadium ringaide Saturday night after Saturday night. It is interesting to notice the increased attention boxing is receiving from women…

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BOWLS Competition Trophies Prize for Best Green

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 3

Delegates at the last meeting of the New South Wales Bowling Association accepted the pennant committee's recommendation that the following amounts…

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SWIMMING Beaurepaire and Ross Quarter-mile To-morrow Night

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 3

Norman Ross' defeat by Franck Beaurcepaire at the St. Kilda Baths, Melbourne was not an unexpected happening. At least Harold Hardwick Billy Longworth…

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Lawn Tennis Courts at Moore Park

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 3

The first step lowards getting a larger ground as a home for lawn tennis in this State was completed last night, when the Health Committee of the City Council…

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Cricket Association. Complaint of Discourtesy

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

During the tea adjournment on the Cricket Ground yesterday afternoon a number of the members of the ground formally welcomed the A.I.F. team…

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Big Swimming Norman Ross Beaten at Melbourne. Beattoepaire the Winner

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

Norman Ross, the champion swimmer of America, met his first defeat in Australian on Saturday last, when competing in the 880 yards event at .St…

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Bowls Close Pennant Finishes Trophies Instead of War Bonds

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 3

Close finishes were recorded in five of the Pennant matches last Saturday. K[?]ara beat Mo[?]man [?] by 2 points, Hunter's Hilt beat Ryde by 3 points, Victoria Park heat…

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Lawn Tennis Season of Postponements Killara Tournament

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

The tennis player of Sydney has had a [?] summer: no [?] has one tournment been finished than another has commenced. The N.S.W.L.T.A. has had a prodigious…

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CRICKET Delays in Matches Disliked by Players

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

Few people can remember a match being stopped so long and so often by rain, as was that between New South Wales and Victoria. The weather was…

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The World of Sport Editor of Athletic Sporting, REG. L.v (Snowy) BAKER, Australia's Champion All-round Athlete the Turf Autumn Racing Trainees' Team Work

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 2

At the A J C office the other morning Mr. George Rose jun. informed me that details of the full programme for the club's forthcoming Auturn meeting will…

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The Boxing Ring the Filipino Jamito Wins Again. Thorn's Clever Battling

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

Frank Thorn, of Brisbane, who was a champion lightweight twenty years age (the is now forty years old), and who has been making successful "come…

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£10,000 for Tennis. Free Games for School Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 6

The health committee yesterday decided to recommend the City Council to grant a 25 years' lease, at a nominal rental, with tenant right in improvements, to the Lawn Tennis…

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Northcote Cup Last of Yacht Races MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

The third and final race for the North cote Cup was salled this afternoon in a southerly breese. The state was a bit supply…

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'Caught on the Pull.' a Queensland Cricket Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

A fatality occurred during cricket practices at Tinana, near Maryborough (Q.), on Saturday last. A member of the local club, named Charles Coe,…

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