Pigeon Homing About Long and Short Distance Races
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 15
Mr. A. C. Mason writes from Newcastle: "I have not found an iota to support your theory re one-day races, except, perhaps, that from a h[?]nane point of view. Ask the fancier who…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →"Topsy" Waldron Adelaide Football Caplain Sees Sydney After 42 Years
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 16
A welcome visitor to Sydney recently was Alfred E. Waldron, of Adelaide, The name may not convey much to the present generation of sport-lovers even…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Moonee Valley Racing Ready Aye Ready Successful :: Seigneur Takes Long Race
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5
Exciting finishes were the order of the day at Moonee Valley on Saturday, and in five events the margin of success varied from half a neek to half a head…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Racing Budget Horses for Melbourne Training Notes (By "Poseidon") Off to Melbourne
The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2
Sydney will be well represented at the V.R.C. and V.A.T.C. Autumn meetings, seeing that such celebrities as Greenstead, Cetigne, Publican, and other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowls the New Wales Pennant Results The Prizes Allotted for Season's Events: Single Handed Championships
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 13
Now that patriotic funds are things of the past for the time being, the Fates be thanked, the New South Wales Bowling Association has decided to return to the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →An Australian's View of Jimmy Wilde His Boxing and Battles Commented Upon: Welsh Freak Not a Marvel
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 11
Charlie Lucas writes :—"So much has been written and said of Jimmy Wilde that I feel I must be another to write an opinion of him. I have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Golf Notes Metropolitan Clubs and Players Popularity of Mountain Courses: Leura Results: Bit of Good News
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 12
The Australian Golf Club played a four-ball bogey sweepstake handicap, which was responsible for some very good scoring. R. Bull (6) and J…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sailing the Northcote Cup Great Racing Sydney Harbor Sport: Scotia Winner: Sydney Amateurs and Other Events
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 15
The much-looked-forward-to matches for the Northcote Cup opened last Friday on Hobson's Bay (Vic.) in a moderate sea and breeze. The fact that an…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lawn Tennis Champ'ships Colonel Kingscote Singles, Thomas and O'Hara Wood Doubles Champions of Australasia
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 16
After the conclusion of the Davis Cup on the Wednesday, most of the Interstate visitors had departed their several ways. Many had hoped to see the Australasian…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Q'sland Sport Impressions of the A.l.F. TEAM General Items: British Tennis Players Coming
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 13
Queensland's experience of the cricket of the A.I.F. team has left us all wondering exactly how powerful they are. In patches they showed us work of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Boxing World Continued From Page Ten. Australian Tibby Watson Knocked Out Defeated by Noble, England's Feather Champion : Remarkable Battle
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 11
After a remarkable fight last night of desperate determination and dogged resolve, Tommy Noble, the Bermondsey featherweight, beat Tibby Watson, the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cycling Track Racing Boom Continues McBeath Wins Record Five Miles: Spencer Again too Good For Grenda
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 15
Favored with decent weather for once in a way, Carnivals Ltd. had a fine attendance—a good 12,000—at Saturday night's race meet. The big crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Victoria and Queensland Ransford's Brilliancy at Brisbane Armstrong Helps to Make a Recovery : Interesting Cricket
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 14
The Queensland-Victoria cricket match on Saturday was played under ideal conditions at the Exhibition Ground. The weather was perfect, and the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Athletics Australasian Championships
Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2
The last of the Australasian amateur athletic championships will be decided at the Sydney Sports Ground on Saturday next…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schools at the Austracasian A.A. MEETING Old Boys Prominent Competitors for Athletic Supremacy of Australasia
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 13
Old boys of the big secondary schools of the Commonwealth and New Zealand figured prominently in the athletic championships at the Sydney Sports Ground…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Professional Athletics T. M. Malone's Performances
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 9
Dear Argus,—In your review of the late T. M. Malone's performances you credit him with 23ft 4½in in a running broad jump, somewhere in N.S.W., and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Athletic Union Meets Olympic Games Discussed: Will Australia Be Represented ?
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 9
Mr. R. Coombes, president, occupied the chair at the first meeting of the Board of Control of the Amateur Athletic Union of Australia and New Zealand, begun at the Sports Club on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australasia's Athletic Supremacy Tests Big Meet Opens Successfully Large Attendance : Exciting Contests : Premiership in Balance : N.Z., N.SW. an Victoria Neck an Neck
Referee · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 9
Favored by [?] weather—cloudless and hot—and in the presence of some 5000 spectators, the 12th track and field amateur championships of Australasia…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Athletics. Electric Light Sports
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 12
Amateur clubs provided a number of handicap events at the Sydney Sports Ground last evening. The Australasian championship representatives from other States and New Zealand participated, and were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Athletics. Australasian Championships. Interstate Cracks in [?] Competition
Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 8
Owing to the war the usual biennial amateur championships were suspended since 1914, and only resumed, on Sydney Sports Glound, last Saturday, when…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →