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Sport, 1920

8,287 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 250

Golf Swing Australian and English Answer to Criticism

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

The letter of Mr. F. E. Parsons, of Leura, in Saturday's "Sun" in most interesting in providing a comparison between the methods adopted in teaching…

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Racing Budget Victoria Park Tips Training Notes Fixtures

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

Wednesday-- Victoria Park races. Thursday.--Roschill and Kensington acceptances. Friday. -- Wyong Park pony races…

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Lawn Tennis Badge Matches City of Sydney Championships

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 3

Prospects appear extremely bright, for the badge matches, but as entries do not close until tomorrow, and tho usual twelfth-hour rush is only just commencing, It is not…

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CRICKET Glebe's Opportunity Will Wests Be Beaten?

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

Positions of clubs in the first grade competition may 1. [?] by the results in [?] completed on Saturday [?]. There is an…

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Primary Schools Cricket Season Opening Committee's Decisions

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 3

The primary a tools cricket season will open neat [?] with matches of one day [?] contested. The first grade will play for the P.S A.A.A…

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Current Sport Featherweights in the Boxing Ring. Godfrey Obtains the Verdict

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 4

Syd. Godfrey, featherweight champion of Australia, met Harry [?]hues, lately returned from Manilla, it the Sydney Stadium on Saturday…

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Cricket. Armstrong and Ransford Bat Well. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 8

Some fine scores were made in pennant cricket matches on Saturday. The star performance of the competition was a magnificent display by Armstrong and Ransford. Batting in their best style, they…

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Big Football Matches in Great Britain LONDON, February 14

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 1

In a Rugby football match at Dublin England defeated Ireland by 11 points to 11. In a Soccer match at Belfast Ireland…

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World of SPORT—Contd. GOLF Dobroyde Disbanding Links to Be Subdivided

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 3

At a meeting of the Dobroyde Club it was decided to disband. The encroachments of builders and the subdividing of the links have made this course the only…

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Moorefield Races Fra Diavolo Wins the Big Event. Well-attended Meetotok

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 4

There was a large attendance a the Moorefleld (Sydney) races on Saturday last, but only £5,223 went through the totalisator. Cowboy annexed the…

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ATHLETICS Australia's Best Hunt and Parker

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 2

By the Mabeno on Saturday the New Zealanders the last of the visiting athletes for the Australiasian championships in Sydney. left for thier homes. The…

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Our Newcastle Letter. Wallsend Races. the Armidale Meeting—a Trip to Assy—successful Jockey Club—soccer Football—the Bio Boat Race—latest Boxing and Swimming. Wallsend Races. Newcastle

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 8

The Wallsend Jockey Club's February race meeting was held in delightfully fine weather no Saturday, and notwith-stan[?] the large amount of distress in…

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Boxing

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Jack Colleges next opponent will be hard-hitting Ern Burness, and the pair should put up an interesting battle. Tommy Buxton, the Maitland welter…

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Swimming Splashes

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 8

The Newcastle Surf Club's carnival on Saturday proved to be the most successful ever held on the beach. The weather conditions were all that could be…

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Leichhardt Rowing Club Regatta

Referee · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 11

The annual regatta of the Leichhard[?] R.C., last Saturday, at Iron Cove, air though favored with delightful vreathefi was perhaps not quite the success of…

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Sydney University and the Rugby League Football Club and League Confer

Referee · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 1

At the Oxford Hotel on Monday night, representatives of the Sydney University. Rugby Union Football Club, among them Messrs: L. Reynolds, Hyam Marks, Lawes…

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Rugby Union Matters

Referee · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 11

Some misapprehension exists amongst Rugby Union players regarding the new laws of the game, many wrongly believ-ing the teams will consist of thirteen…

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Boxing in Newcastle

Referee · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 5

At the Newcastle Imperial Stadium on Saturday night, in the oricnins six-round bout, MeDermott (8.3) beat Squires (8.3) on points. The six-round prellminary between Pascoe (8.5).and Blake (8.7)…

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Racing Reminders

Referee · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 4

The Toowoomba Turf Club advertise in this issue their programme for the annual carnival meeting set down for April 23 and 34 at Tonwoomba. The big double, Carnival Handicap and…

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