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Sport, 1921

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Test and Minor Cricket Back to Club Contests

Arrow · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 8

Two up and three to go is the happy position of Australia in the struggle to regain the Ashes. Not since the tour of Lord Sheffield's team in 1892 has…

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Current Sport. Tattersall's Club Races Fluency Wins the Cup

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

Although the win of the favorite, Gl[?]re, in the Carrington Stakes on the opening day of Tattersall's Club Cup meeting, pot punters in good heart…

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English Racing Expert Col. Wilkinson s Real Mission Some Suggestions for Inquiry

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

Colonel Wilkinson who recently visited Randwick on behalf of the English Jockey Club, is the inspector of racecourses for that body. Commenting on…

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Motoring and Cycling. Motor Cyclists Amazing Leap. Racing Machine Out of Control

The Land · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 14

The spectacle of a racing motorcyclist and his machine being hurled at 70 miles an hour high into the air was witnessed at the…

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Bur Coming Cricketers More Opportunities Needed for Big Match Cricket

Arrow · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 13

The match with Queensland last week made it [?]ear that New South Wales has no dearth of developing batsmen. Nothing finer could be desired than the…

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Cricket Tours. Teams for England and New Zealand. No Additional Selections

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

General Interest is being displayed in the composition of the Australian cricket teams to visit England and New Zealand. So far, eight players have been chosen for the…

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Casual Washburn U.S.A. Lawn Tennis Player Strenuous N.Z. GAMES Auckland

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

The conclusion of tho New Zealand lawn tennis championships confirmed, the opinion formed after the Davis Cup that the Americans constitute the first…

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TENNIS. N.Z. Championships. Successes of Tilden and Johnston. (By Our Special Representative.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 9

The New Zealand tennis championships were concluded to-day. Tilden (U.S.A.) winning the singles, and Tilden and Johnston (U.S.A.) the doubles…

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New Year's Day Cricket in Melbourne When the Boys Won the Hearts of the Crowd

Arrow · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 9

I doubt if a New Year's Day crowd ever spent a happier two hours at a match than they experienced on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday…

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How N.s.w. Won the Cricket Match Some Object Lessons From a Victorian Standpoint

Arrow · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 6

"Cricket judges who watched the match between New South Wales and Victoria (writes Melbourne Herald) can come to no other conclusion than…

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Horse Talk (By "Merrigang.") Racing at Randwick. Fluency, Pelaw Main, Clenacre. Form and the Future. Tattersalls' Club Meeting

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 7

Always the A.J.C. Summer Cup Meeting-offers to bettors at the meeting of Tatterhall's Club a fairly good foundation upon which to make…

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Cricket in Three States Sheffield Shield Match N.S.W. Saved by Gregory and Taylor Englishmen at Ballarat Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

In hot weather the interstate match between New South Wales and South Australia was begun on the Adelaide Oval to-day. The heat was terrific, and…

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Athletics Gossip of the Gathering Big Meetings Ahead

Arrow · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 5

In every way interesting and successful was the fifty-third Highland Gathering at the Show Ground on New Year's Day, and with a cool breeze to temper…

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Athletics

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

The Redfern Karr[?] will hold their monthly meeting at the Sports Ground at 2.[?]0 p.m. to-morrow. Afterwards members will comp[?] in the 100yd handicap for the Conway…

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Athletics. Western Suburbs A.a.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 11

The Western Suburbs club has arranged a programme of club events for January 26, 27, and 28 at Pratten Park, Ashfield, in conjunction with the soldiers' memorial carnival. A 100 yards handicap open to…

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Swimming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 14

To-day's club fixtures:— Sydney Amateur Club: 100 yards senior and junior handicaps at the Domain baths. Manly Club: Carnival at local baths…

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Boxing

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

The £[?] tournament was advanced another singe at the Hippodrome last night. Results were as follow:—Welter-weight No[?]es Division, Second…

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Golf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 14

To-day's club competitions:— Bonnie Doon Club: Stroke handicap. Goncord Club: Stroke handicap, silver button. Manly Club: Summer Cup and handicap…

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SWIMMING Sydney League Club

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

Following are the results of the senior and [?]tor events held by the Sydney League Club in the Domain Baths— [?] YARDS JUNIOR HANDICAP.—First…

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Shakespearean Football

The World's News · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

SIR FRANK BENSON'S love of sport is wellknown, and it would be hard to say whether the famous manager is more interested in theatricals or athletics…

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