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Sport, 1922

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Boxing and Vaudeville

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 3

On next Wednesday night at the Hippodrome training exhibitions will be stated between Pat Mills, Bill Scrogings, Jack Brown, and Jim Flett. Hock Keys…

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BOWLS Greens Sodden

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 8

Bowlers were keenly disappointed yesterday when the rain interfered with the resumption of the Pennant major and minor, the B major and minor, and the…

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BOWLS Competition Matches Postponed

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 8

The rain again put an end to the hopes of bowlers yesterday. All the greens looked in perfect condition, and the teams selected to play in the Major and Minor Pennant, the Major and…

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Ascot Races

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 2

Owners, tra[?] and all who go a-racing, are reminded that nominations for the various events to be decided at Ascot on Wednesday, January 18, close…

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At Monday's Races

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 22

It takes more than a hurricane rain storm to keep the women who make race-going their hobby at home. The fascinating pastime of 'backing one's…

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Tennis on the Film

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 8

Gerald Patterson, the Australian tennis champion, is to be seen at the Crystal Palace all this week in film studios, Illustrating, by the aid of tile slow motion…

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Cricket V. Rain

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 8

The interstate captains, V. Richardson and Arthur Mailey, retiring from one of their many visits of inspection to the wicket…

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Swimming Ashes Victoria Present Holders "Australian Games"

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 10

"The Australian swimming championship carnivals are to be hold at the Domain Baths, commencing next Saturday. These carnivals are held under…

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Incident at the Cricket Ground

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 8

Rundell, who wade 78, bowled by a beautiful ball from Hendry…

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Swimming Champions Coming Big Carnivals Contest for the Kieran Shield

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 6

A section of the swimming championships of Australia will be held at the Domain Baths on January 14, 18 and 21. Eight years have elapsed since the…

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Lawn Tennis All Fixtures Postponed Country Week Gossip

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 9

On account of the incessant rain yesterday, all fixtures, including the country carnival, were postponed. At a meeting of the country captains. at…

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Expensive Cricket Loss of £700 Sheffield Shield Match

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 8

The N.S.W. Cricket Association is faced with a loss of hundreds of pounds over the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and a local…

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Cricket in Spasms Fifty-seven Minutes' Play New South Wales and South Australia

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 8

As the typical Saturday morning indicated, the cricket in the Sheffield Shield match between N.S.W. and South Australia was largely covering and…

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Dominion Athletics Springboks Meet Victorians Oosterlaak Wins Sprint Gale Breaks Record in 300 Yards Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1922 · page 9

The thousands of spectators who went to the Amateur Sports Grounds to-day to see capital sport were in no way disappointed, as they were treated…

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Swimming

Evening News · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 2

The Abbotsford Amateur Swimming Club will resume recing to-morrow night (Tuesday), with a 54 yards handicap. Owing to a carnival being held in the…

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Golf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

Saturday s golf competitions resulted:- BONNIE DOON CLUB. Bogey Handicap W. J. White (4), sq.; R. Aitken (5), 1 down; G. Thompson (ser.), 2 down; C. Morgan…

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Sydney League Swimming Club

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 8

Owing to a carnival being held in the Domain Baths next Wednesday night the usual senior and junior events of the above club will not be held, but all the members,…

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Boxing. Spargo Beats Garcia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

By clever and forceful fighting Bert Spargo, the Australian featherweight champion, beat Louis Garen, of Mexico, in 20 rounds at the Stadium on Saturday night. It was one of the best contests staged at the Stadium…

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Boxing a Mexican Reverse

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

Bert Spargo, who can write featherweight champion of Australia after his name, made Garcia, the tough Mexican, realise at the Stadium on Saturday night that he knew very little about boxing. For this instruction,…

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Bowls. Pennant Competitions Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1922 · page 6

Another wet Saturday led to the pennant committee deciding that the round which was set down for that afternoon should be postponed until next Saturday. Before this decision was reaehed some of the…

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