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Sport, 1922

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Albion Park Meeting Backers Beaten in Most Races a New Sire to the Fore Ruberslaw's Sequence

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 3

Oppressive weather was mainly responsible for a marked falling off in the attendance at Albion Park races on Saturday, after the second race a storm…

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[?]orld's Lawn Tennis Topics Champions to Play Through [?]erican Ranking List : Makes our Davis Cup Prospects Look Good

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 16

Important matters in tennis are transpiring across the seas. In England the determination that the world's champion shall play through is of world-wide interest. And the American ranking, list is highly interesting to tennis people in Australia. It helps prospectively…

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Sporting Review Metropolitan Racing--last Year's Stakes--kensington To-day--randwick Gallops the Year's Progress Stakes for Turf £320,000 Distributed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 4

The remarkable advance made in racing affairs during the past decade in the metropolitan area alone is almost staggering. One has only to glance at the amount of…

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The Triumph of the Ball Good Wicket on Monday Sees Batsmen Fail Whitty Bowls into Light Nor'-East Wind and Goes Through the Sydney Batsmen

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 12

For Monday the weather smiled benignly. The wicket had been covered, and the Intermittent showers of Sunday did no…

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New Zealand Contingent Will Add Interest to Racing at Randwick Gloaming, Pluto, Egotism, Thespian and The Hawk Nomi-nated for The Doncaster

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 3

If expectations be realised, we shall see some of the stars of New Zealand measuring their paces with the best of Australia…

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The Springboks in Sydney Athletic Team Arrived Yesterday

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 9

The track members of the visiting South African athletic team arrived in Sydney by the express from Melbourne yesterday morning. The party…

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The New South Wales Winning Team in the Australasian Amateur Athletic Championships in Adelaide

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 1

Standing (from left to right): C. J. Grandemange, D. G. Munro, A. W. Reid, F. W. Edwards, J. U Hodgkinson, E. W. Carr, P. WalBh (trainer). Sitting: A. L. Harwood, R. J. Honner, G. R. Parker, T. H. Ferguson (manager), R. V. Harbison, W. H. Hutton, H. S. Grandemange…

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The Australasian Athletic Championships Aftermath of Big Meeting Form Analysed : Incidents and Happenings

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 9

The Australasian athletic championships in Adelaide will be memorable for many reasons. First of all there were some remarkably fast times recorded, the contests were all keen, and brought out the finest that was in the men. The presence of the South Africans lent…

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Athletics. Club Night Sports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 12

The opening electric light meeting of the year was held at the Sydney Sports Ground last evening when a handicap programme was submitted by the Botany, East Sydney, N.S.W. Walking, Redfern, and South…

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Athletics

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 3

With the Australasian championships over, the sport is likely to be comparatively quiet for a little while. The next big meet will be in March, when…

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The Perth Cup Meeting Good Racing : Increase in the Totalisator Receipts How Earl of Seafield Won the Perth Cup : Easingwood Wins All Aged Stakes : Fails in Cup

Referee · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 4

The big W.A.T.C. meeting was a fine success all round, with the racing very good, and the attendance and Totalliator…

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Association Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 6

February 19 has been s decided upon as the date on which the association regatta (championship fours and skulls) will be held. The champion fours will be rowed over a two-mile course from Blaxland to Henley, and…

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Boxing

Evening News · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 2

TO. boxing bouts at the Hippedrome last night results— Joe Miller [?] best Hock Keys [?] on points:[?] stopped jim yates [?] in three…

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Swimming Sydney Ladies' Club

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 8

The annual carnival of the Sydney ladies Club will be held at the Coogee Aquarium to night. The principal event will be the 440 Yards Championship of New South Waies, for which entries have been received…

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Swimming. Boy Scouts' Competitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 11

Interstate swimming competitions for Boy Scouts took place at the Domain Baths yesterday, with the following rosul:- Fifty Yards Championship (under 13 years).—First…

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Kensington Racing Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 6

Yesterday's pony and galloway meeting at Kensington provided an opportunity for the racing community to indulge in speculation after a couple of days' rest. They were there in thousands, and the…

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Shipping Cricket

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 4

The following have been selected to represent the Overseas Cricket Club against John Danks & Co., at Concord, next Saturday:—…

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Notes Rosehill Races

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 8

Acceptances in connection with the Rosehill Club's meeting, to be held on Saturday, close today at 1 p.m. Special trains direct to racecourse, will leave Sydney as follows:--…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 6

All the matches in the preliminary rounds of the men's teams competition were completed yesterday. The winners of divisions were Harden, Barraba I., Goulburn L, Dubbo I., and West Wyalong. all being…

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The Regatta. Lord Forster to Compete. in New Restricted Class

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 10

A committee meeting to arrange the details of the 86th Anniversary Day regatta was held at the Chamber of Commerce last night. Mr. A. G. Milson, who presided, announced…

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