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Sport, 1926

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Wyong Park Racing Club. Wyong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 14

The Wyong Park races were held to-day in beautiful weather, and good fields. The last two days' rain kept the track good. Results:- Opening Handicap, 4½f.—Moonlight, 8 (Allan), 1;…

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This Fell in on Us on Boxing Day

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

The Deputy Commissioner and Staff, War Service Homes Commission desire to convey…

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Cricket Special the Fastest Ground

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 4

THE fact of the outfield of the Melbourne Cricket Ground being slow in the match between N.S.W. and Victoria, brought to mind another fielding area on…

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Cricket at Goulburn Goulburn

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 6

The match between Goulburn and the N.S.W. Junior Union was won by the latter by 241 to 166. For the Juniors Alleyn 65. Cough[?]on 43, and McDougall 44 were the…

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To-day's Club Swimming Many Stars Away State Title Events

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 3

Several of the local sulmming clubs will bold competitive events to-day but the absence of a number of the stare due to the holidays will [?]oh…

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Lawn Tennis Country Progress Date of Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 6

Travelling through the country one realises the great hold tennis has on the outback people, homestead after homestead, large and small, having…

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Cricket Penrith Defeats Parramatta Mental Hospital

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

Penrith journeyed to Parramatta on Boxing Day and played their annual match against Parramatta Mental Hospital The visitors won by 114 runs on…

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Cricket Juniors at Goulburn Goulburn

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

The cricket match between N.S.W. Juniors and Goulburn resulted in a win for the visitors by 75 runs. The scores were: Juniors 241 [?]lleyn 63…

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Total 531 Big Task for N.z. Cunningham Bowls Well

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 6

New South Wales, with a total of 531 in its first innings, set New Zealand a formidable task…

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At Moorefield Nine Races Today Lintress Fancied

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 10

A number of the runners at Randwick yesterday are engaged at Moorefield this afternoon, so there is considerable doubt…

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BOXING Collins Beats Butcher Knock-out in Fourth Round Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 13

Harry Collins, welterweight boxing champion of Australia, had no difficulty in defending his title in the contest at Newcastle National Sports Ground, this morning…

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English Football New Year's Day Games London

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

The English Football Association's competitions were advanced a further stage to-day. The Blackburn Rovers-Huddersfield Town match in the first…

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When the Gong Goes the Boxing Game Great & Small Bucking the Tiger

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 8

IT is a quaint old Anglo-Saxon custom to declare all coloured folk, black. Quite wrong. AS a matter of fact the colour scheme…

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Well Matched Boxing Speedsters Billy Grime and Fernandez To-night's Big Fight

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 3

What looks the pras[?]dting our of the most attractive no[?]ing contests that Jack Munce has yet [?]at the Stadium is to the decided to-night…

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New Zealand Racing. Manawatu (Third Day). Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 15

Juvenile Handicap, 5f.—Kilperon, 8-3, 1; Standard, 8-13, 2; Alyson, 8-2, 3. Twelve started. Won by a nose, three lengths between second and third. Time, 1m 2 2-5s…

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Lawn Tennis Miss Bickerton a Rapid Advance W. Suburbs Tourney

Evening News · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 2

Undoubtedly the lady player who has made the greatest advance in the same during the past is months is Miss Sickerton, a member of the…

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Wireless That Australian Beam Station Controversy in England Marvels of Rugby: How Messages Are Sent

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 1

Australia's claim to control her own beam wireless station in England has received such support that the Imperial Government is to be urged by members of Parliament to reconsider its adverse decision on the matter…

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Lawn Tennis. Cumberland Championships. MISS L. Bickerton Beats Miss M. COX

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 15

A record attendance filled the stands and other vantage points at Pratten Park yesterday, the play throughout the semi-finals reaching a high standard. In the singles Championship J. O. Anderson started…

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99 M.p.h. 20 Races at Maroubra Close Contests

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 5

Twenty races were on the programme for the third meeting of the Olympia Speedway at Maroubra today, the first commencing at 11.30 a.m…

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Australian Team. Plea for Kelleway. Opinions at the Cricket Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1926 · page 11

The non-inclusion of C. E. Kelleway in the 12 players selected to tour England with the Australian eleven of 1926, was hotly criticised by groups of members at the Sydney Cricket…

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