JUST a few lines to let you know how sporting matters are going on here. Since my last epistle to you I have been very ill -- in fact. I was a month in bed. ...
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Article : 34 wordsALEC BURNS would box Mick Dunn, of Australia, at 10st 12lb or 11st, for the best purse offered, and would have a side stake on the result. An answer ...
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Article : 207 wordsNext Saturday night, the 9st competition for boxers who have never won a first prize or a match will be continued. The first round last Saturday week ...
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Article : 49 wordsMESSRS. AVISON AND PEARCE, secretaries for the Maryborough Queen's Birthday sports, advertise their programme. The Sheffield Handicap will ...
Article : 46 wordsBRIGHTON, 11th April. -- SIR, -- I am willing to undertake to stop in eight rounds any of the men engaged in the 9st competition, the winner preferred. I ...
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Article : 59 wordsON the 24th May the Heathcote folks will hold a day's sports. The programme includes a 130yds Sheffield Handicap, of £10. Entries are due on the 8th May, ...
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Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904), Tue 17 Apr 1894, Page 2
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