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  2. SPORTING REVIEW.

    Cricket reformers--and the subject of reform is receiving more serious consideration at the present juncture than it has had in years--are giving a good deal of attention to, among other ...

    Article : 1,281 words
  3. BEAUREPAIRE BUSY.

    Frank de Beaurepaire, the Australian middle land long-distance amateur swimming champion of a few years ago, has not yet given up nil hope of again competing in amateur races. ...

    Article : 581 words
  4. LEAGUE RUGBY.

    When Harold Wagstaff, England's skipper in the series of test games that saw Australia deprived of the title of champions of the Northern Union code, left England, he told an ...

    Article : 478 words
  5. AMATEURISM.

    Properly introduced and controlled, it has been shown that amateur sport has a marked influence in improving the morale of soldiery. Such is the testimony of an American major, ...

    Article : 423 words
  6. UNION CARNIVAL.

    Thirty years have elapsed since the first New Zealand Rugby team, led by Milton, and including amongst its many heroes a native Achilles called "Jock" Tiaaron, first set foot ...

    Article : 850 words
  7. CYCLING CONTROL.

    The axe has fallen on the Victorian League of Wheelmen. As predicted in "The Daily Telegraph" months ago, the Inter-club Cycling Association is to be recognised as the ...

    Article : 354 words
  8. BROOKES.

    Brookes v. Wilding!--the former as challenger for the title of world's tennis champion, the latter as defender. This match has eagerly been waited for by ...

    Article : 711 words
  9. A RISKY BUSINESS.

    A recent happening in Queensland has again laid bare the risk of disqualification incurred by breeders who lense horses to other persons to race. The lessor might bind the lessee ...

    Article : 1,366 words
  10. MOTORING.

    The Governor-General has accepted the position of patron of the Automobile Club of Australia, in succession to Lord Denman. ...

    Article : 24 words
  11. SCULLING.

    Miss Lily Pearce and Arthur Pearce have challenged the holders of the mixed double sculls title (Miss Nellie Counsell and George M'Devitt), and the latter pair have notified their ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. 1000 MILES TRIAL.

    The roads and tours committee of the Automobile Club of Australia will meet this evening to discuss the 1000 miles reliability trial, which is to be held early in September, and ...

    Article : 334 words
  13. THE CLUB IDEA.

    The idea of establishing a Rugby League club has been revived. It is not a now idea by any means. There was some talk of it five or six years ago. But the Licensing Act has been ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. NEXT SATURDAY'S GAMES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 188 words
  15. PEARCE AND FELTON.

    Harry Pearce and Alf. Felton have started training for their match, which is to take place on the Middle Harbor course on August 8. Pearce has been away from rowing for six ...

    Article : 268 words
  16. RESIGNED.

    Sir Joseph Carruthers, for many years president of the New South Wales Cricket Association, has intimated that he intends to resign at the next annual meeting of that body, which ...

    Article : 348 words
  17. CYCLING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 245 words
  18. PETROL CONSUMPTION TEST.

    The roads and tours committee of the Automobile Club will at to-night's meeting arrange the date, course, and conditions for this month's competition, which is to take the form of a ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. LACROSSE.

    Sydney and Petersham are now bracketed for first place in the senior competition. Mosman, Eastern Suburbs, and Balmain are very close up, and there is every indication of the next ...

    Article : 535 words
  20. THEN AND NOW.

    Where the game has improved since the early nineties line been in its more general excellence, better-conditioned men, and a closer application to the study of minor tactics. At one ...

    Article : 707 words
  21. ARNST COMING BACK.

    There is absolutely no doubt now about Dick Arnst making another effort to win back his old position of sculling champion of the world. When the article first conveying Arnst's ...

    Article : 225 words
  22. INTER-STATE TRIAL.

    The next Inter-State reliability trial, which is to start in Sydney and finish in Melbourne, will be discussed this evening by the officials of the Automobile Club. A letter has been ...

    Article : 229 words
  23. NOT TO MAKE FIGHTERS.

    Replying to criticisms of his boxing in schools scheme, which has already found acceptance in Victoria, and is expected by its originator to do likewise in Queensland, and ...

    Article : 412 words
  24. ROWING.

    The chief item of interest in rowing circles at the present moment is the forthcoming tussle between the Glebe and Enterprise rowing clubs for the Leichhardt challenge shield. ...

    Article : 290 words
  25. LAWN TENNIS.

    A. B. Jones has added another championship to his list by securing that of the western districts at Dubbo last week. The field there was not so strong as is met at city tournaments, ...

    Article : 323 words
  26. NEW CLUB ROOMS.

    The Automobile Club has a strong and influential committee arranging for new club rooms. The present rooms are central enough, but they are not by any means up to the ...

    Article : 110 words
  27. THE GRAND PRIX.

    Further particulars of the Grand Prix, run in France on Saturday, have been received by cable by the Dunlop Company. The race resulted in a triumph for the German Mercedes, ...

    Article : 194 words
  28. REFEREES ON STRIKE.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The trouble between the Wellington Rugby Union and the Referees' Association continues. The referees have issued an ultimatum that unless they are ...

    Article : 112 words
  29. INMAN FOR AMERICA.

    Melbourne Inman, the champion billiardist, is to have his next big game in America. Wille Hoppe, the American champion, is a long way ahead of any other American in point of skill, ...

    Article : 146 words
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