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  2. SPORTING GOSSIP AND ANECDOTES

    The Australians were fonder of their mother-country before they discovered that she is a Foster mother-country, says a London wag. ...

    Article : 25 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 113 words
  4. INVARIABLY.

    The difference between a jockey before and a punter after a race? Easy. One always has to weigh in, the other, invariably, to weigh out. ...

    Article : 27 words
  5. OPPOSED TO RULE.

    A great hunting maxim is to "go slow at timber and fast at water." The way our hurdle races are run nowadays, says an English critic, the very opposite is observed. ...

    Article : 34 words
  6. OLD-TIME FIGHTS.

    By the meeting of Dick Hunt and Frank Norris on Tuesday, December 21, 1858, the long-disputed question of superiority between the Sydney and Hawkesbury "fancy" was settled. ...

    Article : 1,295 words
  7. THE "MONDAY" CHAMPIONS.

    A large proportion of our League players are teetotallers from conviction, says an English writer, and I know at least one League team composed wholly of abstainers, and enjoying ...

    Article : 45 words
  8. STRUDWICK A BUILDER.

    Strudwick, the Surrey wicket-keeper, is a builder by trade, and says a London writer, carries through several little contracts even while following his active career in the field. ...

    Article : 11 words
  9. SUCCESSFUL LADY OWNER.

    The recent maiden success, as an owner, of Mrs. Dora Philips at Dunstall Park has created enormous satisfaction locally, says an English paper, the lady being an American who has ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  11. A HARD CASE.

    A well-known forward, who is a teacher under the London County Council, had a joyless experience lately. Although he has never had toothache in his life, the dentist who examined ...

    Article : 28 words
  12. ENGLAND'S GREATEST CENTRE-FORWARD.

    I am asked to decide an argument between two readers, as to whom is or was the greatest centre-forward ever known in English football, says "Jack Sharp," and I shall give my ...

    Article : 10 words
  13. TO SUCCEED JESSOP.

    At a meeting of the committee of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Mr. C. O. H. Sewell was elected to succeed Mr. G. L. Jessop, as secretary to the club, and after the coming ...

    Article : 119 words
  14. HOUNDS RAID BUTCHER'S SHOP.

    A recent run of the Weald of Kent Harriers will cost the hunt something extra in the shape of a butcher's bill. As the hounds were passing through High-street, Tenterden, they ...

    Article : 36 words
  15. ANOTHER RECORD LOWERED.

    A horse named injury lowered the seven-fur-long record at Juarez (Mexico) on January 16 by getting over the distance in 1.24 2.5, and he won easing up at the finish. Jolly Beggar ...

    Article : 22 words
  16. THE RAINBOW TEAM.

    Probably no prominent team has changed its colors more frequently than Chesterfield Town, says an English writer. It has now adopted the same colors as Barnsley. Perhaps the ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. FOOTBALLER'S UPPERCUT.

    For the first time in their history, Watford, had a man ordered off the field on Saturday, says an English football paper. It occurred in the Brentford match, and the story is that after ...

    Article : 91 words
  18. AN AWFUL PITY.

    The following is vouched for by the "St. Andrews Citizen." During the Christmas and New Year holidays, St. Andrews links were very busy, and several emergency caddles had to ...

    Article : 36 words
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    JOHN McCORMACK, "CHAMPION" TENOR OF THE NELBA GRAND OPERA COMPANY, TRIES CONCLUSIONS WITH TOMMY BURNS, EX-CHAMPION FIGHTER OF THE WORLD. This photograph was taken on board the R.M.S. Makura, en route to Canada. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 9 words
  20. DISASTROUS BOWLING.

    Two balls delivered by a fast bowler will want some beating. From the first the wicket-keeper had the exciting and unpleasant experience of being simply bombarded. One of the ...

    Article : 16 words
  21. SIX PIKE IN SIX CASTS.

    A unique performance has been recently accomplished by Mr. J. T. Emery, of the Higabury, Angling Society, who is the world's champion balt caster. Fishing for pike, he landed ...

    Article : 102 words
  22. NEW YORKSHIRE CAPTAIN.

    At the annual meeting of the Yorkshire Cricket Club, Lord Hawke expressed the opinion that the present championship scheme was superior to any that had gone before, and ...

    Article : 62 words
  23. HOBBS AS BOWLER.

    E. W. Ballentine, writing from London to "The Latest" (Durban), said:—"A rather remarkable fact in connection with the Test matches is that Hobbs has never been given a ...

    Article : 101 words
  24. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 282 words
  25. FOSTER'S "DIRTY LEFT."

    The prowess of F. R. Foster, the left-hand bowler with the M.C.C. team, has prompted the following from "Onlooker":— "It isn't a hook or a cross or a jolt, ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. OH! WILLIAM!

    Referring to the career and death of the late "Bill" Lyons, the Auckland sportsman, a New Zealand writer works off the following:—"An old wayback and an old friend of Bill's one ...

    Article : 118 words
  27. "AFTER A WIDE A WICKET."

    The old saying, "After a wide a wicket," came true in curious fashion in a country-house match some time ago. A well-known All-England player was batting, and appeared well set, ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. A SPORTING REGIMENT.

    The 2nd Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry is indeed, a credit to the Service, not only by reason of the good work they have done at their county's call, but also for their ...

    Article : 26 words
  29. PRINCIPAL SPORTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  30. CLEVER GIRL SWIMMER.

    An American newspaper cutting has reference to the recent fine swim of little Doris Payne, who swam from Scanlde Park, Bridgeport, to Steeplechase Island, three miles, ...

    Article : 64 words
  31. KING EDWARD BOWLED FIRST BALL.

    Very few people are aware of the fact that King Edward VII., when he was Prince of Wales, once took part in a match. The contest took place at Sandringham in July, 1886, and ...

    Article : 92 words
  32. GOOGLIE AND SWERVE.

    The googlie is a ball that anyone can bowl, if he practises it when young and not "set"—say, from 10 to 15—if a natural bowler and properly coached, South Africa, for instance, ...

    Article : 418 words
  33. ARISTOCRATIC JOCKEYS.

    Both in German and French racing there are the usual considerable number of noblemen riding as amateur jockeys, but (says a London writer) over here there is hardly a titled ...

    Article : 94 words
  34. GOOD DUAL PERFORMANCE.

    A remarkable double-barrelled performance was put up on the Alexandria (Sydney) Oval by E. T. Hill, a youth of 19. Playing for United Insurance Co. against Tooth and Co.; Hill took ...

    Article : 52 words
  35. A BARRACKER'S FATE.

    Whilst shouting at a football match between Newport and Neath, at Newport, and unidentired spectator swallowed his false teeth, and was suffocated. ...

    Article : 21 words
  36. BIG HONOR FOR LITTLE MAN.

    The following taken from "The Referce" answers to correspondents, is worth reading:—"Waverley: In the record partnerships for Australia, in Test matches with England, S. E. ...

    Article : 131 words
  37. SQUASH RACKETS.

    Why Squash as a game is such a good game is that it is the finest training for every other form of hard exercise, says a writer in "Fry's." The hunting man, who is frost-bound, can keep ...

    Article : 173 words
  38. ROYAL GOLFERS.

    Shooting and golf are the chief sports of the Royal Family. As Prince of Wales King George played a great deal of golf at Frogmore, and at other places he visited where golf was ...

    Article : 43 words
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