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THE Rugby League
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Fix this textPublished by the N.S.W. Rugby Football League at their Office, 165 Phillip Street, Sydney, N.S.W.
Fix this textYo!. 2 —No 22
Fix this textSYDNEY - , SEPTEMBER 3rd, 1921
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Fix this textMR. w. WEBB
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Fix this textMR. J. QUINLAN
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Fix this textMR. H. P. S. KELLEY
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Fix this textMR. F. HARON
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Fix this textMR. A. PLUMB
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Fix this textWebb, m 1910, till the present year,
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Fix this text“Kangaroos” toured England in
Fix this text1911-12 he was joint manager with
Fix this textCharlie Ford, and the success of
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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