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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1923
Page
3
Weekend Goodwood races at Hele Mont featured the Children’s Hospital Cup fund-raiser. Mim Solo won the main event with Hopaway Sunclean and Sunclean placing, while other plates and handicap races yielded mixed results and scratches.
Polione finished second to Diren Sure at Boulder on Saturday afternoon earning £35 for a place. A big dividend of £33 was paid at Boulder on Monday.
Melbourne reports the opening day of the WRC Grand National Meeting at Palmington with a keenly run Grand National Hurdles race. The result showed Lotkows, Rerumla, Netdoe and Jockstalf among the top finishers in a strong field.
In London July 8, Mademoiselle Lenglen defeated Mr Kane in two straight sets 6-2 6-2 in the Lucien Championship tourney final. The match confirmed Lenglen's notable superiority in the event.
A fragmented report from London notes a race where Julian Bealander barely wins the last heat against Belyea the Canadian in a tense event marked by a sudden bend of the lead and a reported tenth in the final result.
Norths defeated Easts by 70 to 68 after a fast, hard fought match. Nesbitt Baxter and Kit led the victors with multiple goals as Easts rallied late but could not overtake the Norths despite strong defense from Saunders Milne and Harrold.
Kayla and Norths defeated their rivals in the final minor premiercup match before the senior game on Saturday. Exes proved stronger in earlier beblads runouts without several regulars. Final scores show Mouls 10 beblads 46 and Northe 3 beblads 14. Goal scorers for winners include Milne twice, L Milne, J Knight, and J Verran. Borths' Hutchn contributed for the losers.
The Northe win on Saturday tied up minor competitions with Wesia as the season closes on the games front.
Fragmentary text discusses revenue needs for sending a team to a carnival in Kutanning and notes comparisons to other places. It mentions season end challenges and doubts about a move, with references to matching play and potential movement.
Saturday progress in the popular football player contest shows Ray Nell taking the lead with 480 votes after Jack Saunders, previously ahead, drops to second ahead of J Saunders and T Angove. A West Club cribbage tournament raised support for candidate Angove, boosting his standing, while a social dance in the Masonic Ball for Saunders's candidature featured performances, a wheel of dance squares, and prizes.
The WAL Football League matchday on Saturday afternoon saw three more games decided with notable results. Eust Perth defeated West Perth by 11 14 to 7 7, Fremantle beat Subiaco 9 7 to 6 13, and South Fremantle edged Perth 7 14 to 7 9.
In a tense clash between Combined Goldfields and the Victorian Association, Goldfields won 14 13 to 13 12 in a tight game. Victoria's goal kicking was strong, with only five misses, as Thistles and junior players drew attention to onfield discipline and safety.
The State steamer Euela arrives from Fremantle with cargo and will stay until Wednesday before renaming voyage to Esperance via ports. Other ships include Mulbourne Shipping Co cargo carrier Woolgar leaving Towraday July 14 to reach Adelaide July 18, and Interstate liner Katoomba arriving July 24 after Melbourne and Adelaide calls. White Star liner Suevia from London due Albany Wednesday with passengers and mail plus 168 tons of cargo. The Mercia and Dalgety agents list ships Dulgety and Co and Themiutecls sailing Liverpool June 20 toward Albany by July 25 with passengers and mail.
An Albany event at the Rifle Club featured a 50 and 40 yard range shoot with a shoot off for the Haines Trophy among Farr Bruce Wiley and Peel who each carried a single loss. W J Riley won the trophy at 600 yards, amid a closely fought contest and a club aggregate tally for the year. The National Rifle Association of Western Australia announced the 10th annual prise meeting at Osborne range September 10 to 14 with £1600 in prize money and trophies, entries closing September 1.
Bendigo launched a soccer game with cooperation between promoters and league controllers. The Bendigo League agrees to arrange exhibition matches as curtain-raisers to weekly league fixtures.
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