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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1928
Page
7
Fragmented OCR lists match areas and venues around Canberra including Northbourne Capitol Hill Duntroon Queanbeyan Red Hill One Tree Hill and Acton. References A Grade games with teams like Duntroon North Canberra and South Fastlake appear with venue notes and partial scores.
Territorial competition opens tomorrow with A Grade Queanbeyan fixtures Gibbs Hobson Medanettie Weller Atkinson Gribble Mudanette Davideon Connett Markuy Alkinse Brogan Hobson Bundles Westlake Northbourne Queanbeyan Duniaon Ainslie South Eastlike Cuinlerrit A B Grade Eastlake Canberra White Northanberra Ainslie Northbourne Westridge Capitol HOM Queanbeyan C Grade Hilly Northinderra Dintroon Tree Hill Acton Capitol PMT Hall Routh Enathike total 45 Howling Croker G10 Pitzpatrietik Why OACKinson Hobson Mu Janette O/8
The Acton Sports Ground hosts A and B grade matches on Saturday with Acton led by Grant as captain and Northbourne fielding teams for A Grade against Weetlike of Weast lake and B Grade at Westridge. Incomplete rosters and mis-spellings noted but players include Stephens Corkhill Ryan Butler Kingston Freeman Parkes Ryee Withers Freebody Scott Butler and others listed.
On Sunday, Kiranbeyan EH Grade met Institute on the railway wickets to contest the Goldberg Cup. After a rocky start, Power dominated with 7 wickets as Institute posted 147 in reply to 104 by Quandt etc. Final scores show Gibbs, Connetteer, and Mackay among top contributors for Queenbeyan while Me Lunette and Atkinson led Institute’s second innings in a bid to secure the cup.
A fire at Mer.bey Ava lev shop and boarding house in Queanbeyan caused £300 damage before volunteers from the Jie brig contained it. The blaze started in the boarding house kitchen and spread to the shop. Owners Hoddie and Cherigakia, insured, are referenced by Mr. R. Beasley. A fire assessor inspects the scene and Coroner Mr. J. Gale orders an inquiry next week.
Fire at a merchant's store on Nevin Street destroyed or damaged several football cups. Cups listed as destroyed include the Fwon Cup and Gomdee Cup, with partial damage to others such as Turanasop and Sash Copy. Additional cups like Capitol Tomait and De Street were noted as affected.
The report highlights Archie Jackson's season for New South Wales with a brilliant 141 in the opening innings and a second century, establishing him as a premier Australian cricketer. It notes Aled Mackay and W. M. Woodfull among others, praising NSW’s strong colts and interstate performances while detailing other players' contributions and future potential.
A readable but garbled tennis summary shows Mere Murray and Mies Phariings defeating Flood and Chidney 7 6, 0 8, with other results including Ry Fitagerald over Aleck une Mise Lever 8 6 and several singles and doubles matches featuring Crowe, Ayclife, Laewdbeater, Cox, Murray, Sollling, and Adleck among various partners.
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