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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1920
Page
5
Sporting brief reports results from Lier and MP Club with mixed outcomes. Notable matches show several players scoring across Friday to midweek fixtures, including key efforts by Michoaras and Frieday, with varying team wins and losses.
In a high scoring match Carlton with 1046 points edged Geelong after a tense second half. Key plays featured Carlton attackers downs bickford and witla while Geelong fought back with leger, ramon, and clover sustaining pressure across the final periods.
OCR fragment appears from a Pontoon match report with garbled names and scores. Readable names include Sharman and Faber among others, with unclear totals and placements. The jumbled line lacks a coherent event, participants, or final result to confirm.
Geelong hosts a pennant match with singles and doubles results. Notable: Geelong wins 3 rubbers to 1 with players like Bareena, Cleverdon, Jessup, Carr and Tremihea contributing. South Yarra secures one rubber in a 44 games tally. detailed set scores listed for multiple matches.
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