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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 26, 1908
Page
12
Fragmentary OCR notes mention tennis balls and rackets, a championship event, and names Holdsworth and Macpherson among others. The readable text references a local fair or show with sporting gear and a possible championship, but many words are garbled.
Report on New South Wales nine wicket win in a drawn out innings at Barnes Seleket Ground with Gardaley, Trumper, and Raveniey starring for NSW. The summary notes England's bowlers Mansfield and Hobbs, and Gorry's all round effort as NSW chased and finished with ten wickets remaining.
A battered fragmentary report notes Beet Torrens posting 208 for eight, Sturt replying with 214 for seven before day end. Players named include N Claxton Ty AO Gennor Gollig A Wright Kampereia and others, with several obfuscated terms and unclear actions from the winded sequence.
A fragmented account covers Melbourne cricket, noting performances by players such as Warne and Carlton, with references to Morale and minor figures. It mentions scores, wickets, partnerships, and conditions at Princs Park and Melbourne grounds, highlighting pockets of strong bowling and batting while several names appear inconsistently due to OCR.
A rattled cricket notes column from Queensland describes a chaotic scene with river routes, roads, and unclear placenames. The piece mentions players, teams, and local venues amid a garbled stream of names, hints of scores, and a rapid runoff of regional references.
Whiskies have come and gone like tree leaves in Autumn, but Usher's has always maintained the appreciation of discriminating drinkers.
A long OCR fragment details trotting clubs in South Wales and notices about meetings and weather. It mentions trainers, owners, and horses like Dalmata and Brojumoyns, plus social items and club actions, with references to dates, venues, and prize ideas. The text reflects a busy, noisy period newspaper style with scattered horse racing and social notices.
A garbled reminiscence of a trotting event contains scattered names, times, placements, and lane notes. It mentions Abbey Bells, Stace Shawisn, Huber, and a two year old horse among blurred lines about a meet, races, and a setup at an altar. The fragment references dates, venues, and people with minimal clear structure.
Fragmented OCR list of names, events, and places with unclear details. Reads like race notice notes and entries from a local athletics section with multiple garbled items and no coherent story.
Report covers the Dunedin Autumn Meeting with scattered readable text and missing details. Names, times, and placements are unclear in the damaged OCR, offering only fragmented mentions of participants and events from the New Zealand racing event.
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