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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 17, 1915
Page
6
The article surveys billiards activity across New South Wales and Sydney, detailing club results, player performances, and upcoming matches. It mentions figures like Reece, Grey, and Williams, reports on leagues, and notes on international competition, with references to U.S. and English billiards scenes and forthcoming Australia wide fixtures.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions places and names in a mangled way. Key entities and events are not decipherable, leaving an unreliable summary with no clear people, organizations, dates, or outcomes to report.
In Irish waters near Sherk Island the Sydney Flying Squadron led a tense race, with Mona and Sunny South battling for the lead as winds and swells shifted. The contest featured close calls, then final overtakes before dusk, while Glenelg Carnival results followed and Henley Beach hosted a special race.
The Port Hunter and Sydney regattas feature boats such as Moyana Mavis Mona Sydney and Sunoy with fierce windward and downwind legs. The final stretches see Mavis close to victory, while Sydney and Sunny South contend for places as Australian and Mayans challenge. Officials track the tight races near Sheik Toland and Ei Ley's Head with crews like Arline Advance and Mississippi pushing hard.
The entry lists a match race of 1000 pounds and a 420 sterling handicap with participants including McIntosh, Mey, and Campbell. Handicappers are Mesnes, Aravt McIntosh, and others. Parts of the notice mention Sydney, Campbell, and local venues with terse betting details.
An outright trophy valued at 610 ran at the suburb grounds with Mageot, lan Panuck as referee in a northeast wind favoring the birds. Of 16 competitors nine dropped out before the third round. J E Megalin tailed in the fourth. C Mt Cure mised in the Ath. W H Watson was beaten by an easy bird in the seventh. W J Miller’s bird caused a fall in the eleventh. L N Walford’s bird fell out of bounds. R F Rytie tested the strongest. Alter led the remaining. Emanuel Scoresnor noted in the final, as nineteen a su…
A fragmented report details NRW Chur Chit events with sweepstakes and scores. Mentions Wa Ford and R A Will CG Barnes, with unclear rounds and unusual form observed.
Victorian gun notes report a Melbourne club event with Calvounle dominance in handicap marks and multiple performances by top shooters. The piece mentions Beattie, Mitchell, and Weber among participants, plus weather influences and near-record gallery results at Brighton and Port Phillip venues.
The Melbourne Gun Club hosted a busy Saturday with novices strong and a Members Handicap hotly contested.3 trophies and a sweepstakes were decided as multiple shooters achieved notable scores including South and Belgians. many members travelled from abroad and others prepared for upcoming events.
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions Charles Boswell and High-class Guns with garbled lines and stray injections. It ends with a location cue Strand, London, suggesting a historical ad or notice. The readable content is largely unreadable and appears to be a disrupted archival fragment without a clear event or date.
The report details coursing activities in Victoria with references to the Worahaar EC and arrangements for a March event at the grounds on Friday, the 19th, offering a 50 pound prize plus a 8 day stake for all axes. It mentions scattered hare paddock security issues, weather delaying start, and plans for future meetings at Gloucester CC with Hampshire bloodlines and saplings for sale.
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