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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 15, 1916
Page
5
WA sporting sections cover school athletic championships at Perth with Alcock Cup lineage and Clark’s standout performances. Cricket gossip previews the 1916 17 season, praising University players, East Perth stars, and a plan for regular Wednesday and Saturday matches amid military restrictions.
Fragmented report covers Melbourne Cup day cricket with Malvern Coburg and Hawthorn innings. Mentions players such as McCall, Davies, Bolsmare, Malvern, Coburg, Hawthorn, and Ce details are garbled, but indicates a close finish with a narrow win and various individual scores.
A fragmented report covers a Saturday motor race with 20 starters in Class L and multiple Daimler and Oakland cars, detailing drivers, times, and a rough Perth to Fife route of 367 miles. It notes signalers aiding field communications, a field telephony system, and a 28 mile per hour average speed with 26 miles per gallon fuel efficiency, alongside military notes and club promotions.
The annual meeting of the Motor World club is set for 4 in the afternoon at Baumann’s Cafe with the committee preparing ideas for a peer of pet ieas. The dinner will be hearty and well attended. President WB Latke will chair the gathering. George Gray the Australian champion meets JF Hooper in an amateur billiards exhibition.
Fragmentary report covers late nineteenth century American and British cycling and machinery topics. Mentions Yale defeat, American football results, and industrial mentions of manufacturing, distribution, and new machine innovations amid scattered names and dates.
The marine motoring championship slated for January 29 features notable entrants from Australia and New Zealand. Organizers expect a licenced water course near Tortoise, with top boats like Na ji ity and Ve Ghlin' oats tishan among competitors, as efforts to secure NSW representation continue.
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