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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 17, 1938
Page
13
In a highly detailed account, Opperman completes nearly five hours on the Kalgoorlie to Perth run. The narrative includes references to cycling events, timing, and public interest in the race, with mentions of Sydney, the Federal Cycling Council, and various locations and numbers from the era.
Reported chaos and excitement fill the Melbourne board track as Toseland and Clinton dominate the exhibition 100 kilo event amid crashes and injuries. Fans described high speed, bold moves, and the crowd cheering through a tense program with several riders sidelined by broken collars and lengthy delays.
A fragmented OCR snippet hints at a chaotic scene with stray references to spokes, names, places, and events. The readable bits suggest a wart of garbled lines or column notes, leaving only scattered proper nouns and unclear actions behind.
fragmentary OCR records show cycle events and club notes with scattered names and dates. Mentions of Sparta Club, Devonport, Latrobe, and goings on around December with cycling figures and venues are present though largely unreadable. The text references various cycles and meetings but lacks complete details for a full event recap.
Fragmentary text mentions multiple names and places such as Bovina and Roissle with scattered notes about dates, cases, and events. The legible pieces reference people like Teagan and Hannonary and various phrases hint at a newspaper page with lists, notices, and possibly ads, but most specifics are unreadable.
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