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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1918
Page
12
A wartime cricket roundup highlights players scoring centuries and enduring injuries across campaigns. Narratives center on athletes like Taylor and Faulkner, detailing match outcomes, wartime service, and the impact on postwar cricket prospects.
The service at St Johns Church of England Miltons Point paid tribute to Gunner Frank Evatt and his brother Lieutenant Ray Evatt M C, noting long wartime service and local credit. The rector Rev We Henley Frater praised their sacrifices and linked them to regional honors. Nationalist Party candidate W F Meminone was named as a party pick.
The note requests sending the newspaper copy to Red Cross Depot at 5 Wynyard Street Sydney for distribution between the Red Cross Society and the War Chest. Copies are to be posted weekly to soldiers abroad.
A Nationalist Party candidate Tor Lang Ward contested Sydney municipal seats. In Hobart cricket, Derwent beat Wellington by 214 runs for seven wickets on opening afternoon at Association Ground Domain with Forster, Penny, Green among standout performers.
Fragmentary OCR text listing numerous unreadable names places and numbers with no coherent news event or identifiable reports. No clear people organizations dates or actions emerge to summarize.
The Melbourne ground hosted a delayed war time cricket outing, with crowds filling the stands to see England meet Australia. Armstong, Ransford and Ryder starred for the MCC attack while Melbourne’s Bowler strength, led by Warwick Arr, limited Collingwood to 198 in a tense chase. Wycer Bingell top scored for Collingwood with 39 as the day closed amid bright play and wayward winds.
Ragged text recounts a cricket match where Northcote and Richmond struggled with batters lively yet error prone. Notable scores include Baylies 19 and Smit 13 for Northcote, while Bayliss 145 and Kehry 24 propelled Richmond. The report notes runouts, tight bowling, and fluctuating infield play amid an absorbing contest.
The notice recalls My J. J. Hesitiey of Pek Remi, a Football League figure in England, who died aged 86 after a career with Mount Wanderers and Manvhener United FC. It notes his roles as founder, writer, editor, and administrator, alongside reflections on New Zealand troops in France and Belgium. The piece also covers South Melbourne and Essendon cricket details and a Wes Canterbury club update, with mentions of Sappers Laverdge and Ranji Wilkon and a look at Wallabies, NSW leagues, and Parramatta.
The readable portions indicate a theatre listing with a venue or show name and a date or identifier, but the OCR is severely garbled leaving unclear names, places, or timing. This summary preserves the fragmentary nature while noting the likely theater program with missing details.
A compact report notes a team or equipment event with durable reels and spinners, highlighting value in the spin apparatus and its impact on PFC EA operations. No clear names or dates are identifiable in the fragment.
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