South Australia - Sport

Basketball

Information on basketball being played on the beach at Semaphore is in the Express,
24 August 1897, page 4b.

Information on several teams is in the Express,
8 October 1904, page 3c.

A photograph of an OBI basketball team is in the Express,
27 October 1911, page 6,
of members of the Adelphian Basketball Club in the Observer,
19 October 1912, page 29.

"Games for Girls - Basketball" is in the Register,
3 June 1914, page 10c.

A photograph of members of the Adelphian Basketball Club is in the Express,
25 March 1918, page 8.

A photograph is in the Observer,
11 October 1924, page 34,
of a ladies' basketball team is in the Chronicle,
15 May 1930, page 21,
a South Australian team on
22 August 1935, page 37.

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Billiards

Reports on billiard matches are in the Express,
1 August 1864, page 2d,
Register,
6 March 1865, page 2g,
Express,
21 August 1865, page 2c,
Chronicle,
9 March 1867, page 2h (supp.),
Register,
26, 27, 28 and 30 December 1876, pages 6g, 6d, 5f and 6d,
2 and 3 January 1877, pages 7a and 5b; also see
21 July 1880, page 6g,
10 January 1911, page 6c.

"Mr John Roberts, the Billiard Champion" is in the Chronicle,
25 March 1865, page 5d; also see
23 April 1870, page 4c,
30 December 1876, page 13d,
Express,
16 January 1880, page 2d,
26 June 1885, page 3f.

Information on the Theatre Royal Billiard Room is in the Register,
4 June 1868, page 2h,
"A New Billiard Saloon" on 11 November 1878, page 5b.

"Billiards and Billiard Rooms" is in The Lantern,
22 July 1876, page 8a.

"Grand Billiard Exhibition" is in the Register,
24 and 31 May 1879, pages 5c and 6d.

"The New Rules of Billiards" is in the Chronicle,
9 January 1886, page 15a.

A match with a monetary wager linked thereto is reported in the Chronicle,
22 October 1892, page 21d; also see
Express,
20 and 21 October 1892, pages 2e and 4d.

An editorial on "The Billiard Championship" is in the Advertiser,
25 September 1893, page 4g; also see
20 April 1896, page 4f.

"Management of Billiard Rooms" is in the Register,
10 October 1901, page 4f,
Observer, 12 October 1901, page 31a.

"Billiards for Young Men" is in the Advertiser,
1 July 1909, page 6f.

"A Lady Billiardist" is in the Register,
27 June 1913, page 7b.

"Queen's Hall as a Billiard Saloon" is in the Register,
8 and 12 October 1921, pages 6f and 8g.

Biographical details of Albert H. Hearnden are in the Register,
30 July 1926, page 11g.

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