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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1937

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Silver City Swimming Handicaps

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 8

The Silver City Swimming Club will conduct its regular weekly compote tion at the Baths to-morrow morning at ll o'clock…

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Menindie Races

Western Grazier · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

The races held at Mo[?]dia on Boxing Day passed off [?] successfully. There was a large [?] and [?] racing was witnessed. The Hurl's Rice was…

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Swimming for Children Classes At Baths

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 8

From January 4 to January 14, swimming classes will be conducted under the auspices of the New South Wales Education Department at the…

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Women's Cricket for Hospital

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 8

Two teams have been chosen from the Ladies' Cricket Association to engrage in a match at Hillside to-morrow for the benefit of the Hospital…

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Outstanding Test Feats On Melbourne Cricket Ground

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 8

Melbourne has seen great and thrilling moments in Tests, in cidents that will live in the reminiscences of cricket…

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Golf Rules Alteration Will Players Use Fewer Clubs? LONDON, January 2

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

The Rules of Golf Committee has announced that it will recommend to the Royal and Ancient Club, at its meeting next May, that the number…

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Golf Rules Alteration Will Players Use Fewer Clubs? LONDON. January 2

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

The Rules of Golf Committee has announced that it will recommend to the Royal and Ancient Club, at its meeting next May, that the number…

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Swimming Classes for Children

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 2

Four swimming classes were conducted at the Baths this morning for the benefit of school children. Mr. H. W. Turner has been appointed to the…

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U.s.a. International Tennis Rankings

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 4

NEW YORK, January 3— The International rankings are: Singles—Budge, Parker, Grant Riggs, Mangin…

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Football Team's Age Totals 1014 Years

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 2

In Lingdale, Yorkshire, is a football team in which all the players are over 65. Including the three reserves, the…

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Cricket on Saturday Resumption Of League Games

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 4

There were no cricket matches in the Barrier District Cricket League competition on Saturday. This was in accordance with the decision of the…

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A Sea of Cricket Fans

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 1

IF ANYONE HAS DOUBTS about the growing interest in Test cricket they have only to look at this photo of portion of the crowd at the Third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. A world record attendance of 78,630 established on Friday was broken yesterday by an attendance of 87,798…

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Speed Coursing In February

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Arrangements will be completed in the next few weeks to start speed coursing in Adelaide early in February, but…

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Draw For B Grade Cricket

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 2

The draw for the second round in the B Grade competition of the Barrier District Cricket League, which was made last night, is as…

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Legality to Be Tested Speed Coursing In Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—It is likely that efforts will be made by coursing authorities to test the legality of speed coursing with bookmakers by…

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To-morrow's Cricket Teams

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 3

Cricket teams for to-morrow's League matches are:- Rechabites.—A. Moody, C. and G. Dalton, G. Griffiths, H. and F. Olds, F…

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New League Cricket Round Starts To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

After a fortnight's suspension, the Cricket League A and B Grade competition will be resumed to-morrow. Although some of the leading players…

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Test Cricket Reaches "The Island Of Living Dead"

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

DARWIN, Thursday. — Australia's performance in the third Test match against England is being eagerly watched in every city and small town…

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Swimming. Amateur Club Events

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

The Amateur Swimming Club held its carnival at the Crystal Pool this afternoon. The attendance was poor because of the weather, but…

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North Women's Cricket Team

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

STANDING (left to right): Mrs. Payne, J. Pettit, N. McNamara, Mrs. Meatheringham, Mrs. Waldron, Mrs. Aitken, K. Spain, J. Bock. SITTING: Mrs. Vance (captain), M. Matters…

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