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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1938

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Wednesday Cricket Games

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

The Wednesday Afternoon Cricket Association will again commence competitive matches on January 5 after several weeks of enforced recess…

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Education Department Swimming Classes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 1

More than 50 children attended the Municipal Baths this morning for the first swimming instruction class under the Education Department's…

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Brethren Should Make Amends Moonee Valley Races To-morrow Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 2

NARROWLY beaten yesterday, Brethren, topweight for the Babies Handicap, should be a winner at Moonee Valley to-morrow. An excellent programme of events has been arranged. The following table gives the final…

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Germans Like Cricket Too Slow For U.S. Tennis Players

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. GOTTFRIED von Cramm and Henner Henkel, the German Davis Cup players, and their…

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Death After Boxing Shepparton

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 4

A finding of death from misadventure was recorded by the deputy coroner (Mr. E. M. Little, J.P.) after an inquest into the death of Percival…

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Cricket Again on Saturday Two Matches On Turf Wickets

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1938 · page 2

Two of the three A Grade matches in the Cricket League's competition will be played on the turf wickets at the Broken Hill Cricket Ground for…

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Swimming Classes at the Baths

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

Instruction in swimming under the scheme of Christmas Vacation Swimming Schools conducted by the Education Department in this State is…

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Indian Cricket Control to Change

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

NEW DELHI, January 5.—To unify the control of cricket in India, efforts are being made to amalgamate the Cricket Club of India and the…

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Cricket Games on Turf Wicket League Competition Resumption

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 5

THE first Cricket League competition matches to be played on turf will be staged at the Broken Hill Cricket Ground to-morrow, when the first series of games in the second half of the League's A Grade…

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International Tennis

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1

Quist d. Mako, 6-3, 7-5. Von Cramm v. Budge, 6-4, 8-10, 4-4 (unfinished),…

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Women's Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 6

The last series of matches before the semi-finals of the Broken Hill Women's Cricket Association will commence to-morrow. The…

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Sunday Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 6

Teams for the cricket matches to be played to-morrow are:— Masonic from: K. Turnbull (capt.). J. Pink, B. Pike, P. Dwyer, P. Hall,…

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B Grade Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1

Zinc Corporation v. Alma Sporting League.—Zinc Corporation, 1st innings, 4 for 121 (McQuillan 56, Peters not out 37, Nestor not-out 2;…

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B Grade Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1

South Baptists v. Silverton Trams. —South Baptists; 1st innings; 3 for 140 (Congdon 20, R. Tremelling 36, Brown, 17, O. Tremelling not out 51,…

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Saved Boy Then Resumed Bowls Game SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 4

A dramatic scene and its sequel at Tweed Heads provides a variation of the story of Sir Francis Drake finishing his game of bowls before…

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League Cricket Resumed Ex-high Fight for Runs Good Struggle Against Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 1

THE first district League cricket matches on the Broken Hill Cricket Ground were commenced this afternoon, when Railway Town and Ex-High met on the No. 1 wicket, and St, Peter's and Norths on…

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Athletics West Club to Hold Run

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 6

After a brief recess the West Athletic Club will conduct a handicap over a course of 120 yards to-morrow at 11 a.m. on the Sea Park ground…

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Swimming Brian Good hart Has Win

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 3

More records were broken at the Baths yesterday, when the Silver City Swimming Club conducted its usual programme. G. Thomas, swimming in…

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Football Trainer And Wife Pestered By Indecent Letters

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4

FOR two and a half years police tried to persuade Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Kempster, 48-year-old widow, to stop pestering Mr. William Clancy, a football trainer, and his wife, of Reading, with indecent letters…

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League Cricket Review Saints In Excellent Position Collapse of Norths

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 2

ST. PETER'S are in an excellent position in their match with Norths being played on the No. 2 wicket at the Broken Hill Cricket…

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