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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1939

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Bradman Racing Away To Big Lead In Shield Batting Aggregate

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 8

IT seems likely that befora Don Bradman retires he will have established a Sheffield Shield record that may stand for all time. His 186 against Queensland brought his aggregate in Shield play to 7432, which is…

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Clear Cut Victory To Chandra Ribald Features As Hurdler Excellent RacingStaged At Murray Bridge Murray Bridge

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 1

CHANDRA scored & clear-cut victory in the Pellew Handicap at Murray Bridge from Stanaides and Troithias. Although there were only six runners it was a remarkably open betting race, Chandra, Goldarte…

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Sydney Racing Man Arrested At Bombay

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

BOMBAY, January 16.—John Woolcott-Forbes, who is widely known in commercial and racing circles in Sydney, was arrested when tha…

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Offers Of Silk Hats And Golf Clubs Are Refused

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

Offers of silk hats and golf clubs are scorned by anti-snob leader Albert J. Fielder, aged 40, a bus conductor, who represents Isleworth…

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Photo-Eye Camera As Aid To Racing ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

While racing clubs in Australia continue to mark time on' the installation of the photo-eye camera which is ' in general use throughout America, Santa Anita, the track made famous by the patronage of the motion picture colony from near by Hollywood,…

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Cricket Balls In Shield Game Too Hard

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday— After complaints had been, made that the balls were too hard and that they jarred the…

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Draw For District Tennis Matches

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 4

The following is the draw for week end matches of the District Tennis Association. Semi-finals in some of the sections will be played. The clubs…

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Not "Playing Cricket" Need For Union Assistance SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 3

Judge Drake-Brockman said in the Arbitration Court that he was satisfied that some members of the Miners' Federation were not "playing cricket"…

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When Cricket IS Exerting

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 8

EACH of these measures detracts from the excitement of the game. The bowlers who supply the material for the batting Roman holiday are…

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Women's Cricket Red Cliffs' Team To Visit

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 8

A women's cricket team from Red Cliffs will visit Broken Hill next week end to play an association team in an all-day match. The game will be…

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Hopes for Visit by Leading Tennis Players Mr. Brooks Leaving On

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 8

WITH a Plan for inviting some of Australia's leading players to Broken Hill this summer, the secretary of the Broken Hill District Tennis Association (Mr. S. J. Brooks) will leave for Adelaide on Monday night…

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Stevens--Hobba Head Aggregates 4 Batsmen Have Made More Than 200 RUNS Cricket League Matches

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 January 1939 · page 8

GEORGE Stevens '(Railway Town) has taken the lead in the aggregate in the Cricket League's competition following his splendid century against Ex-High. He has made 290 runs, and is followed by clubmate Jack…

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Cricket League Meeting Adjourned

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

The adjourned meeting of the management committee of the Cricket League which was to have been held tonight has been postponed until next…

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Lord Nuffield, Adds to Cricket Gift

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 2

DURHAM, January 2[?].—Lord Nuffield, who on Saturday gave £10,000 to the South African Cricket Association, has increased his gift by…

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21 Clubmen Form Racing Syndicate

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Twenty-one Sydney clubmen have formed an informal syndicate to buy and run a racehorse. The syndicate is known as…

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Racing Driver Charged Paris, January 24

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 6

Mrs. Kay Petrie, the English racing motorist, was charged with manslaughter as the result of an accident in which Major R. Calvert…

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B Grade Cricket

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

There will be no B Grade match at the Zinc Corporation Oval tomorrow. Alma Sporting League were drawn to play Silverton Tramway on…

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Swimming Carnival on February 5 and 8

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

The Silver City Swimming Club has been given permission by Council to conduct a carnival at the Baths on February 5 and 8, but the existing…

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Engaged in All Flat Races

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Mat and Jack Raven are the only jockeys who have been engaged to ride in each of the six flat races at Victoria Park…

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Leaders in Cricket Competition Four Teams In Hard Fight Top Position to Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 5

FOUR teams are fighting hard for the two top positions in the Cricket League's A Grade competition in which the seventh series of matches will be played tomorrow…

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