Women's Cricket
Wests v. Railway Town.—First innings win for Railway Town. Wests, 1st innings, 86 (V. McInnis 21, P. Gatt 20 n.o.; Mrs. Le May 2-25)…
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Sport, 1940
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McGRATH'S Tennis Treble
SYDNEY, Monday.—At Killara on Saturday, V. McGrath won three tennis championships on his 24th birthday. He won the singles, the doubles…
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Following are results in the Sunday Schools' Cricket Association games concluded on Saturday:— Oxide Street v. Sulphide Street.—…
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The adjourned meeting of the Indoor Bowls Association was held on Sunday morning. Mr. J. T. Donovan, presided over a good attendance of…
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BRISBANE. Tuesday.—The cyclone is still raging with unabating force between Richmond and Charters Towers. Damage has already been…
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The Cricket League is running a monster carnival at the Cricket Ground on Thursday night. Speaking today. Mr. Austen Brown, president…
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MISS Phyllis Anderson (19), of Redfern, had a trying ordeal after she had fallen from a wharf at Circular Quay at 1.30 this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Advance in Finances of Central Football Club
HOW the Central Football Club had made a tremendous advance financially was revealed by the reports of the treasurer (Mr. T. Hulbert) and secretary (Mr. J. Evans) at the annual meeting of the club, held in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jockeys Engaged for Big Races
MELBOURNE, Wednesday— Maurice McCarten, the leading Sydney, jockey,has been engaged to ride Pageant in the Australian Cup. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tennis Championships to Be Played Here This Week End
MANY of the visiting players who will take part in the Silver City Tennis Championships which begin on Friday will arrive in Broken Hill tomorrow. They include some of Australia's star tennis players…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →School Swimming Carnival
A decision to hold a swimming carnival for the primary schools of Broken Hill towards the end of March was made at the annual meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Carnival at Cricket Ground
Cricketers have made final arrangements for their carnival and social at the Cricket Ground tonight. The ground is centrally situated, and can…
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THE interstate contestants for the annual Silver City tennis championships, opening tomorrow, arrived during today. Max Newcombe, Don Turnbull, Reg Clements, Gwen O'Halloran and Sadie Berriman arrived by train from Adelaide this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcombe Stars on Local Courts Tennis Champions in Action
IN a keenly contested match which provided the best tennis of the day, Max Newcombe defeated Colin Long in a five-set match in the first round of the men's singles when the Silver City tennis championships were begun on the Association courts today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Norths-Railles Bid For Points Cricket Finals Soon
ST. PETER'S have now obtained a commanding lead in the Cricket League's premiership points competition which is rapidly drawing to a close. There will be only four more days' play in the competitions before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Afternoon of Bowls
On Wednesday afternoon last the R.S.S.I.L.A. Ladies' Indoor Bowls Club spent a very enjoyable time with the Zinc Ladies' Bowling Club as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Len Schwartz Gives Tennis Talk
It is not very often that players in the making have the privilege of hearing a tennis champion such as Len Schwartz explain the basic principles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swimming Carnival Nominations Close Tomorrow 220-Yds. Should Attract Record Entries
NOMINATIONS for the Silver City Swimming Club carnival next week end will close at the Baths to-morrow morning. A record field is expected in the 220 yards handicap, the nomination fee for which is 2/6. All…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Welcome to Tennis Champions Gathering at Town Hall
CONFIDENCE that Broken Hill tennis players, particularly the juniors, would benefit considerably from the visit of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Preparing For Football League and Clubs Already Active
ALTHOUGH two series of matches and the finals of the Cricket League's games still remain to be played, football clubs are swinging into activity. Two clubs Centrals and Souths, have already held their annual…
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