Interstate Cricket Washed Out Brisbane
THERE was no play before lunch in the cricket match between Queensland and Victoria today, but the wicket dried quickly following…
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Sport, 1941
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Good Batting Expected in Today's Cricket Matches St. Peter's And Railway Town Should Score
Last Saturday's cricket saw some good batting from most teams and there should be a repetition of this today. The holidays seem to have done some teams the world of good, despite the fact that there are still many players…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zinc Corporation Cricket
Zinc Corporation Cricket Association Barnes conducted during tho week-end resulted as follows: Underground No. 1. 98. Underground No. 2, in (F. Sweet,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ajax To Retire From Racing SYDNEY, January 21
Ajax who can be regarded as one of Australia's greatest turf performers, has retired from racing. His part-owner. Mr. A. W. Thompson, said today that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket League Finances Worrying; Deficit Is Increasing By Six Pounds Weekly
SO concerned is the management committee of the Barrier District Cricket League at the financial position of the League that the chairman (Mr. William C. Beerworth) has announced that a special general meeting will be called for Monday, February 3, to discuss it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Richards May Meet Strickland
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Negotiations are in progress to match Ron Richards, the Australian boxing champion, with the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boxing McNAMEE and Raynor
Les Brander is unable to meet Jack McNamee at the Rushcutter Bay Stadium on Monday night. His place will be taken by Max Raynor, in a 12-rounds…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swimming Union Secretary Dead Perth, January 22
Mr. J. P. Sheedy, secretary of the Australian Amateur Swimming union since 1934, died in Perth on Monday night. He was 55…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£200 Golf Challenge Accepted Sydney, January 23
W. Bolder has accepted a challenge to play J. Ashley a golf match of £200 a side. Yesterday two members of City…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Racing Gossip
B. C. Raven, trainer of Duranta, said today that the Petunia gelding will miss his engagement in the Jumpers' Flat at Victoria Park on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District Tennis Association Commencement Of Current Year
The annual general meeting of the Broken Hill District Tennis Association will be held on Tuesday night, and the meeting is to be held in the association…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SWIMMING Rules To Be Discussed Tomorrow Night
At a general meeting of the Sliver City Swimming Club to be held at the Soldiers Hostel tomorrow night, a sot at rules which were drawn up by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →VIC. v. N.S.W. Cricket Sydney
IN humid weather, Victoria won the toss for the Patriotic cricket match against New South Wales, which began at the Sydney Cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tennis Championships to Start on March 7? Many Stars Are Interested
WITH nine top-ranking tennis players nominated, as well as local champions the Silver City tennis championships in March promise displays of tennis equal to those seen at tournaments in the capital cities of the Commonwealth. Among the men who will come here are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Change In Cricket Averages Frank Coles Heads Batting Bowling Figures Show Improvement
SEVERAL changes have taken place in the Cricket League averages since the resumption off play in the second half of the season. In the Batting averages Wests and Colts have no batsmen who qualified for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pails Beats Quist Tennis in Melbourne
D. Pails, the 19-year-old New South Wales player, defeated Adrian Quist. Australian champion, at the patriotic tournament at Kooyong, Melbourne on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boxing Larry Cains Knocked Out A.A.P., LONDON, January 27
The well-known boxer, Larry Gains, now of the Pioneer Corps, was knocked out for the first tune in 20 years' boxing by Jack London, the West…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tom Lurich in Broken Hill for Opening of Trades Hall Trusts Wrestling-boxing Programme
Tom Lunch has arrived in Broken Hill to lest himself against George Pencheff on Saturday night at the Stadium when the Trades Hall Trust will re-open its boxing and wrestling season. The preliminaries have not yet been arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Tennis Association Davis Cup Players For Broken Hill Mr. W. J. Harris, New Chairman
The mutual general meeting of the Broken Hill District Trunk Association was held on Tuesday night in the Association room. Mr. W. J. Harris, who…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inter-mine Tennis
The annual wind-up social of the Inter-Mine Tennis Association will be held on February 14, prior to the start of the 1941 season…
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