Golf Champions in South Africa
CAPETOWN. — Bobby Locke defeated the American golfer, Sam Snead, 8 and 6 in the first of a series of 36-hole matches…
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Sport, 1947
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Today's Cricket Post honed
All of today's grade cricket matches have been abandoned. The grounds were inspected late yesterday afternoon and it was…
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THE annual meeting of the North Football Club will be held kt the club's rooms on Sunday at 10 a.m. Business will…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria And M.C.C.In Keen Cricket Fight
MELBOURNE. — The M.C.C. tailenders batted attractively in the match against Victoria today. The last wicket fell at 355…
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SYDNEY.—In the Sheffield Shield match between N.S.W. and South Australia start of play was delayed until 12.30 after the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Swimming at Dubbo
Dubbo, February 16.—After smashing two State records in exhibition swims at the N.S.W. country swimming championships at Dubbo yesterday, the national…
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Sydney, February 16.—Leon Jensen was given the decision over Tom Lurich in the main wrestle at Leichhart Stadium last night after each man had…
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SYDNEY,—Play commenced nounced last nifiht that the Australian swimming champion John Marshall, aged 16, will not go to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tennis Teams For Adelaide At Easter
FURTHER matters in connection with the proposed visit to Adelaide at Easter were discussed at a meeting of the…
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Sydney, February 17.—The New Zealand welterweight champion. Be Murpby, is considering coming to Australia in April under contract to stadiums…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Tennis Fund To Send Mrs. Bolton Abroad
Melbourne, February 18.—The president of the Lawn Tennis Association (Sir Norman Brookes), today opened a fund to send Australia's woman…
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As advertised today in these columns, applications will be received from those supporters who are making the trip to Adelaide at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Boxing Saturday Night's Program
Chief bout at the Stadium on Saturday night will be the postponed match between Claude Varner, former world champion, and Billy Roberts,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TENNIS Easter Visit To Holdfast Bay
The Broken Hill Tennis Trust Committee has decided to call for applications from supporters desirous of making the trip to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FOOTBALL Norths To Meet On
The annual meeting of the North Football Club will be held in the clubrooms on Sunday morming…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hammond Near End of His Cricket
LONDON, February 19.—In a letter to Gloucestershire County Club, Hammond says he does not expect to be available for more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CRICKET Junction Beats N.S.W. Railways
The Junction Cricket team had an outright win against the New South Wales Railway team in a match played on the Junction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tomorrow's Boxing Varner and Roberts to Meet
Claude Varner, former worlds featherweight champion, and young Billy Roberts. South Australian champion, will meet over 12 rounds in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greyhound Racing Trials Begin On
The Trades' Hall Trust Greyhound Racing Club advises that trials will be held on Saturday between the hours of 9 a.m., and 10.30 a.m, and also on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Activities and Around Wilcannia Boxing in Wilcannia Promotion of the Sport
The news that boxing was to be promoted in Wilcannia has aroused considerable interest. It was, of course, intended that it was to have an amateur status because the inducement for the professional did not exist…
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