First Innings Decisions Likely In Cricket Play Today Should Be Interesting
Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 5
First Innings decisions are likely in today's League cricket games. Games in their present stages suggest entertaining cricket, with Ex-High and A.S.C. striving for winds to retain their lead at the top of the points table. At present they are 27 points each and both have an equal chance of victory…
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Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 6
Plans for the remainder of the season were discussed at a meeting of the Zinc-N.B.H.C. Athletic Club at the League football rooms by committee and members of the S.A. League. The secretary reported attending…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SWIMMING Vic. Records Broken
Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1
Melbourne, January 23.—Records were broken at the Victorian swimming championships last night. New South Wales swimmer Bruce Bourke clipped 3.8…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Overseas Cricket
Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1
Madras, January 23.—West Indies cricketers carried their overnight score of 1/136 to 7/514 today in reply to South Zone's first innings total of 46…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sunday Cricket
Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2
After a very exciting finish, the Gasworks cricketers defeated the Globe Hotel by nine runs yesterday. Gasworks scored 149 runs and Globe 140 runs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Shield Cricket
Barrier Miner · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 8
Queensland V.Victoria— 2nd innings, one for 98. [?] [?]ing [?] I. Johnson 42, [?] not out 51, Archer not out 1, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Athletics Team for N.z
Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4
Sydney, January 23.—The athletic team to visit New Zealand for the New Zealand Championships was announced by the Athletic Union last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australians Win Second Rugby Test
Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1
Dordeaux, January 24. — Australia outplayed for most of the game, beat France 10 to nil in the Rugby League Test yesterday. The crowd of 30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →North Football Club
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3
North Football Club will hold its annual general meeting in the clubroom on Sunday. Febraury 13. Old and new members are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Earnings From Tennis
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 4
New York, January 24.—The "Journal American" quotes Jack Kramer as saying that he, Bobby Riggs, Dinny Pails and Pancho…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Annual Meeting North Football Club
Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 1
Annual meeting of the North Football Club will be held at the club hall on Sunday. February 13 at 10.30 o'clock. Business will include auditor's report…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Peggy Antonio Plays Good Cricket
Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1
Melbourne, January 25.—Peggy Antonio, star of the Australian women's cricket, slurred again today in Nell McLarty Testimonial Mulch against the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tennis Championships In Adelaide Bromwich-Quist Extended
Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 1
Adelaide, January 25.—Australian champion, Mrs. Bolton, gave fifth seeded player. Mrs. Mary Hawton (N.S.W.) no chance in the first singles…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Zinc-n.b.h. Athletic Club
Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4
Nominations for the Sheffield and Sprint Handicaps will close with the secretary and handicapper at 5 p.m. today (Wednesday) for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Team For Third Rugby Test
Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 6
London, January 26.—The Australian Rugby League team for the Third Test against England at Bradford on Saturday will be[?] Churchill, McMahon, Lulham…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Zinc Foot Races
Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 7
Zinc and N.B.H.C. Athletic Club will open the 1949 season at the Zinc Oval on Sunday. Fourteen nominations have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tennis Stars In Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 3
N.S.W. TENNIS PLAYERS in Adelaide for the Australian championships at Memorial Drive watch a game from a shady spot in one of the stands. From left—Geoff Brown, Adrian Quist, and Jack Crawford. Crawford is the only top-ranking tennis player…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tennis Made Her Thirsty
Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 5
MRS. NANCYE BOLTON, Australian women's tennis champion, enjoyed a bottle of cool drink while she watched championship matches at Memorial Drive, Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alma Oval Project In Advanced Stages Football On Turf Likely This Season
Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 6
By virtue of the work of a not too large but enthusiastic band the old time "dust heap" Alma Oval has been transformed into an attractive grassed arena with a big possibility of football being played on it this season. A spokesman yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swimming Club
Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6
The Silver City League Swimming Club will hold another points score swim at the Baths on Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. This will be the last swim…
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