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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1953

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Stop Press League Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 8

Wests-A.S.C.—Wests, 1st Inn., 249 (Tozer 113, E. Carroll, not out 23), A.S.C., 1st innings, 0/2. Ex-High-S.T.C.—Ex High, 1st…

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Ken Sick Of Tennis Wants To Play Football

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

Adelaide, January 11.— Ken McGregor when in Adelaide for the Davis Cup confided to a friend he was…

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Mister Boxing

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 8

MISTER BOXING, the Sultan of Sock, the Barnum of Boxing—they have all those names and more for Jack Solomons, British boxing promoter now in Australia. He arrived in Melbourne wearing a…

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S.a. Country Cricket

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

The Country Carnival Cricket Association's cricket carnival is to commence in Adelaide on March 2 and to…

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Stop Press Test Cricket

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 8

South Africa, 2nd Innings, T[?] for [?] (Write c Hole, [?] [?] McGlew. c Langley, b [?] not out 2;…

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Good Scores in Mines' Cricket

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 6

Batsmen were in form when the Zinc N.B.H. cricket competition resumed Saturday. Some good scores were recorded. At the N.B.H. Oval, Staff…

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Week-End Racing Results Little Mo Wins Sports Poll

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 4

New York, January 11.—American tennis champion Maureen Connolly was placed first and Australian…

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Swimming School

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 6

About 250 Broken Hill schoolchildren attended the first sessions of the Department of Education summer…

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Swimming School Opens At Baths

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

Approximately 30 children of all ages yesterday attended the first day of the swimming school being conducted…

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Queensland's Tennis Move

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

Sydney, January 13.—Queensland Lawn Tennis Association is striving to have the next Australian…

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Boxing Judge Dies at Fight

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

San Francisco, Tuesday—Boxing judge Richard Burke dropped dead from a heart attack minutes after he had given his decision in the Eddie Chavez-Jimmy Carter…

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Thanks to Tennis Stars

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 4

Melbourne— The Lawn Tennis Association of Australia Council enthusiastically applauded the service…

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Baldwin and Title Races

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

Trainer of local athletic champion, Sam Baldwin (Mr. W. Ellis) said today that Sam had not received…

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Tennis Stars Caught by Cramp

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

Melbourne-Strange spectacle of two world- class tennis players both out of action with cramp at the same time was seen in the Australian championships…

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Tennis Stars to Give Local Exhibition Australia's Leading Tennis Players To Give Exhibition In Broken Hill

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

Arrangements have been made by the Tennis Association for four prominent tennis players to give exhibitions in Broken Hill on the nights of Tuesday and Wednesday,…

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Rain Stops Tennis

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

Melbourne, January 14.—Rain forced the cancellation of play in the semi-final, rounds of the Australian…

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Electron Races Sound Wave

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 1

Canbeerrar-—News of the Monte Bello atom explosion reached Perth—more than 1000 miles away—75 seconds before the blast was felt by observers on the mainland…

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North Mine Employees Tennis Club

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

Employees desirous of playing in North Mine teams in the District Tennis Association Saturday morning…

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No Races on Anzac Day

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 2

Melbourne.—The State Labor Government was not likely to alter the close observance of Anzac…

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Caulfield Races at Furlong and Finish; Review

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 11

Hawthorn Hurdle EXCISE()1: Always handy. Dropped back a couple of lengths at half mile but, getting run through on home turn, took charge before last hurdle and won going away. KING OF THE GLEN (2): Led at mile; had gone back to fifth at half mile but finished…

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