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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1953

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B Grade Cricket

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

The B grade cricket draw for tomorrow is: Y.C.W. v. A.S.C. at North School…

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Keen Cricket ls Likely Tomorrow

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 11

The final series of games in the first round of the District Cricket League competition will be completed tomorrow. Entertaining cricket should be witnessed, with the ingoing teams having large scores to chase…

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Zinc Cricket Team Form In Adelaide

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 6

The annual two-day match between East Torrens, and a team comprised mostly of Zinc Corporation employees on holidays was played on the Norwood Oval on…

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Rose and Rosewall to Fight Out Tennis Title

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 1

Melbourne, January 15. — Rosewall will meet Rose in the final of the Australian men's singles championships at Kooyong on Saturday. Rosewall, playing superb tennis in…

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Sunday Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

A cricket match will be played on the Picton No. 2 pitch tomorrow morning between R.S.L. and Willyama…

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Sunday Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 2

A cricket match will be played on the Picton Np. 2, pitch tomorrow morning between R.S.L. and Willyama…

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McWilliams Golf Tournament

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 1

Prize money for the 1953 McWilliam's Wines Golf Tournament has been dou­bled. The purse has been…

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Stop Press League Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 8

Wests v. A.S.C.—Wests, Isl Innings. 154 (J. Brewster not out 74. Dalton 1: E. Carroll 3/35, C. Car-roll 4/44, Williams 2/76…

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U.S. Wants Change of Rules for Amateur Tennis

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 1

New York, Friday.—The United States Lawn Tennis Association, alarmed over two successive failures to regain the Davis Cup, is expected to ease the game's amateur rules…

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Cricket Teams Have Big Scores to Chase Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 1

Grade cricket teams will all have sub­stantial scores to chose when the first games in the 1953 series conclude today. The innings of the day should be seen…

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Mcwilliam's Golf Contest

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 5

Dai Rees, former British match play golf champion has informed the organisers that he will be unable to…

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Night Cricket

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 4

The night cricket season will re-commence on Tuesday after a recess of four weeks,…

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Women at Cricket

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 8

Melbourne, Monday. — Fine and mild weather favored, today's play in the interstate women's cricket…

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Keen Cricket in Zinc and N.b.h. Mines' Games

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 4

Underground had an outright win over Workshop and staff won on the first innings against Mill in the Zinc-N.B.H. Cricket Associaton's games, on Saturday…

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B.h. Girl in Athletics

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 1

A Broken Hill girl, Pam Rogan, was placed third in two events at the Country Women's athletic…

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B. Cricket

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 8

Games in the B grade section of the Cricket League competition were commenced last Saturday…

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Better at Tennis

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

WORLD SPORTS GIRL OF THE YEAR, Maureen Connolly, took the day off from tennis recently and visited the Victorian Police stud farm at Bundoora..There, full-blooded Australian aboriginal black tracker, Charlie Williams, was waiting to teach her how to throw a boomerang. She raised her arm as directed and…

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McWilliam's Golf Tourney

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 4

Dal Rees, former British Match Play Champion, has advised the organisers that he will be unable to…

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Racing Men Face Charges

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 4

Adelaide, January 19—A hearing was resumed in the Berri Police Court, sitting at Adelaide, of…

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Women at Cricket

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 8

Melbourne.— With two outright wins, Victoria is leading in the women's interstate cricket carnival…

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