Playing Facilities More Cricket Pitches Needed
Aid. C. T Abbott, at this week's meeting of Dungog Council, asked for information about the concrete wicket proposed to be put on Market Square…
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Improve Your[?] Swimming the Breaststroke
The breaststroke is perhaps one of the oldest swimming strokes, and is probably the most difficult to master. We start with the leg…
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CESSNOCK Monday—The men’s 50 metres race in the points score competition series at Cessnock Municipal pool yesterday was won…
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Representatives and supporters of two local hotels yesterday did battle on the cricket arena, the Albion Hotel playing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowls Week-end Rink Games
Rink games only were played on the local links over the week-end, results of which are as under. Gerner, Glover, Nichols, Lunney 25…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—This year’s Seaside tennis championships produced the defeat of two Davis Cup squad players, Geoff Brown and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Biggest Crowd at Dog Racing Two Track Records Equalled At Maitland
Saturday night’s greyhound meeting at Maitland attracted a record attendance for any meeting conducted by the Maitland Show Council. The racing was also of a high standard. The track…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Singleton to Have Four Rinks in Country Week Bowls Eight Pairs Will Also Participate
When Country Week bowlers commence activity in Sydney on January 17, Singleton will be represented by four rinks,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Branxton Fails In Hunter Cricket Northern No. 1 Beat Marist Brothers
Branxton, joint leader in the Hunter River Association first grade cricket competition, failed badly against Robins on Saturday. Owing to rain, there was no play the first day and batting time on Saturday was divided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wins for Warkworth and Singleton Second Round Of Cricket Competition Concludes
Singleton and Workworth were the-winning teams in the A grade matches completed on Saturday, defeating, their…
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Chief Havoc, hailed as the fastest greyhound in Australia, starting at 7 to 2 on, was beaten in a race over 300 yards at Muswellbrook on…
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The Pennants match on Saturday last resulted in a win for Muswellbrook by two points after a close match. Results:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Surprises in U.s. Sport Boxing, Baseball, Horses, Golf
NEW YORK (Assoc. Press).— The first full postwar year in American sports produced more than its share of thrills in the…
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Last Sunday will surely go down as a red letter day if ever the history of the Muswellbrook Swimming Club should be written. I am referring to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swimming Baths Attendances
Despite the cool, windy, weather, there were 1034 admissions to the Maitland swimming baths on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Light Bowls
The Robinson Shield electric light competition dosed with 14 entries. First round draw: commencing to-morrow night (Wednesday), at…
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The sixth round of the District Cricket premiership matches was completed last Saturday, play had stood over the holiday period from December…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swimming Bathing Beauty Contest
Despite the fact that entries do not close until 1st February, entries are already coming forward for the bathing beauty contest, which will be in aid of…
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Mr. A. Quintal has a notice in this issue of interest to tennis players…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. V. Kelly, Secretary of the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association, last night announced that the association did…
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