Tennis Quist and Bromwich Retain Title Sydney
Easily defeating Frank Sedgman and George Worthington, 6-1, 6-3, 5-1, Adrian Quist and John Bromwich retained the Australian men’s doubles championship…
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Cricket Dust Causes Early End Englishmen Play Draw at Adelaide, ([?] ) ADELAIDE
Whether small Interest [?] in the [?] Australia match which ended in a draw today, was ruined by a red dust storm which began…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Regatta for City Celebrations
It is probable that a regatta will held on the Hume Reservoir during the celebrations of Albury’s elevation to a city at Easter. Question has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BOWLS Games at Culcairn
Pairs handicap games were played on Saturday at Culcairn when J. R. Beck and J. Fi[?]ld beat M. Smith and J. Newman, 24-18; E. J. Wilson and W. Schultz beat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Albury Sportsmen Fly To Towong Races
Road travel was not fast enough for six young Albury men who wanted to cram as much as possible into the Foundation Day…
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In the Sheffield Shield match, Victoria defeated New South Wales by 288 runs, thus scoring their fifth-outright win for the season. G. Tribe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tennis Notes
After the [?] week-end's play, the courts were closed all the remainder of the week, to enable them to re[?]rate, and so the greenkeeper…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coursing Draw for Albury Meeting
Following are the nominations for the meeting to be held by the Albury Coursing Club on Saturday night. Dogs must be in the kennel yard one hour before the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Football Meeting Postponed
The con[?]ated meeting called for Wednesday night last to form Wodonga RSL football team, was postponed until next Tuesday evening, February 4, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fernvale Races Tomorrow
Everything promises for a good day at Fernvale race on Saturday, which are being run 50/50 for ambulance and Tallangatta Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tennis Wodonga Pennant Resumes
The Wodonga Tennis Association will resume p[?] matches tomorrow after a successful [?]ourney held over last weekend Main interest will centre around Ihe…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News from the District BEECHWORTH Swimming Club
The president (Mr N. W. Alexander) presided at a meeting of Beechworth Swimming Club at which there was a good attendance of members…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swimming Thrills Galore at Tonight’s Carnival
Although there has been an easing off in the heat wave conditions, there is certainly no slackening of interest among Albury Swimming Club members and tonight’s…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tonight’s Boxing Tournament Geoff Nisbet Engaged
So far as local boxing patrons are concerned most interest at to–night’s tournament in the Red Cross Hall will centre on Geoff (“Tarzan”)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BOWLS Week’s Play on Albury Greens
Matches played on Albury green this week resulted:— Championship: Hague and N. Dunn, 22-20: Burton and Scholz, 21-16: Cuthbert and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miler Returns For Two More Races New York
Gil Dodds, who is at present America’s greatest mile runner, has announced that he will run that distance only twice more, then will devote…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BOXING “Afraid of Gangsters” Graziano Won’t Tell Who Tried to Bribe Him New York
Mr Frank Hogan (District-Attorney) told the Press today that he is certain that the boxer Rocky Graziano is afraid of gangsters otherwise he would tell who offered him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CRICKET Did Not Live Up To High Hopes Englishmen’s Efforts in Australia (From J. H. Mathews, who is in Adelaide)
The Marylebone Cricket Club team now in Australia has been much below the level of the high hopes which accompanied it from England. It…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Coursing Brindah Again May Win Splendid Racing Seems Certain
The Albury Greyhound Racing Club will cater for patrons with a nine-event programme tonight. Fields appear to be well balanced and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tennis Reserve Grade Competition
At a meeting of Albury and Border Tennis Association last evening it was decided to held a reserve grade competition to commence on Saturday next, February…
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