Cricket Curiosities E. R. Mayne's Dismissal
During the game between South Australia and Victoria in 1911, E. R. Mayne was out in a peculiar manner…
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Sport, 1930
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Tennis Star's Honeymoon San Pedro (Calif.), January 6
Helen Wills and her husband, Mr. Moody, have returned from their honeymoon yacht cruise…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Moral Victory Rugby League Test Kangaroos Should Have Won (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 6
North of England newspapers are virtually unanimous that the Australian Rugby League tourists won a moral victory in the test. The opinions of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SUNBURNED! Country Week Tennis Players Stamina Needed Strenuous Tussles in Sultry Weather SYDNEY, Wednesday. '
The weather was again sultry when the teams matches of the Country Lawn Tennis Carnival were continued at Rusbcutter's Bay to-day. Many of the players displayed sunburned arms and faces, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Golf Clubs
Comment in Scotland upon the decision of the Roles of Golf Committee to legalise steel shafts for golf clubs follows two definite lines. First of all surprise is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bowls Pennant Matches
The game, City v. Waratah, in the A Pennant, fixed to be played, at Waratah on Saturday next, has been transferred to the City green, and the game. City…
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A commencement is to be made next Monday night, on the deferred matches of Wallsend Park Club's Firkin Cup competition, an electric light competition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Tennis Carnival
Sensible more!--Girt players at the Country Week Lawn Tennis Carnival, Rushcutter's Bap, are beginning to feel the heat. The two girls at left shed their stockings before commencing their games…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing American Knocked Out Sydney
Alby Roberts, 10.2, knocked out Paddy Waltier, 9.12 (America) in the eighth round of a scheduled 15-round bout at Sydney Stadium to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BOXING Jack Roberts to Meet Freddy Johnson
Ever since Freddy Johnson, the brilliant two-handed fighting South Australian lightweight, was brought back to Australia from the United States under contract…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket Curiosities Enthusiasts to the End
Frank Sl[?]cock, a well-known Essex cricketer, who died in 1897, took an interest in the game until the moment he died…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket District Games Seventh Series on Saturday Interesting Play Promised
The seventh series of fixtures will be begun on Saturday. Teams will be at full strength after the holidays. Some good cricket should be seen at the…
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Freddy Johnson, the crack South Australian lightweight, whose form in this country, entitled him to a trip to the United States, where his record caused…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Swimming Newcastle Surf Club
A big contingent of members of Newcastle Surf Club will take part at the Redhead Surf Carnival to-morrow afternoon, and all are confident of adding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rugby Union Matches London, January 8
Rugby Union games played to-day resulted—Bristol played a 3-all draw with The Army. In a county match, Sussex defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Canterbury Park Races
Octember's last win was at Canterbury Park over six months ago, and he is expected to return to the winning list at the same course to-morrow, when the programme of 10 races should satisfy [?]ony patrons, who have no meeting of their own…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bishop Plays Cricket
Our Armidale correspondent writes that the newly-appointed Bishop of Armidale, Dr. Moyes, has made his appearance with one of the local cricket clubs. In his first…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Title Promise If Jones Beats Gillespie Boxing News
Trainer Tom Maguire declares that he has a promise from Norm Gillespie that in the event of Billy Jones [?]ing Gillespie in their contest at Leich[?]t…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Cricket Curiosities Tornado Ends Match
One day in 1902 a terrific storm raged in Melbourne. When it burst at Port Melbourne a cricket match was in progress on the local…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Best Yet" Rugby Tourists Praised (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 8
"The best yet," was the description of the Australian players given to-day by Mr. Wilson, Secretary of the English Rugby League, when speaking at a…
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