The Son Stop Press Ascot Races
Ascot Handicap dividends: £1 8s, 1s 6d, 9s 6d. Won by a head; half-head. Alan Verde was fourth. Time, 1.58. Race started 4.31…
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Sport, 1936
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Tennis Championships at District Park Finals on
The Tennis Association's day championships will be concluded on Saturday at District Park when two finals and one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supremacy in Tennis Australia Rated Third Nation Hopes for Future
Last year brought one of the severest setbacks Australian tennis has experienced—the defeat of our Davis Cup team by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Out for 46 Bradman Disappoints Quiet Cricket Newcastle v. South Australia
At 3.30 yesterday afternoon there were about 7200 people at Newcastle Sports Ground. Bradman was batting. Little more than an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Swimming Championship at Ocean Baths Northern Title Races
The Northern District Swimming Association will hold its carnival at the Newcastle baths on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Merewether Golf Club
Merewether Golf Club will hold a four-ball aggregate on Saturday. Players are asked to arrange their own partners. Competitors in the knock-out…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Holiday Time is Swimming Time
THESE HAPPY GIRLS, splashing about in the Newcastle Ocean Baths morning, vacation swimming class…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tennis Grahame Park Matches
Matches in the Grahame Park night championship events to-night at—C grade men's doubles final, at 7.15, Robards and Burgess v. Schott and McGuire; 8 o'clock, D grade men's…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Golf Merewether Club's Four Ball Aggregate
Merewether Golf Club will hold a four ball aggregate on Saturday. Players are to arrange their own partners. Competitors in the knock-out…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Midget Car Racing Drivers to Attack Records
Bill Sticpewich, who did so well at the midget car carnival last Saturday night, will oppose Jean Reville, the English champion, in a challenge race…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rugby Union Australian Tour of Britain Invitation Likely London, January 8
It is considered certain that Australia will be invited to send a Rugby Union team to Britain in 1939 or 1940. The Australian, South African, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boxing Newcastle Bouts Rooney and Johnson Deciding Contest on
"Kid" Rooney and Joe Johnson will meet in the principal boxing contest of 15 rounds, at Newcastle Stadium, on Saturday night. With a win each and a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tennis Surprise By Fowler Newbiggen Wins State Title
Newcastle swimmers were placed in three State championship events at the Drummoyne baths last night. Bob…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Yachts Races at Toronto Handicaps for
The Newcastle branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales will resume its racing programme on Saturday, when two events will be held. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Football Club Fined £25 Soldier Player Was Costly Proposition
The English Football Association has ordered Grimsby Town to cancel the registration of George Moulson, goalkeeper, and, in addition, to pay a fine…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tennis Titles at Manly Turvey Defeated by Dave' Thompson Sydney
Dave Thompson again asserted his superiority when he defeated N. Turvey in straight sets in the semifinal of the men's singles championship…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Swimming Titles Newbiggen Wins Under 15 Event Noel Ryan Beaten Great Finish in 220 Yards SYDNEY
In a magnificent finish Phil Hooper, of Lismore, won the 220 yards championship of New South Wales from Noel Ryan at the Drummoyne Baths to-night. Ryan,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cricket Club Games Interest Back to Normal Revival Needed District Association Matches
Bradman and the glamour and the excitement engendered by his all too occasional visits, has passed: Newcastle's cricket and its players will now slip back to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Athletics Dawson Shield Events on
The fifth series of the Dawson Shield will be held on West End Park. Adamstown, on Saturday. The first event will start at 2.30 p.m. Following are the events…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Athletics Race Distances in Metres Uniformity Desired Sydney
Although the events in the Empire Games, which will be held in Sydney in 1938, will be over distances measured in yards,…
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