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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1937

4,832 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 242

Dog Racing Novel Cure Pepper Stops Fighting Experiment on Bonmint Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 18

Behind the success of Bonmint in the Maiden Stake at the Gosford greyhound racing meeting last Tuesday night is the story of a ravel experiment by his owner…

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Beat Crawford Bromwich's Great Day Tennis Championships McGrath Trounced Hopman SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 11

Youth triumphed over experience at Rushcutters Bay tennis ground to-day. The 18-year-old John Bromwich outstayed and outplayed…

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Rugby Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 15

There is no superabundance of personalities in English Rugby just now. The fifteen chosen to represent England at Twickenham next Saturday do not…

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Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 19

Newcastle Stadium: 10-round bouts, "Blue" Burns v. Hughie Mehegan, and Lou Thompson v. Keith Williamson. Four round bouts: Billy Green v. Mervyn…

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Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 19

Matches in A, B and C Pennant competitions, club and social matches. Play in ladies' club competitions…

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Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 19

Newcastle Club: Four ball aggregate competition at North Stockton links. Waratah Club: Four ball, stroke aggregate competition at Cockle Creek…

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Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 15

With the exception of Reynoldstown (whiner 1935 and 1936), Killsboro Jack (winner 1933), Castle Irwell, Briez and Belted Hero, all the best known…

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Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 19

Finals and preliminary round matches in the Newcastle District Tennis Association's annual championships, at District Park…

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Holiday Regatta at Speer's Point

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 2

The programme of aquatic and land events arranged for the Australia Day regatta on Monday should mate the scene at Speer's point reminiscent of…

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Dog Racing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 19

Newcastle Jockey Club's greyhound racing meeting at Hamilton Speedway track. First event at 7.50 p.m…

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Association Football

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 15

Without conceding that football is any rougher to-day than it has been at any time since it became popular 70 years ago, the authorities are considering…

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Cricket and Its Critics

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 4

FROM a stern captain, Mr. Jardine has become a doubter. Is International cricket worth while? he asks and answers himself with a pessimism which appears to be deeply colored by his terrible experience at the hands—or the tongues—of "the…

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Rugby League Ward for North Sydney SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 19

L. Ward, who has been transferred from the Maitland Coalfields to Crow's Nest School (Sydney), will be seen in action next winter with the North…

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British Football London, January 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 18

Following are the results of Rugby Union matches played to-day— Leicester 4 points, Royal Air Force 16; East Midlands 14, Warwickshire 0 (county…

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Queensland Racing Trainer Tells of Improvement SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 19

According to T. Brosnan, the trainer of Lough Neagh, racing in Queensland had made rapid progress since the passage of legislation prohibiting…

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C. & S. Grade Cricket Leaders Meet Belmont

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 6

Lysaght's the leading team in the City and Suburban A grade competition, met Belmont, one of the weaker…

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Hordern's Offer of £15,000 for Women Tennis Players Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 3

An offer from Mr. Lebbeus Hordern, through a former Sydney solicitor, Mr. Terence Kill, to finance an Australian women's tennis team abroad has been…

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Tennis Surprise Result Crawford and McGrath Defeated Australian Championships Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 19

Another surprise was provided at the Australian tennis championships carnival to-day. J. H. Crawford and V. B. McGrath, the Australian Davis Cup pair,…

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Australian Tennis Singles Title Brilliant Juniors Keen Battle of Tactics Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 6

Australia's two leading unorthodox players. John Bromwich and Vivian McGrath, met to-day for the Australian…

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Courtliness of Stan. McCABE the Claud Duval of Cricket Crease Adelaide

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 January 1937 · page 1

There is no cricketer I would rather watch than McCabe in form. He scores with a courtliness that even the tailing bowlers must appreciate. He is never brutal, never a plunderer, of runs with a bludgeon, but a sort of Claud Duval of the…

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