Close Finishes at Maitland Coursing Results
Close finishes were the feature of the majority of the races at Maitland Mechanical Coursing Association's meeting last night. Larstep, Belarion and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport
Sport, 1937
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Newbiggen's Triumph Swimming Hope of Australia
The triumph of Bobble Newbiggen, the Newcastle schoolboy, in winning the Australian junior 110 yards championship at North Sydney last night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boxing Newcastle Bouts Burns to Meet Mehegan
The matching of Bluey Burns, the hard punching Newcastle lightweight, and the brilliant Sydney boxer, Hughie Mehegan, in the main 10 round contest at Newcastle Stadium…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hunter District Cricket President
Mr. R. A. Dransfield was elected president of the Hunter River Cricket Association last night in lieu of Mr. J. Reeves, who has been transferred…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Night Tennis Titles Learmonth Park Tournament
The Hamilton night championships began last night at Learmonth Park. J. Bell (Held Park) and J. Peel…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →New President Hunter Cricket Association
Mr. R. A. Dransfield, of West Maitland, was appointed President of the Hunter River District Cricket Association in succession to Mr. J. E. Reeves,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Before He Fell At Rosebery Races
Gay Eaton on the outside, the favorite for the Maiden Hurdle Race at Rosebery yesterday, taking the jump at the Leger the first time round with case. He fell later in the race…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →6000 Tutored in Swimming Children Learn at Holiday Classes Sydney
Nearly 6000 children have been taught swimming in the past eight days in the Education Department's vacation swimming classes…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Agreement Remote Control of Dog Racing Sydney
Agreement doe's not seem likely between the Greyhound Control Council and the New South Wales Trotting Club…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Professionals Object Move to Limit Golf Clubs LONDON, January 12
Opposition to the proposal to limit the number of clubs curried by a golfer is expressed by the Professional Golfers' Association in a letter to the Royal and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Women's Tennis Grading Miss Hartigan Heads the List Sydney
The New South Wales women's tennis selectors have graded players as at December 1, 1936, as follows:— (1) Miss J. Hartigan. (2) Miss T…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tennis Country Titles Forward Wins Again Miss Kennedy's Victory Sydney
J. O'Donnell, who surprised in the Country tennis championships yesterday by defeating W. Bruce Walker, of Windsor, holder of the title for eight years,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cricket the Vital Test Players For Adelaide Why Not Grimmett?
The Test match, so vital to Australian cricket, will begin in Adelaide on January 29. Australia has to win it, or immediately relinquish the Ashes won so…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →School Cricket Hamilton Wins Competition Nears End Unbeaten in Four Rounds
Defeating Wallsend by 29 runs on the first innings at Learmonth Park yesterday, Hamilton finished on top of the points-score table in the school vacation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dog Racing Ban Lifted Country Dogs and Rule 70 Trotting Club's Decision Sydney
An important development in the dispute between the New South Wales Trotting Club and the National Coursing Association for the control of greyhound racing…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →RODGERS & Forward in Tennis Final Country Week Miss Kennedy Wins in Quarter Final Sydney
Miss Ruth Kennedy, of Newcastle, formerly a pupil of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Croydon, to-day won her way…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Athletics
A further run of the Dawson Shield interclub competition will be held at No. 4 Sports Ground, Cook's Hill, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cessnock Swimming
Cessnock Amateur Swimming Club advanced its point-score competitions last night. Results:— Senior 100 metres.—First heat: R…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pennant Bowls Clubs' Prospects
The sixth game in the bowls pennants will be played to-morrow. An Interesting game in the No. 1…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sporting Fixtures for To-morrow Bowls
Resumption of the A, B and O pennant competitions. Boxing Burns v Mehegan at Newcastle…
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