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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1938

4,646 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 233

Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 14

The eighth series of bowls games will be played to-morrow. The No. 1 pennant competition is in a most interesting stage…

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Merewether Golf Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 22

A stroke competition will be played to-morrow by Merewether Golf Club in conjunction with the third round of the Summer Cup and summer scratch score, 72-hole stroke competitions played…

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Golf Merewether Club

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 14

Merewether Golf Club will play a stroke competition on Saturday in conjunction with the third round of the summer cud and summer scratch score…

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Cricket Point Score

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 15

East Branxton is lending on the points table for teams competing in the B grade competition conducted by the Hunter River District Cricket Association. The…

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Cycling Preparing for Track Racing

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 13

Track carnivals in the near future have encouraged Newcastle cyclists to continue training, though club races on the roads have been stopped…

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Country Tennis Players Keep Cool

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 8

WHEN THE DAY is hot and the game is strenuous, there is nothing like a cooling drink of water, according to this charming players in the Country Week tennis at White City. She is Mrs. V. Smee, of Newcastle. OVER SHE GOES, skin and all. In a flurry of snow, this amateur skier finds that there is more…

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Tennis Grading Criticised Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 14

The Australian singles grading is peculiar. While Henkel has been graded on past performances, it has apparently been forgotten that…

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MAITLAND—KURRI—CESSNOCK West Maitland Greyhound Racing Analysis of Meetings

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 15

Fifteen meeting have been conducted by the Maitland Mechanical Hare Coursing Club since the beginning of the new season in October. There have been 514…

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No Decision Yet Tour of French Football Team SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 23

The French Rugby League will decide towards the end of the month whether it will send a team to Australia this year. The Secretary of the New South Wales…

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Tennis Budge Rests Will Play To-day Bromwich Defeats Mako Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 15

J. D. Budge was unable to play in the tennis test between America and Australia to-day, his doctor having advised him to rest. He said to-night that…

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Cricket Final Four Team to Tour England Last Position Difficulties (2.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 22

In yesterday's issue, the selection of 12 of the 10 players to tour England with the Australian cricket team was discussed. Of the many able players available, the choice…

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Bowls Big Fixtures Selections Announced Many From North Team for Empire Match Not Complete SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 23

At a meeting of the New South Wales Bowls Council tonight, it was announced that eight players had been selected from whom the four required for New South…

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Quarter Final Games in Country Tennis Knock-out Round Newcastle Wins Marathon Game Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 8

The quarter, finals of the knockout round in the men's and women's teams matches of the Country Tennis Carnival were…

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Athletics Great Runners Brown and Wooderson Not Coming for Games

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 4

Much has been written about the brilliant athletes who will compete in the Empire Games and little about the men who, through business and other reasons,…

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Where Sport Will Be Played To-morrow Athletics

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 14

Myer's Park Club: Field day at No 4 Sports around, National Park. Newcastle Harriers: Club championships at National Park…

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Dangerous Swimming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 12

Children bathing this week in Throsby Creek near the spot where a youth was taken by a shark 13 months ago. (See article.)…

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Swimming Manager Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 13

Mr. J. P. Sheedy, of Western Australia has been elected by the executive of the Amateur Swimming Union of Australia as managed and coach of the…

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British Bowls Team Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

The British bowling team which will play in Sydney in tournaments during the 150th Anniversary celebrations arrived in Sydney yesterday…

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Cricket Team Withdraws

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 13

The Secretary of the Hunter River District Cricket Association (Mr. C. H. March) stated yesterday that Paterson had withdrawn from the B Grade competition conducted by the…

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"Laughing Stock" Rugby League Squabble London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 1

The situation which has developed over the sailing date of the Kangaroos has made Australia the laughing stock of Rugby…

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