Newcastle Tennis Rankings
Two outstanding players came to Newcastle during the year which has just closed. They were D. Thompson,…
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Sport, 1941
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Two State Swimming Titles at 16
Rodney Button, 16-year-old Singleton swimmer, who won two State titles at North Sydney pool on Saturday night, has been…
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Greyhound racing will be resumed At Cessnock on January 18. Entries for the meeting will close on January 15. The first trials of the year will…
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With the White City courts saturated, due to heavy week-end rain, the Country Week Tennis Carnival, which was to have…
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A TACTICAL blunder put Merewether captain K. Hill, in an embarrassing position when his team played Lambton-New Lambton in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Courtney Cup Here for Safety World Famous Rugby League Trophy
The Courtney Cup, symbol of Rugby League supremacy of the world, has arrived in Australia for safe-keeping for the duration of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country Tennis Players Swam Flooded Creek Sydney
Flooded creeks were swum by J. B. and C. McFeeters, cousins, from Belmont, near Gunning, before they could reach the railway line to travel to Sydney for the Country Lawn Tennis carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →School Vacation Cricket Fifth Round Games Played To-day
The fifth series of games in the School Vacation cricket competition arranged by the Newcastle District Cricket…
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W. Cross. Lambton New Lambton fast-medium bowler, registered his best performance in Newcastle grade cricket on Saturday, taking six wickets for six runs in Merewether's fist innings, and four for 12 when that side batted a second time…
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Owing to the rain which fell shortly after 1 p.m. to-day the first round of the championship fours competition, set down to be played at the B.H.P…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Swimming Title Heats To-morrow Night
Newcastle swimmers, drawn to compete in heats of the State swimming championships at Manly on Thursday night, were informed yesterday that the heats will now be held…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Because of the wet weather the 1941 Country Tennis Carnival, which was to have started at the Rushcutter Bay courtse to-day, was postponed until…
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Teams for the annual cricket match between Newcastle schools and Newcastle District Cricket Association will he selected on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rapid Growth of Dog Racing Wollongong
Seven years ago this week the Wollongong Greyhound Club opened with a £65 programme Since then the sport has made such rapid strides…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Swimming Pool at Stockton
Stockton Progress Association intends to persevere with its campaign to raise finance to provide a safe swimming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Qualifying Rounds of District Bowls Championship
The qualifying round of the district fours bowls championship will be played to-night at National Park and City greens and the qualifying round of the day section of the pairs will be played to-morrow afternoon at Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cricket Starts Merewether Suggests Fines
Merewether Cricket Club plans to ask Newcastle District Cricket Association to fine teams making a late appearance at matches…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Six Furlong Races for Two-year-olds Sydney
Evidently trainers do not favor six-furlong races for two-year-olds at this stage of the season as a nomination of seven was a very poor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Cricket Newcastle-stockton Match May Be Battle of Tactics
Given normal conditions on Saturday Newcastle has a fighting chance of scoring a first innings win over Stockton in the grade cricket series. Outstanding bowler Ern Crossan will present it with its biggest difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Northern Tennis Teams Score Some Big Wins at Country Week Carnival Sydney
Newcastle and Coalfields teams scored some big wins when the second day's play in the Country Week Tennis Carnival was continued on the White City Courts to-day. NEWCASTLE No. 1 men's team…
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