Carry Decoy Tank in Cricket Bag
LONDON, Feb. 24. A.A.P.—During the war British camouflage experts developed an inflatable device packed into a hold-all a little larger,…
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Sport, 1946
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New Lambton And Wickham Share Lead In District Cricket
New Lambton and Wickham are now joint leaders in the District Cricket competition, Maitland, which had shared the lead with them, having suffered a reverse in the series of matches concluded on Saturday…
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C. Comins (Hamilton) won the country bowls singles championship In Sydney today, defeating H. Scott (Thirroul)…
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SYDNEY: Features of the first round of the N.S.W. Bowling Association's Country fours championship for women today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racing to Be Resumed at Gosford
Racing will be resumed at Gosford course on March 23 by the Gosford Show Association. Meetings were held on the course for many years by a race club company until December 9, 1941…
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SYDNEY: Accurate drawing on long heads featured the finals of the singles in the N.S.W. Women's Country Week Bowls Carnival at Victoria Park today. The greens played perfectly and players in the quarter-final round consistently threw…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Cyril Comins, of Hamilton Club won the country bowls singles championship final to-day. He…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Union Football Clubs Plan For Season
Merewether - Carlton Rugby Union Football Club at its sixteenth annual meeting last night decided to instruct its delegates to the Newcastle Rugby Union to support any move for the interchange of senior and reserve grade players, and also…
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The Newcastle Bowling Association has decided to conduct the annual Veterans' match at Hamilton on March 28. Entries will close on…
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Matches in the Newcastle Bowling Association pennant competitions will be resumed on Saturday after a break for the Country Carnival…
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ONLY ONE series remains to be played in the Newcastle District cricket Association's first grace competition after…
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SYDNEY. — The recent history of Alan Westbury, middleweight boxer, was quoted in Parliament today in support of the campaign…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Sparke, of Maitland, is this year's champion woman bowler of New South Wales. Throughout the final…
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Have you any odd soup plate stored away—last survivors of a treasured dinner service? Fill them with short-stemmed flowers, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Link With State Tennis Body
Newcastle and District Lawn Tennis Association decided at the annual meeting last night to reaffiliate unconditionally with New South…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sydney University failed by 17 runs to reach Brisbane University's total in the Interstate cricket match at University Oval…
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Greater Newcastle Council endorsed a recommendation by the Works Committee that Newcastle Rugby Union should be granted the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Rugby Union Protests On English Operation Of New Laws
Newcastle Rugby Union decided at its meeting last night to enter a protest regarding the manner in which the new laws of the game were brought into operation by the English Rugby Union…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Lower Grades Take Floor in Tennis Titles
The entry in the lower grades of the Newcastle Tennis Association championships is so great that a number of playing days will have to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Many Candidates For N.J.C. Races Pleased In Today's Gallops
Chinook, Ophir, Dusky Dee, Lackey and Beline were outstanding time makers over sprint distances at Broadmeadow this morning, but a number of others were also pleasing in their final trials for Newcastle races on Saturday…
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