Soft Track For Racing At Canterbury
SYDNEY.—Seventy points of rain fell overnight at Canterbury and a soft track is likely for next Saturday's meeting no matter…
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Sport, 1947
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Men's Doubles May Decide Tennis Final
The result of the men's doubles between Pont and Allen (Mercury) and Talbot and White (Railway) will probably decide Newcastle Tennis…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Two Grand Is Ready For Autumn Racing
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two Grand is expected to play a leading part in important autumn races. The progress he has made since returning from a spell has been astounding…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Football
LONDON, Feb. 13. A.A.P.—In the re-play in the fifth round of the Football Association Cup. Middlesbrough beat Nottingham Forest, 6-2…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tennis Final Promises Close Finish
Railway and Mercury meet in the A reserve grade knock-out final at District Park tomorrow. Preliminary rounds will be…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Points Changes Likely After Tomorrow's Pennant Bowls Matches
Some interesting games are expected in the No. 1 Pennant Bowls competition tomorrow, and at the close of the day's play it is likely that a number of alterations will be made in the competition points table…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Young Players In Final Of Tennis Singles
Two of the younger players, D. Mcllwaine (Maitland) and N. Redman (Stockton), have reached the final of the men's A grade…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →E. T. Ross Available at N.jj.c. Races
Jockey E. T. Ross will be available for mounts at Newcastle races tomorrow. He can ride at 7.11…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wickets And Outfields Will Be Slow For Tomorrow's Cricket
Even should the rain cease today wickets and outfields for tomorrow's District Cricket fixtures will be slow as a result of the soaking they have received, and the winning of the toss will have an important bearing on the day's play…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Achilles Athletics Points Score
Achilles amateur athletics will contest the fourth round of their points score competition at No. 4 Sports Ground tomorrow. Events to be decided are Senior and Junior…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Canterbury Races Nigeria's Victory Disgusted
SYDNEY: After several disappointments, Nigeria came to light in the First Encourage Handicap today to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coaches Appointed For Y.C.W. Rugby Union Teams
Jim Wilson, former representative five-eighth in Rugby League and Rugby Union, who coached the C.Y.M.S. team to successes in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Many to Change States For Cricket
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The announcement by Don Tallon that he will transfer after the fifth Test from Queensland to South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tollis Gave Roache Boxing Lesson
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Mickey Tollis, of Newcastle, defeated the American negro, Willie Roache, almost pointlessly at West Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rugby League Men Leave for England
SYDNEY, Sunday.— Accompanied by his clubmate, Johnny Hunter, Rugby League Test winger, Lionel Cooper, formerly of Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tennis Final to Mercury
Mercury defeated Railway in the final of the A reserve grade mixed teams' competition on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Football Freeze-out
LONDON, Sunday. — Ice-pound grounds caused the cancellation of many football fixtures at the weekend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Snead Beats Locke in Golf Match
JOHANNESBURG, Monday—American golfer, Sam Snead, beat Bobbie Locke. South African champion, 4 and 3, in the second of a series…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Melbourne Cricket Off
MELBOURNE.— At 3 p.m. play in he M.C.C. v Victoria cricket match [?]as abandoned for the day. There [?]as no play after lunch…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Outright Wins Likely In All District Cricket Matches
Taking Saturday's performances as a guide there is a distinct possibility that all matches in the ninth series of the District Cricket competition will be won outright. The position is interesting as the points in each of the five…
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