Stockton Wins School Cricket
Stockton beat Lambton—New Lambton by an innings and 79 runs in the final of the open grade school vacation cricket competition…
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Sport, 1947
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Bowls Championship Games on Saturday: No Pennant Matches
District Championship Bowls singles will be played in Newcastle next Saturday and there will be no pennant games. The qualifying and first rounds will be played on Saturday, January 25,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cricket Selectors (To the Editor.)
Sir.—Newcastle cricket selectors were criticised when they named the team to play the M.C.C. After reading their latest effort, I am not…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gosford Races Off on February 1
GOSFORD, Tuesday.—Gosford horse meeting on February 1 has been cancelled. This position has arisen because…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle Cricket Team In Sydney On
SYDNEY.—The Newcastle cricket team will play at Frazer Park. Sydenham, on Monday in a series of interassociation matches. One of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Kurri Bowls
Kurri Bowling Club fixtures in the Hunter District Pennants on Saturday are: Blue Pennant v West Maitland, at Kurri; Red Pennant team a bye; White Pennant v…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weston Bowls Fixtures
Weston Bowling Club matches in the Hunter District Pennants on Saturday are: Red Pennant v Maitland City, at Weston; White Pennant No. 1 team v…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£2500 Golf Purse
A £2500 professional golf tournament will be held at the Australian Golf Club's links at Kensington, commencing on April 16…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Big Entries For District Bowls Singles
Almost every green in the district will be occupied to-morrow by the 303 entrants in the Newcastle district bowls singles championship. Six greens will be occupied with…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →First Games in District Bowls Singles
All bowling greens in Newcastle district will be required to accommodate the large entry in district association's singles championship,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →U.S. Tennis Stars Hooted In Defeat
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Crowds who heckled the American National Doubles champions, Gardnar Mulloy and Bill Talbert, during their doubles match in the Australian championships at White City to-day did not know that…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Waratah's Big Job In District Cricket Tomorrow
With all wickets intact, Waratah-Mayfield still requires 278 runs to beat the leaders, Merewether, in the final day to-morrow of the seventh district cricket series. Only once has Waratah-Mayfield exceeded that total this season…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bowls Singles Championship
First games in the Newcastle District Bowling Association's singles championships were played this afternoon. There were 305 entrants—little…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Speedway Racing Resumes Tonight
Leading Newcastle rider, Billy Melluish, won the senior handicap at the speedway racing in Sydney last night, making his third success in recent…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plan For 1947 Golf Titles An Experiment
Considerable doubt exists among golfers whether the plan to be tried out this year of playing the Australian Open in Brisbane in June and the National Amateur Championship in Adelaide next August, will add to or detract from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stop Press Randwick Races Paddington Handicap
FINE ART TAMAROA OPHIR NEWCASTLE DOGS…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Do We Take Cricket Too Seriously?
Professor C. E. M. Joad was asked this question the other day by a reader of the London Sunday Dispatch This was his answer:— MOST certainly not. Cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Newcastle Sun" Sporting Guide (For Monday's Races)
The edition of "The Newcastle Sun" on Monday morning will include a last-minute cover of the day's racing. From reviews,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Shield Cricket N.S.W. Loses Opening Bats Before Lunch
The New South Wales opening batsmen, Morris and Carmody, were dismissed before lunch when the Shield match against Victoria was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S. Tennis Star, Mulloy, Offers To Fight Heckler: Australian Title Games
SYDNEY: American Gardnar Mulloy offered to fight a spectator who called out "don't argue" before he lost the second set to John Bromwich in the singles semi-finals of the Australian tennis championships at the White City today…
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