Tennis Exhibition Now on March 15
The tennis exhibition, in which the outstanding Australian players, John Bromwich, G. Brown, W. Sidwell, J. Dart and Misses M. Bevis…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport
Sport, 1948
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Cricket Finalists Still in Doubt
IF MATCHES in the Newcastle District Cricket Association first grade competition end as they shaped in the first day's play last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Object To Football On Anzac Day
A report that a Country League elimination match would be played at Wollongong on April 25 (Anzac Day) brought objections from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tennis Marathon
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 26. A.A.P.—R. Riggs and D. Pails played what is believed to be the longest doubles set on record last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Racing Case Dismissed
LONDON, Fri. (A.A.P.)—The Lord Chief Justice (Lord Goddard) has dismissed the action which Australian-born trainer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rain Delays Cricket
LONDON, Feb. 26. A.A.P.—Reuters' Georgetown correspondent reports that rain prevented play to-day in the return cricket match…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Football, Boxing For Blind Men
NEW YORK: Blind athletes of the New York Institution for the Blind have added football and boxing to their regular training programme, which already includes track running, wrestling…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£25 Cricket Donation
The N.S.W. Cricket Association has made available, through Newcastle District Cricket Association, the sum of £25 for use by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurri Golf Club Annual Meeting
Members attending the seventeenth annual meeting of Kurri Golf Club were told that the new course was rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →School Cricket Final Protest
Wickham, winner of the B grade Primary final of the school vacation cricket competition, will be asked to show cause why it should…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stop Press Saturday, February 28, 1948. Newcastle Races
N.J.C. Handicap: FLYING SWA[?] High Tension 2, Royal [?] RANDWICK RACES Denham Court Handicap: HIRAJI…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brown's Boxing Comeback
Light [?] heavyweight Doug Brown always had Col Parker's measure at Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Grade Cricket Finalists
As a result of the matches completed in the District Cricket competition on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Little Change In Pennant Bowls Places
There was little change in positions of leading teams, in the Newcastle Bowling Association pennant competitions on Saturday. The last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Golf Club, Radio Shop Burgled
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Goods valued at £320 were stolen in two cases of breaking and entering last night. Goods and golf clubs valued…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Millorna Won Reserve Grade Tennis
Millorna won the Newcastle Tennis Association's A reserve grade mixed team premiership. It had sufficient lead to be able to lose…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bowls and Bowlers
TWO Newcastle district bowlers have been chosen to play with New South Wales against Victoria in Sydney on March 17, 18 and 19…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girls' School Swimming Carnival
St. Aloysius Girls' High School, Hamilton, held its swimming carnival at the Ocean Baths yesterday. The picture suggests there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sunday Rugby Outside City
Sunday Rugby League football may be played this season in areas where the controlling authorities permit Sunday sport. Mr. C. Sage, a vice-president,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby League Admission Prices Raised
Newcastle Rugby League last night adopted a recommendation from the Management Committee that the admission price to the…
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