Bright Cricket in One-day Games
ONE DAY matches on Saturday in the Newcastle District Cricket Association first-grade competition, which sets the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport
Sport, 1949
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Tallon Out Of Testimonial Cricket Match
BRISBANE. — Test wicketkeeper, Don Tallon, will not be able to play in the Oldfield-Kippax testimonial match,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Waratah-Mayfield's Vice-Like Grip On District Cricket Premiership
By its convincing win over New Lambton on Saturday, Waratah-Mayfield has strengthened its vice-like grip on this season's district cricket first grade premiership. Waratah-Mavfield Club has a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Harlequins Athletic Club Newly Formed
Growing popularity of athletics in Newcastle is reflected by the formation of a new club, known as Harlequins Amateur Athletic Club, to cater for past and present students of Newcastle Boys' High…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Golf Gossip
Waratah Club will make local golf history on Thursday with a visit by members of N.S.W. Golf Secretaries' Association to Cockle Creek. Some 20 secretaries of lead-…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sport Letter Box Coursing Complaint
The Newcastle coursing enclosure should undergo repairs and be brought up to date, as at present clients, particularly women, have room for…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Pickworth's Golf Book
In the recently published John Reeve sportsbook, "Golf the Pickworth Way" (Robertson and Mullens, Melbourne), the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →No Hunter Bowls On
Owing to the Country Week bowls carnival, there will be no play in Hunter River District Bowling Association's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Maitland Night Tennis Fixtures
Minor premiers, Cessnock 2, will play Maitland 1 in the grand final of the inter-district night tennis competition at Odd-st. No. 1 court next Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →East Mainland Tennis Officers
East Maitland Park Tennis Club annual meeting decided to hold the opening day on March 19 with a captain v…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stop Press Shield Cricket
South Australia, second innings Seven for 293 (Langley, not out 89: Mctean not out 31). WOMEN'S TEST CRICKET…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hunter District Cricket Fixtures
The second last series of Hunter River District Cricket Association's first and second grade competitions will be completed on Saturday. Fixtures are:—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →173 Casualties in Football Queue
LONDON, Feb. 21. A.A.P.—Women fainted and ambulance men treated 173 minor casualties in a queue of over 50,000 football…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Entry Likely For Easter Tennis
Newcastle Tennis Association, which will revive the Easter tournament this year, expects entries from several interstate players and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Easter Date Fixed For School Cricket
The annual school vacation match between Newcastle schoolboys and a combined A. W. Green Shield team selected in Sydney will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Leading Jockey Refuses Request To Shun Races
MELBOURNE, Monday.—A leading Melbourne jockey revealed to-day that he had been approached by a trainer not to ride at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowls and Bowlers
NEARLY 300 Newcastle bowlers are in Sydney for the Country Week carnival. For at least three days they will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Residents Put Case Against Tennis Courts
A deputation of eight residents of Cook's Hill protested to Greater Newcastle Works Committee against any application being granted to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket Only for De Courcy
State batsman, Jim De Courcy, has retired from Rugby League football in order to concentrate on cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Defer Action On Forfeiting Cricket Clubs
Because of altered circumstances, Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association will not take any immediate drastic action against…
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