Sunday Cricket For Compton Despite Protest
LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.). —Despite the opposition by the Lord's Day Observance Society, the organisers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport
Sport, 1949
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Club Cricket May Lose Two Young Stars
Unless something is done to retain the services of promising young cricketers, such as Doug Ford and Ron Lawn, they will be lost to local competitions. The City and Suburban Association has done everything…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Achieve And Wearie In Final Trials For Randwick Races
Newcastle will have two representatives at Randwick on Saturday. They are Achieve (Novice Handicap) and Wearie (Warwick January Handicap). Achieve, who will be ridden by N. Sellwood, ran seven…
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Newcastle South Bowling Club's mixed fours will be played on the Newcastle South greens tomorrow night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cricket Match Change
The City and Suburban C grade western division match between Mayfield Baptist and Johnsons, set down for Tighe's Hill, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sound Move in Teams' Tennis
Tennis teams matches unfinished when rain stopped play at District Park last Saturday are to be completed tomorrow. The decision to play unfin-…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gosford Races Postponed Until
The Gosford race meeting set down for tomorrow has been postponed until next Tuesday, because the track…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Decision To-day On Gosford Races
To-morrow's race meeting at Gosford may be postponed because of the heavy rain earlier in the week. Officials of the club inspected the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Athletic Hopes For National Titles
CHAMPION NEWCASTLE HURDLER, Bill Brisbane, will represent N.S.W. in the 220 yards hurdles at the Australian athletic championships in Sydney tomorrow. Brisbane's real mission, however, is the 440 yards hurdles at the second day of the championships on Saturday week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gosford Races Postponed
GOSFORD, Friday. —Gosford Race Club meeting has been postponed till Tuesday afternoon. The committee decided this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →U.K. Wants Six-Day Cycle Races
LONDON. — Remembering prewar years there can be no doubt that six-day cycle racing is popular with English crowds,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In this article, the last of a series, P. J. Cunningham goes ringside with Tom Maguire and hears the Newcastle boxing trainer described as—'The Best Chief Second In The Game'
Not all of Tom Maguire's got to the top. None of them blamed him for that. They knew he had done their best with them, not only in tuition and conditioning, but in developing the mental state essential to good boxing…
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GOSFORD, Sunday.— Wyong, premier last year, was defeated by The Entrance 101-78 in the opening round of the Brisbane Water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boxing Venture Was Success
Fights at Newcastle Stadium on Saturday night, when the management held the first of its three 10round bout programmes, were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tart's Golf Club
Tattersall's Golf Club will hold its annual meeting and election of officers at Tattersall's Club tomorrow night at 8…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wallsend Loses At Bowls
The only leading team in the Newcastle Bowling Association No. 1 section of the main pennant competition to be defeated on…
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DURBAN, Jan. 16. A.A.P.— The East London Border team scored 156 against the Marylebone Cricket Club's touring side…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →May Postpone Races
WYONG, Sunday. — A decision will be made on Wednesday whether the Wyong race meeting set down for next Saturday will be postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stop Press Women's Cricket
ADELAIDE—England, first Innings. nine wickets for 68 (MacLagan 4, Duggan 1, Robinson not cut 30, Hide 5. Snowball 1, Rheinberg o, Sanders 8,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wyong Races May Be Postponed
The Wyong race meeting set down for next Saturday may have to be postponed. The course, bad in wet…
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