Athletic Stars for Carnival
IT IS expected that more than half of the 16 visiting athletes who will compete in the night carnival to be conducted by…
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Sport, 1950
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Golf Notes
Jones Junior is on annual holidays and Golf Notes will be temporarily discontinued…
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Dave Downie (Boolaroo) has accepted the chaflenge to play South Africa's singles champion. G. Jacobs, at Double Bay next…
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At Shortland links on Saturday Steel Works Club will conduct a stableford competition…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Newcastle Rugby Union Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of Newcastle Rugby Union will be held at Sedgwick Hall on January 20, when the annual report and balance sheet will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Racing Yawl Calls At Newcastle
The 35ft. yawl Moonbi, which competed in the 1947 and 1948 Sydney-Hobart yacht races, left Newcastle this afternoon…
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Early scenes of Newcastle Harbour were recalled last night, when the 35-foot yawl Moonbi came round Nobbys and up the river…
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Queensland, 2nd innings: McLaughlin 1bw b King 22 Mackay n.p. 55 Toovey n.o. 2 sundries 7. 1/86. Qldwon outright…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Riptide To Run In Longer Races
SYDNEY.—Riptide is to be tried over longer distances and will tackle the mile in the Minto Handicap at Randwick…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Grade Cricket Star Weaker In School Games
Walter Wellham, 16-year-old Belmont player and most promising bowler in Newcastle District Cricket Association first grade competition,…
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HOBART, Monday.—New South Wales easily defeated Tasmania in the second match in the Blind Cricketers' Carnival at Hobart…
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Raymond Terrace won the Newcastle Bowling Association Legacy competition for the Albert Smith trophy, conducted in conjunction…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Horse Racing Licence To Gosford Body
SYDNEY: A horse racing licence for 1950 had been issued to the Gosford Agricultural and Citrus Association, the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle To Ask For Tennis Representation
Newcastle Tennis Association will ask the New South Wales Association to appoint a Newcastle representative on the Country…
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Some people were playing on tennis courts till as late as 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., Ald. Rundle told Newcastle Council Works Committee…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—K. and F. Bower, of Armidale, an unseeded pair, caused the greatest upset in to-day's play in the country tennis championships at Rushcutter Bay courts by eliminating the No. 1 seeded…
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SYDNEY: American women tennis stars, Louise Brough and Doris Hart, arranged two strenuous practice sessions…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →First Round Of Bowls Pennant Matches To Finish On
Matches in the Newcastle Bowlers Association's pennant competitions on Saturday will be the last of the series in the first round. Saturday's games may give some indication of the sectional winners…
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Newcastle Council Works Committee last night approved an application by Newcastle branch of the Amateur Athletic Association…
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It was hoped that 300 prospective tennis players would be catered for when the new courts, started 12 months ago, were completed, Dr…
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