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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1950

2,172 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 109

Golf Star Training With Soccer Team

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.)—British golf star Dai Rees has gone into strict training with the Arsenal soccer team to…

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Ferrier Fifth In L.A. Open Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 8

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10. A.A.P.—Jim Ferrier was fifth in the Los Angeles open golf tournament. Ben Hogan, making a comeback…

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N.J.C Anniversary Day Racing Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 15

Newcastle Jockey Club will distribute £750 at its Anniversary Day meeting on Jan. 30. Entries for the meeting close…

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Bad Day For North in Country Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—K. Bendeich, of Newcastle, and D. McIlwain, of Maitland, who were considered to have good…

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Newcastle's Miss Kennedy To Defend Country Tennis Title

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 15

SYDNEY: Miss Ruth Kennedy, of Newcastle, holder of the country women's tennis singles championship, will defend it when she meets Miss Betty O'Brien (Goulburn) in the final of this year's…

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Accident Didn't Keep Men Away From Dog Races

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 14

Four men who came from Taree in a car last night to back Rowdy Mireeka in the last race at Maitland dog meeting had mixed luck. They crawled unhurt from…

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City Bowls Fairs

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 15

Pairs matches in the Newcastle City Bowling Club electric light competition last night resulted: Uhrig-Stewart 33 d. Hall-Nicholson 30,…

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An Early Start in Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 4

Starting early in the bowling game is Robert Bartley, 6, lining up a shot at Adamstown bowling green yesterday…

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Mixed Teams Tennis Draw

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 15

Mixed teams tennis matches will be continued at District Park courts tomorrow. Avalon No. 1 and Carlton should stage the best fixture in the…

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Stop Press Shield Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 12

South Australia, first innings, 94 (Michael, b Davidson, 32; O'Neill, not out, 13; R. Hiern, lbw, b John-ston, 1)…

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Chicquita's Autumn Races Not Decided

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 16

MELBOURNE.—Plans to run Chicquita in the Futurity Stakes and some of the autumn w.f.a. faces are almost certain to be…

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Worthington In N.Z. Tennis Final

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 15

CHRISTCHURCH, Friday (A.A.P.).—Australian tennis player George Worthington will meet John Robson of…

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Last Series In First Round Of Pennant Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 4

Matches in the Newcastle Bowling Association's pennant competition to-morrow will be the last of the first round. The number of…

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Kurri Sunday Cricket to Resume

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 4

Kurri Kurri Sunday cricket competitions will be resumed on Sunday. Fixtures are: Stanford No. 1 v…

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Dave Sands Laughed At Fuss Over His Boxing Tent Appearance

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 12

British Empire middleweight champion Dave Sands to-day laughed at the suggestion that any fuss should be made over his appearance in a boxing tent at The Entrance during the Christmas…

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Mid Week Races At Gosford On January 25

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 13

SYDNEY.—First midweeks race meeting at Gosford under the amended Gamins and Betting Act will be held on…

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Stockton Has Chance To Qualify For Major District Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 11

The youthful Stockton eleven, skippered by former Country Week star Merv Felton, has a splendid opportunity to qualify for the major district cricket competition, which begins at the end…

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Interclub Athletics at Sports Ground

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 15

Newcastle athletic clubs will contest the sixth round of their inter-club competition at No. 4 Sports Ground to-morrow…

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Girls Qualify For Swimming Titles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Friday.—At the North Sydney Olympic Pool to-night, seven country and 11 city girls qualified to compete in the finals of New…

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Gosford Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 12

Gosford Show Association will hold its first official midweek race meeting on January 25. Entries close at 4 p.m. on Wednesday…

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