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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1951

1,698 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 85

Golf Gossip

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 8

Mr. Wilson, representing the N.S.W. Golf Council, has completed an inspection of Newcastle golf courses as part of an official check on the new system of course ratings…

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Bowls and Bowlers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 8

Forming of the class to take the greenkeepers' course at the Newcastle Technical College this year seems assured…

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Tennis Cancelled

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 8

The Secretary of Newcastle District Tennis Association (Mr. J. O'Ryan) said last night that all night tennis championship matches…

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Boxing Notability's Death In Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY: Prominent Sydney boxing tutor, Theo Green, died in South. Sydney Hospital early today. Green, who was 54, had…

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Stop Press Test Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 8

Australia, second innings (three [?] R. N. Harevey not out 22 [?] not out 0; Sundry 1. Bow [?] 0/7 Warr 0/19 Wright…

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Rees-Locke Challenge Golf Match Off

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 8

NAIROBI, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter). — British match play golf champion Dai Rees said yesterday that because of his…

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U.S. Tennis Stars In Return Visit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 8

The three American professional tennis stars, Donald Budge, Frank Parker and Pancho Gonzales, who have been touring Australia with…

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Pro. Tennis Team's Return Visit

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 8

Pancho Gonzales, probably the world's "best tennis player at present, will appear in exhibition matches when the…

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Budge Sought Return Tennis Visit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 8

Because he was so dissatisfied with the form he displayed when beaten 6-0, 6-0 by Gonzales in the matches at Newcastle on January…

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Racing Man Fined

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Raymond Formosa, owner-trainer of the race-horse San Domenico, was fined £11 in the Traffic Court to-day for…

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Title Tennis Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 8

Because of the exhibition by the American professional tennis players at District Park on Saturday matches in the Newcastle…

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Major Cricket to Start on

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 16

First of the matches in the district cricket major series will be played on Saturday. Three matches will be played…

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Week-End Bowls Teams

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 8

Islington team to play Raymond Terrace tomorrow: G. Jolly, H. Pratt, A. Baker, W. Smith, J. Webber and J. Struthers (to travel by G. Jolly's…

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Professional Tennis Exhibitions

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

Professional tennis team, Americans Donald Budge, T. Parker and Panchio Gonzales and Australian Dinny Pails,…

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Branxton Cricket For Week-End

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 7

Branxton third grade team to meet Kurrl Weston at Kurrl tomorrow is: Kevin Bridge, G. Clarice, Cecil Crouch. Ron Cornes. M. Beckhouse,…

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N.J.C. Races Again Saturday Week

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 8

The Newcastle Jockey Club has another meeting on Saturday week, Feb. 17. Entries close at 4 p.m. on…

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Valiant Fox And Pop's Pick For N.I.C. Races

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 February 1951 · page 8

Valiant Fox, unlucky to be beaten in the Flying Welter Handicap at Newcastle on Jan. 27, gets her chance against similar class at to-morrow's N.J.C. meeting at Broadmeadow…

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Hardly Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY: A schoolmaster in Lancing, Sussex, was giving a geography lesson in Australia. He asked his boys. "Can you…

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Courts For Big Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 6

Ron Hattander and Larry Rushton, groundsmen, preparing tennis courts at District Park yesterday for the exhibition…

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Anzac Day Races Donations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1951 · page 12

Donations for the Anzac Day race meeting to be held at Newcastle on April 25, in aid of the Gallipoli Hall appeal, already total…

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