Wife Of Tennis Star Tours With Him
Mrs. Frank Parker, wife of the American tennis star, has watched hundreds of tennis matches and travelled thousands of miles since she was married nearly 13 years ago…
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Sport, 1951
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Budge Was Out Of Form In Tennis Singles
Donald Budge played so badly in his singles against Pancho Gonzales at District Park last night that he said, "I'm sorry…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Close Test Finishes Which Made Cricket History
Melbourne, which provided such a dramatic Test cricket encounter over the Christmas holidays, was also the scene of the closest Test finish on record…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stop Press Moorefield Races Flying Handicap Skip Court Carceres Goldak Third Test
England, first innings: Total 290. Bowling: Lindwall 2/60, Miller 4/37, I. Johnson 3/94, W. Johnston 0/50, Iverson 0/25, Loxton 0/12. Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowls Leaders Hold Position
Hamilton and Lambton, both undefeated, held their lead in the No. 1 section of the Newcastle Bowling Association's pennant competitions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gosford Greyhound Races
Mr. F. Grisdale, greyhound grader for the Gosford Agricultural arid Citrus Association, stated today that the Gosford…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ransom, Los Angeles Golf Leader
LOS ANGELES, Sun. (A.A.P.)—Veteran Henry Ransom took the lead at the end of the second round of the 15,000-dollar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hamilton Leads Cricket Table
The defeat of Waratah-Mayfield on Saturday by Wickham and an outright win by Hamilton over West Lakes gave Hamilton a clear lead of seven points on Newcastle District Cricket Association's competition…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mayfowl Back From Stud For Racing
SYDNEY.—Former brilliant racehorse Mayfowl, now a 10-year-old, starts alongside his three-year-old unnamed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Absenteeism Rife In C. And S. Cricket
C. and S. cricket had one of its worst days on record for absenteeism on Saturday when the second round of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowls and Bowlers
THE BRITISH WAY of playing bowls makes a great spectator sport, but few Australians would want to play the game that way…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Stop Press Test Cricket
England, second innings: C. Washbrook, not out 30: R. Simpson, c Tallon, b Iverson [?]: sundry 1. Two for 40…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Henry Ransom Leads Los Angeles Golf
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8. A.A.P.—Henry Ransom returned a one over par 72 yesterday to retain the lead at the end of the third…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Autograph brigade at Cricket Ground
ENGLISH TEST SKIPPER Fred Brown was greeted by the usual army of small boys seeking his autograph, but, what with casualties and one thing and another, he had weightier matters on his mind…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tennis Postponed
At a meeting of Newcastle District Tennis Association last night, the women's mid-week competition was postponed till February 1…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle Plan To Find Boxing Talent
Plans are being made by Newcastle Stadium management for novice and open tournaments in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Jim Bare, 13, Newcastle Hope In State Swimming
Swimming coach Frank Sheriff and critics in Newcastle believe that 13-year-old Jim Barr has a big chance of winning several titles at the State championships in Sydney this week-end…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Country Tennis Title Upsets
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There were two upsets in the finals of the Country Tennis championships at White City Courts to-day. They were—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sedgman Sought For Professional Tennis
SYDNEY.—Strong effort will be made to induce Australian tennis champion, Frank Sedgman, to turn professional after…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Teams Equal In School Cricket
With only one more series in A grade to play in the school vacation cricket competition, Waratah-Mayfield and Wickham are equal…
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