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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1952

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Final Games In Mixed Teams Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 10

The Newcastle Tennis Association's summer mixed competition will be completed at District Park to-morrow and…

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1951 Finalists in Top Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 10

Last season's finalists in the Newcastle District Cricket Association first grade competition, Hamilton and Waratah-Mayfield, will meet in the opening round of the major…

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Stop Press N.z. Cricket Test

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 8

"West [?]diss, 1st innings. 0.34 (Stollmeyer n.o. 21, Rae n.o. 7; sundries 6). Lunch. NO ELECTRICITY PROBE…

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Inter-club Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 10

Newcastle branch of the Amateur Athletic Association will conduct the fourth and concluding round of its…

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Athletics

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 7

The Newcastle branch of the Amateur Athletic Association will conduct the concluding round of its…

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Cessnock Bowls Teams

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 6

Cessnock Bowling Club will be represented at the Country Week bowls carnival this year by 14 rinks. No other club in the…

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Football Practice

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 12

South Newcastle Rugby League football club will begin training for the 1952 season at Mitchell Park at 8 p.m. on…

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Parents Want Swimming Fee Dropped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 2

The Education Department will be asked to waive a 4/ fee paid by schoolchildren to attend learn-to-swim…

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District Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 12

The Newcastle District Cricket Association first grade fixture between Merewether and Belmont will be played this…

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Junior Tech Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 8

Newcastle Central Junior Technical School continued its annual swimming carnival at the Ocean Baths today…

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Country Bowls Commenced

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY. — Only 36 of the huge entry of 1600 players failed to put in an appearance at the N.S.W…

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French Tennis Titles

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 8

PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.). — Denmark's Kurt Nielsen beat Jaroslav Drobny, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4, in the singles final…

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Hill Stars In Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 3

The feature of Saturday's play in Newcastle Tennis Association's men's open singles championships was the defeat…

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Thomson Wins Round Robin Golf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 17. A.A.P.—The Australian and New Zealand open champion, Peter Thomson, snatched a…

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Associates For Wyong Racing Club

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 6

WYONG, Sunday.—Wyong Turf Club decided this afternoon to admit associate members, embracing owners and…

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Country Week Bowls B.h.p. Defeat Surprises

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday.—The only surprise result in the Country Week bowls fours championships to-day was the defeat in the third round of the strong B.H.P. team,…

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Club's Triple Win In Athletics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 8

Newcastle Harriers Amateur Athletic Club won the junior, sub-junior and aggregate point-score competitions in the…

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Athletic Contests At Show

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 4

Most of Newcastle's athletes were expected to compete at the Maitland Show next week, the Secretary of…

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Girls' High Swimming

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 15

Because of unfavorable weather, the annual swimming carnival of the Newcastle Girls' High School, set down for…

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Golf Gossip

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 20 February 1952 · page 16

The form of competition for the Newcastle District Galf Association's annual A.I.F. trophy is at present under discussion, following poor entries in recent years. IT has been pointed out that…

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