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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1952

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Social Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 8

With the Country Week tennis carnival due to start next Monday and all senior teams competitions and…

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Jockeys' Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 8

A cricket match between Newcastle and Sydney jockeys will be held in aid of Mrs. Okulich, mother of the shark…

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Branxton Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 2

Branxton Cricket Club will resume its competition activities following the holiday break, when the third grade team will…

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Schoolgirls At Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 8

At the school tennis championships at District park yesterday. Suzanne Gamble (New Lambton) and Barbara Harry (Hamilton South) await their match…

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Sound Tennis By Juniors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 6

Despite the heat, tennis of a high standard was played in the school age championships at District Park yesterday…

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The Cricket Test

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 2

There is little doubt that a West Indies victory in the fourth Test would have been popular with most…

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Tennis Stars In Easy Wins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. —Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor had easy wins to-day in the quarter finals of the…

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Cricket Ban At School

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 8

VIC COCKERILL, stewarts and Lloyds Cricket Club President, one of the most prolific run-getters…

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Hunter Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 12

The Hunter River first-grade cricket competition will resume this afternoon. Eastern Suburbs have lost…

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Dickson's Good Tennis Record

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 12

Paul Dickson, junior boys' champion, seems certain to win all the singles events from 14 to 18 years at the Northern…

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Letters To the Editor. Tennis Stars

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 7

HOPMAN, Sedgman and McGregor received hundreds of telegrams congratulating them on the Davis Cup…

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Cessnock Golf

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 8

A 12 hole par handicap conducted by Cessnock Golf Club yesterday was won by J. Hogg (14) 2 down on the count back…

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Close Results In Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 4

There were some close results, and a couple of upsets, in the last series of matches in the first round of Newcastle…

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Good Sides For Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 4

Newcastle is well represented, with eight teams, in the Country Week tennis carnival, to begin to-day at White City…

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Stop Press Sheffield Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 8

Queensland, first innings, 0/24 (Grout n.o. 12. Harvey n.o. 10, sundries 3). YACHT RACE…

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Nose Injured by Cricket Ball

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 2

Ellie O'Brien, 57, of Cohen-street, Maitland, suffered a serious nose injury, with a probable fracture and…

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Unlikely To Run In A.J.C. Races

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY. — Thracian Lad, who pulled up badly in the Summer Cup, is not likely to start in the…

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Night Athletics At Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 4

Night athletic carnivals will be resumed at Robins Oval at Maitland on Wednesday night. The Secretary of Maitland…

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Rugby League Officers Not Opposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 7

All officers of the Newcastle Rugby League would be elected unopposed, the Secretary (Mr. E. O'Sullivan) reported to…

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Stop Press Wyong Races

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 8

Three-Year-Old Maiden: GRAND LEADER 1, Stear By 2, Bluster 3. COUNTRY TENNIS In the men's teams matches,…

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