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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1953

1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 100

Few Tennis Games Off

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 10

Matches in the Newcastle Tennis Association A reserve grade mixed teams competition will be the only ones affected…

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Golf Advice By Army Instructors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 4

Marie Wallace received plenty of golf instruction in the lunch-hour at King Edward Park yesterday from Sergeant J…

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Stop Press Sth. African Cricket

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 16

Sth. Africa. 2nd innings, 4/100 (Cheetham n.o. 39, Keith n.o. 37) v Victoria. 203D LB. FOR WOOL…

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Week End Cricket Vital To Teams

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1953 · page 15

The second day's play in the ninth series of District cricket matches is vital to many of the clubs as it will determine the four top teams to play for the major premiership…

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Exhibition Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 12

Australia's Mervyn Rose (left) and Vic. Selxas, America's Davis Cup captain, who will meet in one of the…

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Dittmar Out Of Boxing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 12

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Len Dittmar, welterweight boxing champion of Australia, has retired. Dittmar said this morning…

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Cricket Change

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 12

Newcastle City and Suburban Cricket Association competition A reserve grade western division match between…

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Football On Kure's Bomb Stores

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 2

The hilly town of Kure has more caverns and tunnels than an antheap. It is the great naval base from which Japan's sea war…

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Tennis Stars To Play In Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 5 February 1953 · page 22

Americans Vic Seixas and Straight Clark and Australians Merv Rose and Don Candy will play…

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National Park Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 12

National Park Bowling Club's draw (skippers' names only) for next week in its electric light competition is—…

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Retired From Racing

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 11

Wave Length has been retired from racing and will be mated with Jambo…

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Cricket Change

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 13

The A reserve Western division C. and S. game to-morrow between Gordonavenue Workshops and…

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Exhibition Tennis Tonight

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 11

Tennis stars Vic Seixas and Straight Clark (U.S.) and Merv Rose and D. Candy (Aust.) will appear…

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3rd Series In Bowls Pennants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 13

Matches set down for to-morrow in the Newcastle Bowling Association's pennant competitions will be the third…

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Varied Week-end In Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1953 · page 13

Beginning to-night with exhibition games between Vic Seixas and Straight Clark (U.S.) and Mervyn Rose and…

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Played—But Not Tennis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1953 · page 1

American and Australian tennis players came to Newcastle yesterday for exhibition matches at District Park last…

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Adamstown Bowls

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 11

Alamstown electric light competition draw for this week (skippers' names only) is:—Tonight: N…

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Pye Trophy Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 4

The Secretary of Lorn Park Bowling Club (Mr. V. R. Woodward) said semi-final of the Pye trophy competition would…

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Bowls Leaders' Task Eased

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 4

Losses by teams which were second in each section of Newcastle Bowling Association No. 1 pennant…

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Successful Year for Kurri Rugby League

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 9 February 1953 · page 9

A most successful year was reviewed at the annual meeting of Kurri Rugby League Club. It was stated that although the teams did not…

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