Outsiders In Cricket Bid
Hamilton and Waratah-Mayfield, at long odds two months ago to gain places in Newcastle District Cricket Association's major premiershp, finished…
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Sport, 1953
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Tennis Stars To Play Next
Vic Seixas and S. Clark of America with Don Candy and M. Rose of Australia will play exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Teams For Major Cricket Play Are Now Decided
Wickham, the present leader, Hamilton, winner of last season's premiership, Waratah-Mayfield and New Lambton have qualified for the major premiership in the District…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Bowls Points In Pennants
In the lower grades of the District Association's bowls pennants likely winners of sections are…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mid-week Tennis
A move to alter days of play is expected at the Women's Mid-week Tennis Association's annual meeting next…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sackings Mean No Cricket
South Swansea cricket team has withdrawn from the City and Suburban Cricket Association B grade competition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket Is the Topic
Arthur Morris (second from left) chats with the newcomers in the fifth Test — Jeff Noblet (left), Ian Craig and Ron Archer—at the Australian team's hotel before leaving for the Melbourne Cricket Ground…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →GOLF Gossip
For the N.S.W. Close Championship to be held on the course next October, construction of three or four new tees is contemplated at Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →BOWLS and BOWLERS
NO matter how you look at it, it is amazing how few bowlers in the Newcastle district have qualified as official…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Lambton Bowls
New Lambton Bowling Club will hold a gala for men next Sunday afternoon. Play will be…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Wrestling Bout At Swimming Carnival
Leo Jensen is to wrestle at the Ocean Baths during the afternoon session of the combined…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →School Cricket
Newcastle District Cricket Association school vacation finals will be played on Saturday morning. Play will begin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.Z. Tennis Postponed
WELLINGTON (New Zealand), Wed. (A.A.P.). — Rain caused a postponement of the exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Flying Squadrons A Highlight Of Premier Swimming Carnival
A highlight of the Premier men and women's swimming clubs combined all day carnival at Ocean Baths on Sunday will be the two flying sqaudron races—one for men and the other for women. In the men's flying…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Allocation Of Ground For Football
Belmont Urban Area Committee has invited representatives of the Soccer and Rugby League clubs to its next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weetman Enters Big Golf
SYDNEY, Wednesday.— The British match play champion, Harry Weetman, cabled a last-minute entry for the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hydrogen Evidenced Fitness For His Return To Racing
SYDNEY: Hydrogen will return to racing in the Bellevue Hill Handicap at Randwick on Saturday, following a brilliant trial over six furlongs this morning. Hydrogen (D. Munro)…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Wickham Is Leading For Major Cricket Title
The series of three two-day matches to decide the finalists for the Newcastle District Cricket Association's major premiership will be commenced on Saturday with Wickham meeting Hamilton at Wickham and Waratah-Mayfield meeting New Lambton at…
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Whatever doubts might still be entertained elsewhere about the sagacity of the Australian cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northumberland Tennis Finals
On Sunday the finals of the Northumberland championships will be staged. Sel Allen, solid Maitland…
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