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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Sport

Sport, 1953

1,987 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 100

Big Gates For S.A. Tennis

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 24

ADELAIDE.—With the South Australia tennis championships reaching the semi-final stage,…

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Round Of District Cricket To Be Completed On

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 24

A double programme of District grade cricket matches will be completed over this holiday weekend. On Saturday the seventh series will be concluded and a Monday the eighth series will be all-day matches…

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Tennis Terms "Standard"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— A spokesman for the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia said to-day that the…

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Record Entry For Bowls Singles

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 12

Weather permitting, the Newcastle Bowling Association's singles championship for 1952-53 season will be commenced tomorrow when the qualifying and first rounds will…

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700 for Tennis Carnival

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 12

More than 700 entries have been received by Newcastle Tennis Association for its County of Northumberland…

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School Cricket Postponed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 11

The Newcastle school vacation cricket finals, set down for to-day, have been postponed to a date to be fixed…

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Americans In Tennis Wins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 12

CINCINNATI, January 22. A.A.P.—Jack Kramer and Pancho Segura made a clean sweep of the professional…

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Cricket Teams Narrow Down

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 12

Teams to compete in major and minor sections of the Newcastle District Cricket Association first grade premiership should be fairly well defined after play to-morrow…

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Shield Cricket Off Today

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY.—After an inspection of the wicket at 1.40 p.m., play in the Sheffield Shield match, N.S.W…

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70 Boats Enter For Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 14

Seventy boats have been entered for the three-day regatta which the northern zone of the Vee-jay and Vee-ess…

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Record Entry In Bowls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 13

A record entry of 364 has been received for Newcastle Bowling Association's 1952-53 singles championship, to begin…

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Women's Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Friday.— Victoria was in a sound position against New South Wales at stumps to-day in the…

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Tennis to Start at 8.30

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 14

Officials of Newcastle Tennis Association said last night that unless there was further rain all courts to be used for…

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Ice Creams At Regatta

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 3

Lynette Paul, 11, Rhonda Myors, 12, and Beverly Paul, 13, all of Belmont, enjoy ice creams as they watch the…

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Tennis Visitors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 3

Newcastle and visiting players have a chat between games at the tennis championships at District Park…

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Schoolboys' Golf Title

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 6

Geoffrey James, of Cronulla, who is only eight, follows through in true golfing style during play in the schoolboys' championships at St. Michael's (Sydney). His caddie is 13-year-old brother Ray…

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Boxing Promoter Dies In Miami

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 6

NEW YORK, Jan. 25. A.A.P.—Mike Jacobs, the boxing promoter who turned Joe Louis from a poorly-paid…

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Boxing Board Advocated By Solomons

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY. — Australia should have a Boxing Board of Control English promoter Jack Solomons…

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2 Swimming Titles To Northern Boy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 8

Newcastle Premier Club junior member, J. Barr, broke two records at the country swimming championships at…

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Tennis Tilt Was The 'Deuce'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 4

THERE were 30 deuces in the last game of the third set in the match between a leading…

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