Rain Affects Tennis "Test"
SYDNEY, Friday.—Rain stopped play in the tennis "Test" between South Africa and Australia at White City…
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Sport, 1954
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Feature Races For Trotting
The Newcastle Trotting Board proposed to hold more feature races next season, the Chairman of the Board (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Racing Dog Found Dead In Kennel
Salderose, owned and trained by Mr. R. W. Marriott, of Dagworth, was found dead in her kennel shortly before the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Home Science Girls' Swimming Carnival
Newcastle Girls' Home Science High held its annual swimming carnival at the Ocean Baths today. Houses taking part in a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tennis Title's Postponed
Several Newcastle night tennis championship games had been postponed because many players were in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →No Change In Bowls Positions
None of the leading teams in Newcastle Bowling Association No. 1 pennant competition changed positions as a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Contrast At Races
Apprentice jockey R. Self (6st 9lb) provided a contrast in sizes when he met Mr. H. Hayes (18st 71b) at the Newcastle races on Saturday…
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Queensland, 1/28 (K. Archer, n.o., 12; C. Harvey, c Stevens, b Drennan. 2; K Macky, n.o., 14) v South Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Top Tennis Team Loses In C Grade
Sunnyside and Collingwood will meet in the final of Newcastle Tennis Association C grade men's competition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turner First To Pass 500 In District Cricket
West Lakes captain, Doug. Turner, is the first senior player in district cricket to pass the 500 runs mark for the current season. At stumps on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rain Again Hampered Bowls Play
SYDNEY: Rain washed out play on 15 of 28 Sydney greens in the Country Week bowling fours…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Rugby Union Expects Its Best Season
With the representative game against the Fijians and the Newcastle-Country team tour of New Zealand highlighting the 1954 Rugby Union season in Newcastle, the code is…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Hawkesbury Races Postponed
SYDNEY. — Hawkesbury races, set down for tomorrow, have been postponed to a date to be fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Gonzales Wins Tennis Final
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 15. A.A.P.—Richard Gonzales won the final of the Jack Kramer professional tennis…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bombshell In Cricket
SYDNEY, Monday.—State cricket selectors to-night dropped R. Lindwall from the Sheffield…
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South Australia, 2nd. innings 3/135 (Stevens, c R. Archer, b Ravmer 57; Pinch, n.o. 18; Trouse, no. 0: sundry 1) v. Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →"Off" Cricket Now "On"
Newcastle District Cricket Association last night reversed a decision to abandon matches that were set down for Australia Day…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Plan For Cessnock Races On N.J.C. Track
Three tentative race dates for Cessnock Club to hold meetings at Broadmeadow this year will be submitted to tomorrow's N.J.C. general committee meeting for endorsement…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Golf Invitation
Newcastle Golf Club invites all members to participate in a match between Stockton v The Rest on the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Bowls and Bowlers
ASSOCIATION administrators have noted, with some disfavour, that a few clubs in the district prepare rinks for…
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