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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1935

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Bowls Alstonville Club

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

Play on the Alstonville green on Saturday resulted as follows:- Singles championship: L. T. Pearson, 31, defeated G. McGillivray, 27…

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CUDGERA Boxing Day Sports

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 5

Despite adverse weather; a successful day's sports was held on Cudgera Beach Recreation Reserve on Boxing day. The results of the principal…

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Bridge Replaces Golf Ballina

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

Instead of playing golf on Wednesday, the associates of the Ballina Golf club will hold a bridge tournament in the club house. The…

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CRICKET To-day's Fixture

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

The annual Town versus Country fixture arranged by the Lismore association for its B and C division players will be played at the recreation…

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Englishwomen Win Test Cricket Victory by Nine Wickets

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday:--The English ladies' cricket team to-day defeated Australia by nine wickets. Features of the day's play…

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England Wins Ladies' Cricket Nine Wickets Victory BRISBANE

Northern Star · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 6

The English Ladies' Cricket Team to-day defeated Australia by nine wickets. Features of the day's play were the batting of…

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Swimming Record Unofficially Broken

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--Swimming at Mittagong to-day, M. Kiyokawa (Japan) covered 100 metres back stroke, in 1.14 1-5th, which unofficia[?]…

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World's Swimming Record Goes Miami

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

Eight national records and one world's record were broken on the first day of the National Olympic stars' swimming meeting here…

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Bowls Casino Games Casino

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

Club rink games on Casino bowling green this afternoon resulted:—Scharer and Wilson, 23, v. Hough and W. B. Halpin, 22; J. D. Smith, P…

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GOLF Twin Towns Club

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 4

An 18 holes stroke competition played yesterday afternoon on the Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. Golf Club's links was won by J. B. Adams (20) 63…

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Sydney Boxing Varner Defeats Joe Hall

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

SYDNEY,Tuesday :--Claude Varner (America), 9.1[?], outpointed the featherweight champion Joe Hall (9.0[?]) After a 15-round bout…

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French Tennis Final Paris

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

In the final of the French tennis championships to-day Borotra beat Lesueur, 8-6, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4…

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Championships Open Australian Tennis Titles Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

Fourteen of the best overseas players and all the leading Australians are competing in the Australian lawn tennis…

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Novel Attack Golf Balls as Bullets LUDLOW (Massachusetts)

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 7

Strikers from a Ludlow mill turned golfers in order to smash the mill windows. They were unable to make a direct…

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Racing Car Crashes Two Killed Centenary Race at Cowes

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday:-- Tragedy marred the 300-mile Centenary slight car race at' Cowes .to-day.- C. Graham and his mechanic,…

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Australian Tennis, Championships Begun Yesterday Principal Players Win Matches

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: -- The Australian tennis championships were commenced to-day, in very hot weather, on the Kooyong…

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Good Racing Coraki Club at Ballina Cup to Ted Cane Ballina

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 2

Satisfactory fields at the Coraki Jockey Club's race meeting at Ballina to-day gave added interest to the meeting and the close…

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"Be Tough on Australia" New Tennis Rule Limit of Eight Weeks' Expenses Recommended

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

LONDON, Monday:--"It is going to be tough on Australia if the American proposal that tennis players should be limited to eight…

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Duke Rides at Country Races Finished Fourth in Big Race Auckland

Northern Star · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 8

The Duke of Gloucester participated as an amateur rider in the Ladies' Bracelet race at a country race meeting at Marton to-day…

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Bowls Nimbin Club

Northern Star · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

The following games were played on the Nimbin green:- Singles championship: Withford v. Summers, 21-23; Withford v. Kerr,…

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