Tennis Ladies' Night Competition Opening Flay for 1940
The ladies' night competition was resumed on Thursday night alter the holiday recess. Although extended In three of their…
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Respirator to Do Future Racing in India Sydney
The four-year-old horse, Respirator, raced by Mr. Q. Tancred, and trained at Randwick by J. T. Jamieson, has been sold, and will do his future racing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Cricket Wagga Competitions Sixth Round Ends To-day Both Grade Leaders in Trouble
The sixth round or matches in the Wagga competitions will be completed to-day. The leaders in each grade appear likely to suffer defeats, as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tennis Gobarralong Player’s Success At Country Week Tennis
Kevin Luff, of Gobarralong, with his partner, W. O’Brien, won the final of the Men’s Open Doubles at the Country Week tennis carnival,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bowls Tumut Defeat Gundagai Pennant Competionon
Gundagai journeyed to Tumut yesterday and though suffering another defeat had an enjoyable game. It was pleasing to note that two local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rugby Union Hemi Coming to N.S.W. SYDNEY
Jack Hemi, the New Zealand Rugby Onion full-back, will play football a New South Wales next season. He will live at Tenterfield, and will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Boxing Chinese Defeats Miller Referee Stops Contest Melbourne
The Chinese boxer Ku[?] Kong Young (8.8) administered a boxing lesson to Mickey Miller (8.11 1/2) at the Stadium to-night. The contest was stopped in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CRICKET Sheffield Shield N.S.W. Collapses After Fine Start Grimmett and Walker Shine for South Australia SYDNEY
Although New South Wales and South Australia were each striving earnestly to gain much needed points, the first day's play to-day in their…
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Dr. J. W. Mason, of Tumut, has sent his 2-year-old bay gelding, by Braeburn from Nyula, to the Kogarah trainer, R. W. McKinnon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bowls Pennant Matches
The first pennant matches in the No. 2 section wore played between Narandera and Leeton on Sunday last. The A grade match was played at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greyhound Racing
The committee of the Wagga Greyhound Racing Club wishes to advise its patrons that the regulation permitting only two persons to accompany…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"It's Not Cricket!"
Golfer: I'm not playing the game I used to play. Caddie: What game was that, sir?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Boxing Kimber Defeats Hall Sydney
At Kimber (9.9) outpointed Joe Hall (9.51/2) in the main 12 rounds contest at Rushcutter's Bap Stadium to-night Kimber was down for five in the ninth…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowls Proposed Bowling Green at Batlow
The committee appointed toy the general meeting held in December [?]et on Tuesday evening to consider the results of enquiries and progress…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tennis Yerong Creek District Association Meeting
Mr. A. Yates presided over a delegate meeting of the Yerong Creek and District Tennis Association on Saturday evening delegates being present…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowls Players and Where They Plat Pennant Matches
The game between Wagga and Bolton Park, which was played on the Wagga green on Saturday last, was very interesting and evenly contested,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Swimming Water Polo and Point Score Handicap Sunday Morning's Events
STARTING from scratch, J. Williams won the Leeton A.S.C's 110 yards handicap point score race on Sunday morning in the nett…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swimming Leeton Schoolboy Wins Keiran Memorial Neville Bloomfield's Success at State Championship Carnival
ONCE again Neville Bloomfield brought Leeton into prominence at a State Championship Carnival, when, on Saturday, night last he won the 330 yards "B. B. Keiran Memorial Scratch Race in the splendid time of 4 min 9 1/5 secs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket or Singing Fame? Facing a Difficult Choice
It is a remarkable coincidence that the two first celebrity artists scheduled to visit Australia in 1940—Harold Williams, Sydney-born baritone, and Lawrence Power, operatic tenor, of Adelaide—were both promising cricketers in their youth, but gave up their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cricket. Tumut and District Association Results of Sunday's Matches
C.Y.M.S. defeated Gilmore on first innings. Wyangle defeated Adelong on first innings…
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