Dogs Invade Cricket is Being Ousted Football Next? Newcastle
TIN hares are affecting cricket on Newcastle Sports Ground. The advent of the hares on Saturday afternoons has made an arrangement…
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Camp Fire Smoke From Picnic Regatta
BUT Pittwater, with its sparkling waters, its picturesque week-end villages nestling at the foot of the rugged hills, with its sand-fringed bays and lonely…
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Among the most enjoyable entertainments listed for this and next week are the Tirrana and Bong Bong races…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Rugby's Cup Attracts Interest at Sneddons
Visitors to Sneddons Motors, Ltd., showrooms during the past few weeks have evinced great interest in the handsome cup displayed in the main…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Victoria Wins Champion Bowls Tourney Concluded
MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The Australasian Bowling Championship carnival was concluded to-day, when the State champion ship was decided. Victoria and South…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Speeding. Maroubra Last Night's Racing
RACING was resumed last night at Maroubra Speedway, where a splendid programme was [?] through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Money in Tennis Wimbledon Profit £8461
That the championship tennis meeting at Wimbledon, London, is a remunerative concern was disclosed in the statement of accounts prepared for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bowls Feast of Bowls N.S. Wales Staged a Comedy at the Carnival Not Good Enough to Beat Victoria
THE great Australian Bowling Carnival has come and gone, and again Victoria has beaten all opposition. This event, which drew players from all States and New Zealand, was the greatest amateur competition ever staged in Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Golf in Wind Murdoch's Fine Driving R. Wilson Plays Well
The strong southerly made low scoring very difficult if not actually impossible yesterday. The best score of the day was that…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Swimming. Diamonds for Amsterdam Charlton's Fellow Passengers May Be Lads and Flappers Australia's White Hopes
FIRST stop Amsterdam. That's the order the boys and girls will be after on Wednesday and Saturday when the National Games will be contested at Manly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mostly Too Good City Downs Country Tennis Players Baker and Williams Supply the Sparks
THE annual contest between the city tennis players and their country cousins at Rushcutters Bay yesterday afternoon struck a very strong crosscourt wind, which made accurate play almost impossible…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tennis. Errors Beat Him Cummings Goes Down Before Hawkes in Trials Davis Cup Team Probables Melbourne
THERE was some doubt about Hawkes keeping his engagement with Cummings in the Davis Cup trials to-day owing to having strained his back on Friday. The match started 40 minutes late…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rugby Football. Ex-international Player Returns
Mr. G. V. Portus, formerly a brilliant Rugby Union football player, returned to Sydney on Saturday, after an absence of 14 months abroad. He said he is hopeful that the visit…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →RACING v. COURSING Newcastle Registration Board to Act
NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Newcastle bookmakers will soon be called upon to make a decision along similar lines to those of their metropolitan brethren…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Boxing. Curley Outpoints Barber
Johnns [?]urley. ex-leatherweight champion of England and Europe outpointed the Australian titleholder. Tommy Barber, in a l5-rounds contest at R[?]shcutter Bay Stadium on Saturday night. Both men…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →International Rugby London, Sunday Night
The English team which defeated the "Waratahs" has been selected to play Wales on January 21, with the single exception that Lawson has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Club Races
The only club races on Saturday afternoon were the events promoted by Auburn and Enfield-Burwood amateur clubs of Auburn Park, which resulted:- AUBURN CLUB…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Swimming. Misses Robertson and Mealing's Performances
The lady swimmers still continue to record splendid times, and their performances at the Australian National Games swimming carnivals on Wednesday night and Saturday afternoon next will be looked forward to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bowls Championship. Victoria Wins. Melbourne
Victoria won the States and Dominions [?] championship on Saturday. South Australia was second. When play commenced on Saturday morning in the final round the position was interesting, as three States,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →BOWLS. Official Openings. Inter-club Matches
New greens at Victoria Park Randwick, Dalmain and Fivedock-Abbotsford were officially opened on Saturday, and interclub matches were keenly contested…
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