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Sport, 1929

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Off to Picnic Races

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 22

MR. AND MRS. A. R. MAPLE BROWN, with their daughter Audrey and two sons, will beat the picnic races at Tirranna and…

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Group of Country Tennis Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 12

Left to right: Miss P. Wurth, Mr. P. Fulton, Miss M. Walker, Mr. J. Orth…

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SWIMMING. State Championship Titles. Heats of 440 YARDS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 16

Owing to the large entry the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association held the heats of the 440 yards State championship at the Domain Baths yesterday. The…

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"Bob " Out Savage Retires Balmain Rugby League Secretary

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 3

IT Is rumored that the position of. secretary of the Balmain Rugby' League Football Club Will not by the tested by the present holder,…

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Greyhound Racing. To-day's Mascot Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 16

Peter's Choice, who won at Mascot on Thursday last, and repeated his success at Epping on Saturday, is engaged in the Randwick Stakes, the principal race at today's meeting of the Australasian Coursing Club at…

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G. & D. Tennis Association Summer Competition

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 9

The summer competition conducted by the G. and D. Tennis Association Is now drawing to a close Next Saturday the final of the A grade mixed and final of…

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Lawn Tennis. Cannes Tournament. Cannes, Jan, [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 12

The results of play at the Cannes tennis tournament are as follow:- Lad[?]es' Singles.—Final (Metropole): Miss Boyd defeated Mrs. Satterthwa[?]te, 6-2, 6-2…

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Cricket. City and Suburban Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 16

The City and Suburban Association draw for Saturday is:- A.M.P. v Drummoyne, at Drummoyne: Bank of.N.S.W. v Callan Park, at Callan Park; Burroughs, Wellcome…

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BOWLS N.Z. Rinks Title Wellington, N.Z.

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 13

In the third round of the risks championship, victories were registered by [?] Gri[?]n and Walters, of N.S.W. Clarks, [?] and Harrison. Victoria and [?]…

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Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival. Teams Matches Continued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 15

The third and fourth rounds of the teams matches were contested yesterday at the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Ground at Rushcutter Bay, where the Country carn[?]val…

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Country Tennis Players Carry On, Despite Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 28

THE MAGIC JAR.--After the lid comes off--? Tennis at 106 in the shade makes these Moree and Lithgow players rally round the canteen. E. H. TEBBUTT (Windsor) appears, in the photograph, to have his hand in [?]…

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Boy Drowned Jumped after Cricket Ball

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 10

Norman Banks (8), of River Street, Earlwood, was playing cricket with some other boys on the banks of Cook's River, near Wardell Road, Dulwich…

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Mascot Coursing. Maid of the Mist Scores at Fives Troubadour : Wig Wam

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 14

SQUALLY weather [?] for the Australian Coursing Club's meeting at Mascot this afternoon. There was a small attendance…

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Must Stop! Public Safety First Magistrate on Racing Buses

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 17

That he had driven a motor bus in a reckless manner was the charge to which Clifford Barker Williams pleaded guilty at the Parramatta Police Court on. Monday…

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Bank Clerk's Lapse Lure of Horse Racing Perth

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 7

Tho story of how a young bankteller, yielding to sudden temptation, extracted [?]595 front a cash-box in his charge at the William Street branch…

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Test Cricket. Duration of Matches. London, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 11

The Marylebone Cricket Club has decided that the first four test matches of the Austra[?]an cr[?]cketers' tour in 1930 shall be of four days' duration, and that the fifth must…

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Horse Racing Private Sale J. "Baron's" String He Retains Two

Evening News · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 2

MR. J. "BARON" has decided to sell his string of horses privately. They can be secured through Messrs. William Inglis and son…

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All Roads Lead to Goulburn Town Crowded for Tirranna Races

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 22

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--For the past few days all roads have led to Goulburn for the Tirranna picnic races. The town is booked out with race…

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Country Lawn Tennis Players Defy Heat Wave in Their Annual Carnival at Rushcutter Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 14

THE THIRD AND FOURTH ROUND MATCHES WERE DECIDED YESTERDAY…

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Great Player Patterson Praises Crawford Will Put Australia on the Tennis Map Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 10 January 1929 · page 3

IT is Resolutely necessary in Send a team of four for the Davis Cup tennis competition. said Gerald Patterson. manager of the 1928. team in the…

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