Professional Athletics
Noms close on March 8 with Mr. M. J. Hogan, the secretary, for the various events on the programme of the Cairns (North Queensland) Easter Sports…
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Track and Field Athletics the Highland Gathering To-day's Big Carnival The Need for Coaches : New International Walking Rules : Heel and Toe Discussed
The time-honored Gathering of the Highland Society of N.S.W. will take place at the Show Ground to-day, and this annual reunion of the clans promises, if the weather be favorable, to be as great a success as in the past. A well-varied…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →ATHLETICS. Peltzer to Visit Australia. German Union Ban. London, Dec. 30
A message from Berlin states that,notwithstanding the prohibition issued by the German Athletic Union, Dr. Otto Peltzer has decided to accept an invitation to visit…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Australian Cricket Colts Prove Their Worth Bradman and a'BECKETT Make a Stand Australia Totals 397; Hobbs Out for Meagre Score Home Side in Good Position
MELBOURNE, Monday.--As Kippax and Ryder were the heroes of Saturday's Test cricket, so were Bradman and a'Beckett to a lesser extent to-day. They alone of the remaining batsmen made a stand, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alan Kippax and H. Hooker's Last Wicket Record New South Wales' Recovery Kippax and Hooker Break Last Wicket Record Kippax, Ryder, and a'Beckett Score Heavily : Unique Cricket
N.S.W. has little cause for regret for having played cricket on Christmas Day. On Christmas Eye, the New South Welshmen seemed as beaten as it is possible to be, but Kippax and Hooker made…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Australia's Cricket Glory Revived in Melbourne Test Kippax and Ryder Rise to It in Tense Uphill Fight Kippax Pelts Larwood in Making Century Ryder Hits Unique Six Off Fast Bowler World's Record Crowd of 63,247 With Gate of £6023/2/3: Englishmen Stuck Grimly to Job
Saturday was a glorious day for Australian cricket. The run-getters came to light in their true form in Melbourne, after a depressing beginning, to finish the day with four for 276. In doing so, they rekindled the flickering faith of their…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →R.m.y.c. Regatta
The New Year Regatta of the Broken Bay branch of the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales, marking the end of the annual cruise, was held at Newport yesterday. Fewer boats than were expected…
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Some of the clubs conducted competitions amongst members yesterday. ASHFIELD CHAMPIONSHIP. In the Ashfield championship G. McFarlane beat…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →BOXING. Another Tiger Payne
NOT since the days of Tiger Payne, when the tempestuous Tiger was at his very top, have we seen such a forceful fighter in action as Kid Johnson,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Golf. Yesterday's Competitions
Yesterday's competitions resulted:- AUSTRALIAN CLUB. Bogey Handicap.—P. Ramsay (7), 4 up; H. Morrison (plus 1), 2 up; Lance Giddings (7), sq; A. Cohen…
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Won by Trixie, second from the left…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Glorious Weather Greeted New Year Perfect Day for Surf, Cricket, and Tennis
New Year was welcomed with all the glory of a perfect Australian summer day. Blue skies, and a breeze just strong…
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The New Year's Day race meeting of the Longford Racing Club was held to-day in oppressive weather. Results:- Trial Handicap, 6f.—Jasire, 8-5 (P. Koops), 1; Girus'…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Boxing. To-night's Stadium Contests
Jack Paul will meet Jack Murray in a 15-round engagement at Rushcutter Bay Stadium to-night. Pat Carrick and Aiby Roberts are matched for the supporting contest, and the programme will be supplemented…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Paradise of New Guinea Land of Strange Contradictions Tennis and Football and Modern Hotels Rabaul
EVIDENCE of the increasing interest of Australians in the Territory over which the Commonwealth has been awarded a Mandate by the League of Nations, is the growth of a large tourist traffic, particularly in the southern winter month, between Australian ports and New Guinea--a traffic which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tennis at Pratten Park
The [?] handicap run in [?] County of Cumberland Tennis Tourney, [?] continued at Pratte[?] to-day…
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THE EXTRA SIXFENCE charged by the City Council per found on the Moore Park Course [?] an iniquitous thing. It is stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Track Coursing Tips for Mascot Blazeaway to Win
[?] has [?] he may have to play record [?] in the Randwick [?] at the [?] Coursing [?] meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Racing. Auckland
Auckland races were continued to-day. The weather was fine, last there were passing showers. A.R.C. Handicap of £2000, 1½m.—Regaway, 1; Transformer, 2; White Fang, 3. Won by three-quarters of…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--N.S. W. had its first victory in the Jewish sports carnival to-day, when it defeated West Australia at cricket,…
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