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Sport, 1931

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N.s.w. Methodist Cricket Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 4

L. Hood, the captain (in centre), and his team going out to field in the match yesterday against the Queensland Methodist Knights…

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N.s.w. Hibernian Cricket Association

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 28

A team representing this Association under the managership of Bro. W. Halloway, president, left for Melbourne on Christmas night for the purpose of…

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CRICKET. Selectors v. Executives. Queensland Dispute. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 5

No development is expected in the dispute between the Queensland selectors and the players until the delegate meeting, to be hold on January 21, when the report of the selectors will be received…

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Daily Cricket Hint No. 70: Watch the Stars

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 19

If you desire to become a cricketer take every opportunity of watching the stars and their methods…

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In Trouble S.A. Batsmen Fail Shield Cricket Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 8

Conditions were perfect when Victoria met South Australia for the first time in a Sheffield Shield match this season at the…

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Hopman Fights Hard to Avert Defeat Thrilling Battle with Cec. Ward Cumberland Tennis Titles Griffiths Wins Again

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 3

IN a thrilling tennis buttle of fluctuating fortunes, Davis Cup representative Harry Hopman came almost within an ace of elimination by the Randwick hard court representative and first Cec. Ward, in the Quarter-final of the County of Cumberland…

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Cricket Junior: No. 81 Rarely Fails to Score Le Petit Needs Speed In the Field

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 18

North Sydney lost a consistent batsman to Western Suburbs this season in J. Le Petit. FOR some years Le Petit shone with…

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Athletics. Throwing at Wicket. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 5

T. B. Walsh won the throwing at wicket championship conducted by the Lithgow Athletic Training Club. More than 100 competitors took part…

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Keen Racing at Balman Annual Regatta N.s.w.'s Win

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

WHILE a lot of the customary social glamour was absent from yesterday's Balmain Regatta, the function, from an squatic point of…

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Balmain Regatta. a Historic Feature

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 11

Except for a break of 12 years when no regatta was held, the Balmain Regatta has been one of Sydney's chief aquatic events since 1849. In the early days the fixture was held…

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Skiffs Handicap at the Balmain Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 12

From left: Waratah, Thistle, and Shamrock I., competitors yesterday in the 14ft. skiffs handicap at the Balmain Regatta…

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Tennis Comments

The St George Call · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

Illawarra tennis players had a day off from competition matches last Saturday, A number of our players were entered in the County of Cumberland…

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Tennis Tournament

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

Under the auspices of the organ fund committee of the Hurstville Presbyterian Church, a tennis tournament and garden party was held at the…

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COURSING. To-day's Mascot Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 13

At Mascot, the Australasian Coursing Club will decide five stakes to-day. The first event is set down for 2.15 p.m…

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BOXING. Critcher and Langford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 13

Young Sim Langford, the American welter-weight who recently lost on points to Wally Hancock, is to hale his second Australian engagement at Leichhardt Stadium to-night. He will meet the…

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Swimming Ramsgate League of Swimmers

The St George Call · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

At last Sunday’s meeting it was evident that members were suffering from a severe Xmas complaint, there being only a few stalwarts of the…

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Racing Cyclist's Death

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner on Wednesday, at an inquiry into the death of Geoffrey ("Buzz.") Hibberd, who…

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Not Cricket!

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

THE New South Wales Cricket Association has dispensed with bands at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the…

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Glammis Tennis Club

The St George Call · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

The above Club held its annual Xmas evening on the court, on Saturday, December 20th. 150 people were present. Dancing and games was the…

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GENERAL Boxing Lessons by Post

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

Mangain: Tour question involved a certain amount of search, but I think we have located an institution that will give you instructions in boxing by…

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