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Sport, 1931

10,931 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

Five Killed Football Match Ends In Bloodshed Lima, Peru

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 8

FIVE persons were killed to-day in a clash at the end of an international football match between a team from Uruguay and one from the…

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100 N.O. Lonergan's Knock Shield Cricket Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 8

Scoring rapidly Lonergan hit up a fine century for S.A. against Victoria to-day. By that time eight wickets had…

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Music at the Sydney Cricket Ground. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 6

Sir,—Like the majority of those who attended at the Sydney Cricket Ground on New Year's Day to watch the match between the West Indians and Australia, I was disgusted with the…

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Shield Cricket. Victoria Leading. Oakley's Fine Century. Plodding South Australians. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 6

The brightest feature of the match between South Australia and Victoria, continued on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day, was a brisk partnership between Oakley and…

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Cricket Junior, No. 84 Slow Bowler Who Can Hit Hurley, of N. Sydney, Shows Promise

Daily Pictorial · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 19

A valuable team player is J. Hurley, of North Sydney thirds. ABLE to score quickly when needed, Hurley has twice played a big…

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Hopman Confounds His Tennis Critics Great Win Over Crawford Change of Tactics After Losing the First Set Cumberland Surprises

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

AFTER seeing Harry Hopman retain his country of Cumberland tennis title on Saturday it was easy to understand how he upset the world's calculations in the latest Davis Cup series by his defeat of the English crack. Dr. J. C. Gregory…

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ATHLETICS. Club Events. Dual Winners at Sports Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 13

With the opening of the 1931 inter-club competition a week ahead, amateur athletes were expected to be in attendance at the Sydney Sports Ground in large numbers for final trials on…

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Team All Out for No Runs Is Sensation of Saturday's Junior Cricket Games Starr Twinkled Very Brightly As a Bowler Skittles 11 for Five Runs Sam Stone, Moore Park Veteran, Scores Third Century of Season Results of All Saturday's Games

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 8

AFTER scoring only 23 in their first innings, the entire team of the Legacy Junior Cricket Club was sensationally dismissed for no runs in their second attempt by Rosebery Club, in the South Sydney competition on Saturday. The bowlers responsible for this debacle were Starr, who skittled eleven wickets for five run in two innings, O'Connor four for none, and Hurley four for eight…

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Miniature Bowls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 11

Mr. W. D. Hensell, the manufacturer of the Dunlop bowl, has made a bowl of special composition for indoor play. The bowl is 4 inches in diameter, a popular size for lady players. It is of standard…

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COURSING. To-day's Mascot Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 11

The Australasian Coursing Club will decide three eight-dog and two four-dog stakes at M[?]cot to-day, commencing at 2.15 p.m. Following is the draw:…

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BOXING. Gildo and Robinson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 13

Young Gildo the Filipino feather-weight, is to meet the Newcastle boxer. Togo Robinson, in the principal contest of 12 rounds at Leichhardt Stadium to-night. Four-round preliminaries are:—Dave…

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Latest Golf Gossip

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 19

Sydney's links and courses are a picture at the present time, the greens and fairways both showing signs of the recent showers…

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Minnie Golf Championship

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 19

KEEN battles were witnessed in the first round of matches in minnie golf championship at the "Sun" course last, night, in the presence of a large crowd…

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Golf. Katoomba Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 13

Bogey Handicap.—R. C. Bartle (9), 1 down; H. Went (2), 2 down; W. Burnett (9), 7 down; N. Wootton (9), 7 down; E. P. Bateman (9), 7 down; W. McKimm, (12), 8 down; J. Geddes (8), 9 down…

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Rosebery Racing Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 12

The attendance at the pony and all-heights meeting at Rosebery, which was postponed on Saturday on account of rain, until yesterday, was the smallest on record for that course…

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What Racing Did for Him

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

Kevin Ambrose Kaufman 23, carter pleaded before Mr. Fletcher S.M. at the Police Court yesterday, to a charge of having…

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Greyhound Racing. Meeting at Mascot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 11

Eleven events were decided with the mechanical hare at a meeting conducted by the Australasian Coursing Club at Mascot last night. Heat-winners and seconds contested the final of…

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Speed-boat Racing. Expert in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 10

Mr. C. D. M. Green, one of the directors of Weatherall Speed Boats, Ltd., London, arrived in Sydney by the Jervis Bay yesterday…

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Victoria's Stars To Contest National Swimming Titles MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

AFTER [?] at Footscray bat[?] last night the following team was selected to represent Victora in the Australian National Swimming…

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Test for Boxing "Hopes" 10-Rounders At Stadium

Evening News · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

Eight promising lads will engage in 10 rounds bouts at the Stadium next Saturday night. The first contest will be between…

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