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Sport, 1932

12,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250

Country Tennis Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 14

Mrs. H. Turnbull (left) and Miss E. Moy, of Newcastle, playing yesterday against Armidale in the Country Week tournament…

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Tennis Ball Selected

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 3

The council of the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association has selected Barnet Glass tennis balls for use in the interstate tournament…

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Schoolboy Cricket Coaching

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

The official coach of the N.S.W. Cricket Association Mr. G. Garnsey announces that from January 11 to January 15 the association will devote its coaching to…

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Grade Cricket Alone

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 3

Grade players will have the cricket stage to themselves to-day. There is a break in the inter-State programme, but most clubs will miss…

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Tennis at Rushcutter Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 14

F. Kalms (right) and A. Jasprizza playing for West Wyalong yesterday against Dubbo…

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Great Public Schools' Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 14

W. Wilson leaving his crease to drive T. Ivory in the Great Public School game at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday…

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Country Week Tennis Belmore I Doing Well

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 5

In the annual country Week tennis carnival, at White City courts, which began on Tuesday, this district is represented by two men's and two ladies'…

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For Olympic Honors Swimming Stars Out To-day Girls at Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 3

Plenty of swimming stars will face the starter at Coogee Aquarium to-night, in search of victories which…

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Velodrome Has Many Races Amateurs and Pros

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 2

THE first combined amateur and professional cycling carnival of the year is to be held at the Canterbury Velodrome to-night…

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"Pipe-openers" for the Races To-day

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 2

A FEW horses engaged at Moorefield this afternoon were allotted pipe openers on the tan at Randwick yesterday morning Leisure Hour moved…

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Here And There In Sport A Feast Of Tennis

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 3

The draw and times of starting matches in the Country v. City No. 1 teams' matches to-day, at the N.S.W. L.T.A. ground are:--…

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Country Tennis Thrills Excitement Was at Fever Heat Keenness Keynote

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 3

ALTHOUGH greatest excitement at the N.S.W. L.T.A Ground, Rushcutters' Bay, yesterday came late in the afternoon, when the first round…

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When the Gong Goes the Boxing Game Great & Small Peanut Cure for Souls

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

DOCTOR SARPOLIS darling of the goddesses during the last wrestling plague visitation, has…

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Motor Cycling Exciting Races at Parramatta and Wentworth Speedways

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

Followers of motor-cycle racing had plenty to entertain them last week-end. On Thursday night there was a meeting at Parramatta Speedway, and Bobby…

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CRICKET Inter-District Matches Martin and "D.t." Shields

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

Teams representing the Nepean District Cricket Association took park in further Shield matches on New Year's Day. In Martin Shield play Nepean…

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Track Form Is a Poor Guide Celtic Better in Races Just Gold

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 2

While track form is usually a good guide to winning prospects, it is occasionally most unreliable, as some horses do their best in…

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Year Opened with Great Racing at Flemington Big Coup on a Scobie Bottled-up Certainty

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

FOLLOWING a precedent at which he has achieved remarkable distinction, J. Scobie, the eminent Flemington trainer, lilted the Standish Handicap with Bold Bid without having given the Heroic gelding an outing in public since early in November…

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G.C.A. Stake Open Fanatic's Chance Captain Mac May Win 9 RACES

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

Among several events of great interest to be decided at the Greyhound Coursing Association's meeting at Harold Park to- night…

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City Early Leads Country in Teams Tennis McGRATH'S FEAT Downs Barraba Star Games Thrill

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 6

COUNTRY tennis players received a shock when the Barraba champion, G. R. Williams, went down by two…

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Penrith Athletic Club the Highland Gathering

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

Penrith athletes did not take too active a part in the sports at the Highland Gathering on New Year's Day, as absentees were J. Donohoe and L…

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