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Sport, 1932

12,052 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Grapplers' Night at Leichhardt Lurich to Meet Jack Higgins Boxing Too

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

HEAVYWEIGHT wrestlers figure in the main attraction at Leichhardt Stadium to-night. Lithuanian Tom Lurich is to meet…

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Lawn Tennis. Illawarra Suburbs Association. Notes of the Week

The Propeller · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 8

Only one match was played last Saturday, Wolseley [?] meeting Coolabah in the CIX., the result being a win for the latter team by eight sets 49 games to 21 games. The…

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Ground Alterations To-day's Poidevin-Gray Shield Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

Alterations In the grounds have been made for to-day's Poidevin-Gray Shield cricket matches. St. George and Petersham will now meet…

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Championship Tennis at Ashfield Marathon Mixed Contest Took 44 Games

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 7

As a result at yesterday's play in the County of Cumberland tennis tournament, most of the championship events have…

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Picnic Races Off No Society Meeting at Bong Bong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 5

Bong Bong picnic races will not be held this year, and as a result society people lose one of their biggest country attractions…

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Lawn Tennis. County of Cumberland Championships. Crawford and Miss Dingle Win

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 9

The competitors who were set down in the early matches at Pratten Park yesterday were all affected by the trying heat and humidity. The southerly which sprang up about 2 p.m. relieved these…

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Puzzle of N.y. Gift Horses in Two Races Port Said

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

Trainers George Price and Fred Williams apparently in quandary regarding the races to be chosen for their respective…

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Bold Bid Win in Standish V.R.C. Races Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 7

The weather for the V.R.C. meeting at Flemington, to-day, was unpleasantly sultry, but the attendance appeared to be…

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Denis Boy for Tatt.'s Cup Randwick Racing Vertigem's Reversal in Summer Cup

The Land · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 8

EXCELLENT weather has so far favored the summer carnival at headquarters, and good racing was witnessed on Boxing Day. Close…

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Maccabean Athletic Teams

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 2

There was a happy gathering of about 250 at the Maccabean Hall, on Monday, evening, December 21, when a send-off arranged to the teams selected to visit…

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Athletics

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 5

The N.S.W. Judean A.A.A. conducted a series of events at the Sports Ground last week Mort Cohen just headed Leo Sender…

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ATHLETICS. Highland Gathering

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 9

Men and women athletes have responded well to the call for nominations for the annual Highland gathering which opens the 1932 programme at the Royal Agricultural society's Showground to-day…

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Shield Cricket. N.S.W. Out for 308. Oxenham Bowls Well

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 13

Honours of the first day's play in the return Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday must be awarded to Queensland. A fairly…

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Golf Notes

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 2

Penrith Speedway Golf course is at the present time in excellent order, the greens and Fa[?]ways comparing favour[?]ly with the best courses, and all…

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Cricket

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 7

"BLUE BIRD" (Grenfell).—Cricket is in full swing at Grenfell now. My brother plays in a team that calls itself the Country Juniors; they play in the Saturday afternoon cricket…

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Teachers' Cricket

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 6

The following will represent Teachers v. Gladesville Hospital on Monday, at 11 a.m.: McNeil, Hagon. Doyle. McMillan, Fowler Fahey, Morris, McAlister, Winning, Ward…

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Fire at Golf Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 10

Damage estimated at £10 was caused by a fire which broke out early yesterday morning among a quantity of matches and other goods in the boiler house of the New South…

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The Racing. King's Arms Again

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 13

Dr. G. A. Vivers, who invariably has a galloper to represent him at Randwick meetings, began the year well by winning the New Year's Gilt with King's Arms. The horse has run…

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Balmain Regatta. Historical Association. in the Days of the Clippers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 11

Giving place only in historical associations to the great Anniversary Regatta, the Balmain Regatta was held yesterday in ideal weather. Elkington Park, formerly known as White Horse Point, and…

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To-day's Sporting Fixtures. Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 13

Sheffield Shield: New South Wales v Queensland, second day, Sydney Cricket Ground, 11.30 a.m. Grade premiership (seventh round): Northern District v Cumberland, Waitara; University v North…

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