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Sport, 1932

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Most Tragic Document Ever Fashioned in Boxing Game When the Gong Goes the Boxing Game Great & Small Glory That Was Grime

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 6

THE assassin stab of Time is difficult to parry. In the arena of the glove it pierces the chinks in the…

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Knitting Women's Tennis Socks Simple Directions For Beginners

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 24

IN reply to a number of requests, I have prepared the following article giving directions for making woman's tennis socks. Any color scheme may be chosen for the tops to match a dominating color in the frock worn by the player, and the remainder of the socks are white or cream…

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Stars Coming? Rigg and a'Beckett University Cricket

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 7

Australian Eleven cricketers--Keith Rigg and E. L. a'Beckett--are expected to make the trip to Sydney with Melbourne's University's team for the…

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Iced Tea and Tennis a Refreshing Beverage for Players in Hot Weather

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 8

If you are entertaining on the tennis court over the holidays why not serve iced tea for a change? One quart of boiling water, four tablespoonfuls of tea,…

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Q'land Wickets Fall Cheaply All Out, 148 Home Batsmen Also Fail Thurlow Bowls Well

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 6

QUEENSLAND fared badly in their first innings against New Sonuth Wales in the Sheffield Shield match today, scoring 148 runs in 194 minutes. Ahead on the first innings by 160 runs, New South…

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Cricket Martin and "D.t." Shields Two Wins to Nepean District

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 1

Local district players are quickly forcing themselves into the limelight in representative cricket. On Boxing Day Nepean District fielded two teams,…

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Cricket Knows No Color Stars From All The World Gilbert's Romance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 4

An interesting fact about cricket is that so many different nations have bred its notables. EVEN different races have…

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A. Willard Downed by Walker Shock for N.s.w. Selectors Big Tennis

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1932 · page 3

The sensation of yesterday's tennis at Pratten Park was the defeat of A. Willard by the colt, W. B…

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Racing Before The Breeze

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 14

Sixteen-footers making headway in the Australian championship which was won by Victor (Q.) on the Harbor yesterday…

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A Perfect Racing Dive

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 14

Charlion taking off in his heat of the 880 yards handicap at Mal[?]y yesterday. He retired at 440 yards…

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Swimming. What a Race! Charlton and Ryan in Water

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 8

AWAY back in 1911 swimming fans ran temperatures over the prospects of the late Cecil Healy upsetting "Bogey"…

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Parking the Powder Puff--New Golf Belts

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 19

NO more parking of the powder puff in the golf ball pocket of your bag. No more searching for the hand…

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Wickets Fall in Shield Game at Sydney Cricket Ground Hansen Unfortunate Big Lead Thurlow Bowls Splendidly Without Luck Hird Tops the Score

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 15

The ball was certainly on top of the bat at the Cricket Ground yesterday. Queensland crashed unexpectedly before lunch and though there were a couple of partnerships later, the side was out for 148…

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Still Winning Races Valais Stock's Success

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 12

The famous sire, Valais, died in 1927, but he still has winners at Sydney meetings. Vallage, who scored at Randwick on Friday, is…

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Hector Morrison's Golf Hint-- No. 14 The Drive

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 16

THE swing for the drive is simplicity itself. The majority of golfers make it complex, and…

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M. Henry Marsh's Tennis Hint Keep at It

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 16

No matter, how much natural talent a person may have for a game, no real success can be achieved without hard work and…

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Satoh Sees Turnbull Down Quist In Adelaide Tennis ADELAIDE

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 15

Adrian Quist, brilliant young tennis colt, forced Don Turnbull to rive sets in a brilliant match today for the metropolitan championship,the…

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Cool Dress for Races Simple Frocks at the Farm

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 2

As usual Warwick Farm had its usual air of a picnic race meeting yesterday. WOMEN favored simple, short…

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Bad Boy of the Family Two Races Tossed in the Air

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 2

MR. KERRY is the bad boy of the Doric family. Yesterday he lost his second race when he had the Warwick January…

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Melbourne Racing. Coup Crashed Reed was Their Ruin Did It on David Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1932 · page 3

WHEN David Garrick gets up alongside anything towards the end of a race he always makes them know that they have been…

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