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Sport, 1933

13,194 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250

BOWLS. To-day's Pennant Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 18

The pennant programme of the New South Wales Bowling Association will be resumed to-day after a fortnight's vacation. There has been reconstruction of some of the rinks, partly owing to…

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Greyhound Racing. Wollongong Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 18

Owing to the Dapto Show being held to-day, there will be no meeting on the Wollongong track this afternoon. The club will hold a sweepstake trial meeting with betting to-night, commencing…

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Tennis Test Change Alteration To Programme

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A slight alteration in the draw for the fourth lawn tennis Test to be played in Sydney on January 12, 13, and 14,…

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RODGERS Tennis Win At Pratten Park

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

The postponed events of the County of Cumberland's tennis tournament were played at Pratten Park to-day…

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Bowls Will Be Keen Unbeaten Teams To Meet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

To-day's pennant bowls seem sure to provide some keen contests, and teams will fight it out to the last end to improve their positions In the…

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Cricket Teams for This

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

Railway A: G. Edwards, A. Irwin, S. Simpson; J. Witcom, L. Benaud, J. Beattie, H. Milsom, W. Brown, C. Mitchell, W. Ellison, L. Fathers…

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A Stroller In The Town Golf Oasis

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

THE Wentwortk Falls Golf Course, with its comfortable club-house, comes into its own in holiday time. Quite a number of…

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Football. Association Rules. New Zealand Team

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 18

A team of Association Rules football players from New Zealand will tour Australia and play test matches this winter. At its conference, the Australian Soccer Football Association made…

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Death Flies With Ball at Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

THE death of David Mitchinson, 55, a miner, in St. George District Hospital, after being hit in the stomach with a cricket…

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Football in Great Britain. London, Jan. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 18

A Rugby Union match was played between Hampshire and Sussex teams at Portsmouth, and resulted in a win for Hampshire by 27 points to nil…

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Tasmanian Team For Australian Tennis Championships HOBART

The Sun · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

The following Tasmanians have been chosen for the Australian tennis championships in Melbourne this month:--A. W. Knight. Mrs. E. Bond,…

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GOLF. Open Mixed Foursome in Aid of Manly Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 18

The Manly Golf Club is holding an open mixed foursome on January 14, in aid of the Manly Cottage Hospital. Summer golf is always enjoyable on the seaside course, which at the present…

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CRICKET. Country Players Beaten by Seven Wickets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 18

Although beaten by seven wickets, the combined Southern and Western Country team put up a creditable fight against a team of metropollian colts at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday…

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Not Practicable. Dual Football Tour. Australian Invitations Declined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 17

The Australian Soccer Football Association has had under Consideration for some time a proposal to hold a triangular test in this country It invited tne English and Scottish…

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La British Association Football Riconosce L'italia Calcistica

Il Giornale Italiano · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 9

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Lawn Tennis. Women's Grading. the Exclusion of Miss Hattersley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 18

The grading of the women for 1932, which appeared in the "Herald" yesterday, calls for comment. Miss Joan Hartigan, who was bracketed with Miss Valkenburg number 3 last year, has…

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Good Wicket Cricket Fans Can Win Big Prizes

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

The fluctuating fortunes and exciting climax of the second Test. In Melbourne have made everyone cricket minded. People who previously…

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No Costume, No Race How Swimming Title Chance Was Lost V s Are Barred

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

BECAUSE he arrived at the Domain Baths without a swimming costume, "Big Bill" Cameron, former New Zealand…

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Selectors Will Be on Watch Speed Trials at Wentworth Stars Racing

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 3

To enable the selectors of the Test team, which is to meet England on January 21, to see Sydney riders performing under…

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Battles For State Titles Big Swimming Should Thrill Hooper's Prospects For Hundred Unknown in 880

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 2

To-day's State championship swimming carnival to be held at the Domain Baths promises to be one of the most successful of the series, and it will not be surprising if new…

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