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Sport, 1935

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Shield Cricket. Queensland Wins. Rain Stops Play. Fingleton Scores 108

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 10

Queensland won the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on the first innings by 177 runs. Play was suspended at 2.22 p.m…

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Women's_cricket. I Australian XI. for Second Test. Late Announcement of Team

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 13

The team to represent Australia in the second test match, which begins ftt the Sydney Cricket Ground at 1.15 p.m. to-day, is:- M. Peden (N.S.W.), captain…

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Jap. Stars Establish New Times Title Races At Newcastle Wide Margin Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

THE Japanese title-holdcr, M. Klyo-Kama, broke the Australian record of 63 3-5sec. by 1 4-5sec. in the 100 yards Northern District…

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Y.m.h.a. Carnival N.s.w. Win Championship—victorias Fine Cricket Win

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

The Interstate Cricket Match between the Young Men's Hebrew Association of New South Wales and "the Victorian Federation of Youth played at Wool…

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Gruelling Tennis. Effect on Players. Languid and Unsettled. Four Cramps to Five. (Copyright.—All Rights Reserved.) XVIII

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 8

Gruelling tennis matches are sometimes a determining factor in an important tournament, and, if the results are carefully analysed, it will be seen that occasionally one of the…

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Athletics. Western Suburbs Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 13

The weekly meeting of the Western Suburbs Club was held at Concord Oval on Wednesday evening. Athletes were graded into four classes. Class A for sprint runners, class B for short…

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Speedway Racing. To-night's Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 20

The motor cycle speedway races at the Royal Showground to-night are confidently expected to equal those of previous meetings. The programme will include the International pairs championship…

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BOWLS. Pennant Prospects

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 20

Over 1600 players will enter keenly into the resumed pennant matches to-day. As many g[?]ens [?]re still backward and the running may not be smooth and sensitive to the touch, there is a…

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Races Off

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

Owing to the heavy rain, the Moorefield Racing Club's meeting, set down for this afternoon, has been…

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Boxing. Boxer's Collapse. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 20

Lett Shepherd, the Sydney boxer, who collapsed after winning a contest against Jim Richardson at Brisbane Stadium on Wednesday, was operated on at the General Hospital to-night. His condition…

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SWIMMING. Japanese Competing in State Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 20

Although many brilliant swimmers have visited Sydney and a number of them have accomplished performances here of the highest standard, it has only been on a few occasions that Olympic…

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Railway Cricket Carnival

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 16

THE Victorian and Queensland Railways Institute cricketers will be in Sydney from February 17 to 25, to revive the…

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Footballers at Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 3

Balmain and Eastern Suburbs Rugby League Clubs are to engage in an all-day cricket match at the Show Ground to-morrow, starting at 10 a.m…

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The Sun Stop-press State Swimming Carnival

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

880 Yards Teams' Race. -- Manly A P. Smith, S. Herford, B. Hodr[?]on. N. Ryan) 1, Manly B a, Board [?]ime 100 1-3 Australian [?]…

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No Move In Bowls Big Match

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 6

No definite move appears to have been made to bring about the Metropolis v. Country districts bowls…

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GOLF. Evenly Matched. Interesting Statistics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 19

Out at North Brighton they have two very keen golfers who keep a record of their rounds for the year. They are T. C. Roughley and G. J. Niel. The pair never missed their golf at the…

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Greyhound Racing. Harold Park Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 19

Country representation is so strong at the mechanical hare meeting at Harold Park to-night, that interest, will centre between newcomers and local representatives. Most of the events will be…

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Windsor Tennis Courts. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 16

Windsor Municipal Council is laying down two tennis courts in McQuade Park, Windsor, at a cost of £252. Windsor Tennis Club is contributing £100 towards the cost, and, in…

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Alf Blatch Is Confident. Boxing With Blay

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 2

AUSTRALIAN lightweight Alf. Blatch worked nicely in a training spar at Becky Brown's gymnasium yesterday, and his manager, Frank Kirkland, has hopes that the local will surprise Zwick. They fight at Rushcutters Bay on Monday night…

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Cricket Teams A Grade

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 5

Railway H C Baker, R. Allen, S. Hollier, H. Matthews, D. Leaght, L. Hartigan, L. Pickford, S. Richardson, R. Pullman, B. Mitchell, O. Pullaman,…

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