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Sport, 1935

13,276 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

Women's Cricket Austn. Selectors Change Their Tactics

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

JUDGING by the players who have been invited to practise at the Cricket Ground at 1.30 to-day, the All-Australia selectors have decided…

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Municipal Cricket Match. Hurstville Aldermen at Play

The Propeller · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

Hurstville's civic celebrities were seen in a new role on Friday, December 21st, at Hurstville Oval, when the annual cricket match between the…

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Lawn Tennis. Australian Championships. Hughes Beats Robertson. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 13

The Australian tennis championships were continued at the Kooyong and Albert Ground courts to-day. G. P. Hughes (Great Britain) climinated…

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Sporting Notes. Catholic Tennis: N.S.W. Team Win

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 17

One of the most successful Interstate tennis carnivals ever arranged in this State was finalised at the White City Courts on Monday last, when N.S.W. won the handsome Archbishop Kelly…

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Selections by "The Referee" Experts For Wednesday's Races

Referee · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 9

"THE REFEREE" has arranged for Sydney Turf followers to secure the full and final selections—one, two, and three for each event—for each…

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Lawn Tennis. Australian Championships. Davis Cup Players Win. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 10

Humid heat made conditions unpleasant when the Australian tennis championships were continued at Kooyong and Albert Ground to-day, Nine of the 14 international players…

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TENNIS Parramatta-Granville Summer Competition. Draw for Saturday, January 5

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 13

B grade mixed.—Replay: Capital v. Victoria, Association No. 1. Semi-final: Marathon v. Myree, Association No. 4. C. grade mixed, section 1.—Semi-final:…

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G.P.S. SPORT Ex-School Rowers : Scots and 'View Cricketers : Rowing News. G.P.S. Regatta Preparations

Referee · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 16

Before the new school term begins, most of the Sydney Great Public Schools will have a rowing camp when "possibles" will be tried out. Sydney High have had…

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How I Play Tennis Points That Make a Match-Winning Forehand

Referee · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 13

THE forehand drive is usually the first stroke the young player attains much efficiency at, and quite a number of players have reached a high ranking, simply owing to the ability to hit very hard on the forehand. In fact, it is very…

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Mountain Range Stops 'Hoppers But Tennis Games Are Abandoned Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 7

A report from Kandos states that the grasshopper plague has come to that centre, doing much damage to district crops…

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On Toes World Champion Junior's Fight in Title Tennis Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 14

ALTHOUGH beaten in straight sets by Miss Dorothy Round at the Australian championship tennis meeting to-day, the…

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Test for Tennis Juniors Bromwich and Huxley in Aust. Titles Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

SYDNEY juniors, Bromwich and Huxley, having completed the Linton Cup series, will embark to-morrow on their Australian championships programme…

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Religion in the Boxing Ring Rosary Beads and Emblems When Les Darcy Was Double-crossed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 12

Quite a number of fighters take their religion into the ring, and it is common to see gloved hands tracing the sign of the Cross prior to the…

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ROWING Good Racing at Pittwater : Bobby Pearce Seeks Challenger : Praise For Nepean Course

Referee · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 11

BROKEN BAY presents some fine stretches for rowing; consequently Pittwater annual regatta, held on Saturday last, provided some keen rowing in…

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Sheffield Shield Cricket. Superb Batting. Andrews and Bensted. Partnership of 335

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 10

With only to-day l[?] for play in the Shef[?]eld Shield match between New South Wales and Queensland at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the home team is in a desperate…

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A.J.C. Chairman Is Knighted Helped to Put Australian Racing On Sound Basis

Referee · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 7

THE elevation of Sir Colin Stephen, Chairman of the A.J.C., to Knight Bachelor is a distinction which will be appreciated by people in all walks of…

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One of England's Greatest Mail-order Businesses How Football Pool Betting has Grown

Referee · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 14

AUSTRALIANS at times are referred to by itinerant tourists as world's champion gambler. But there are no world's champions in this fine art, unless they be Orientals, hailing from tho land of Confucius. The blood of old Adam is in every man, and in that blood there is a…

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N.S. Wales Catholic Lawn Tennis Association. Entertaining Interstate Visitors. Official Dinner in Sydney

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 24

Quite a remarkable achievement in the way of a welcome to hundreds of Inter-state visitors from the Commonwealth was recorded by the N.S.W. Catholic…

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When Thunder Crashed Club Cricket Starts In Sunshine Washed Out in a Flash

Referee · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 16

THE Interstate second elevens had three fine days, bright and fresh, for their match in Sydney on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. They…

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South African Team. Cricket Tour of England. New Lbw Rule to Apply. Capetown, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 9

H. F. Wade, the Natal Currie Cup captain, has been appointed captain of the South African cricket team to tour England this year. H. B. Cameron will be vice-captain…

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