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Sport, 1936

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Speedway Racing Second Test To-night

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

Australia is fielding its strongest available side for the second speedway "test" against England at the Show Ground tonight, Max Gr[?]sskreutz has replaced Vic…

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Speedway Racing. Test Match To-night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 16

Heavy rain on Saturday night caused the postponement of the motor cycle speedway test match between England and Australis at the Royal showground, until to-night, at 8 o'clock…

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Greyhound Racing. Harold Park Meeting Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 15

Heavy rain on Saturday night was responsible for the New South Wales Trotting Club's greyhound racing meeting being postponed until Wednesday night. The qualifying trials will be held on…

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Midget Car Racing. Englishmen to Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 16

The programme of midget car races scheduled for Wentworth Park Speedway, Glebe, on Wednesday night should be highly interesting. It will include an international race between Jean Reville…

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Is Swimming Carnival Bungled Postponement Came As Bombshell Late Decision

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 10

REPERCUSSIONS are expected at the next meeting of the New South Wales Swimming Association as a result of the action of the…

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N.s.w. Hard Court Tennis Association

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

Your interests on the council of the above association were well looked after during the year by Mr. Woodhouse, W. Sidney, E. Townsend and the…

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Fresh Horses For Big Anniversary Races

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

King's Head, Regular Bachelor, The Marne, and Journal are fresh horses for the Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap, and in the weights, singularly enough they take precedence over horses who raced in the…

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TENNIS Parramatta-Granville Hon.Secretary's Fifteenth Annual Report

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with extreme pleasure that I submit for your consideration the following report of the activities of the…

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Tennis Fixtures. Professionals and Club Finals. Clash Avoided

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 8

The New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association had arranged for professional players to play in exhibition matches at the Lawn Tennis Ground, Rushcutter Bay, next…

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Tennis Star's Father Mr. Willard, Senior, Died on

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 9

In Melbourne at the week-end to appear with Cochet and others in a series of professional tennis matches, former Davis Cup player, Jim…

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Lawn Tennis Crawford's Casual Conquest In No Hurry Against Thompson

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

Crawford won the County of Cumberland singles championship on Saturday; but the 8-6, 7-5 victory over Dave Thompson was not…

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Sheffield Shield Cricket. Outright Win Ey New South Wales. Queensland's Dull Batting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 16

New South Wales scored its first win in a Sheffield Shield match this season, when it defeated Queensland outright by 182 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, thus…

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Cricket 'Ashes' Safe As a Bank South Africa's Collapse Record to Grimmett

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Sunday. -- Australia's sensational success against South Africa yesterday gives the tourists a stranglehold on the Test series…

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Innings Win. Australia in Test Grimmett's Record. Most Wickets in Test Cricket. Capetown, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 11

Australia won the third test match at Newlands ground, South Africa being defeated by an innings and 78 runs. Australia has won two tests…

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Athletics

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 1

As most of the Parramatta-Rydalmere athletes will be competing in the Carr Cup handicap at the Sydney Sports Ground on Tuesday night, there will be…

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Women's Athletic Championship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 16

Miss C. Kennedy, second from the left, won the women's 90 yards hurdles championship of New South Wales at the Sports Ground on Saturday in the Auslialian record time of 12 3-10 seconds…

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Jottings on Sport. Athletic Championships. Miss C. Kennedy's Record. New Walking Champion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 4

Saturday's cool conditions were appreciated by competitors in the New South Wales Women's Athletic Championships, and some excellent performances were recorded, that of…

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In Titles Youthful Hopes Women's Team Big Athletics

The Sun · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 2

THE selectors of the Women's athletic team to take part in the Australian championships, which start in Sydney on January…

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Eileen Wearne Turns Tables Women's Athletics

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1936 · page 10

IN winning the Stale 100yds. championship of the women's A.A.A. on Saturday, Miss Eileen Wearrie avenged many defeats by Miss Edie…

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Anniversary Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

Entries for the sailing, motor-boat, and rowing races on the programme of the 100th Anniversary Regatta will close on Tuesday, January 7, at 5 p.m…

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