Speedway Racing. Australian Championship
The Australian individual motor cycle speedway championship will be contested at the Showground on Saturday night. The present holder is A. G. ("Bluey")…
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CRICKET. South Australia
The South Australian Women's Cricket Association, which is the most recent of the State associations to be formed, is enjoying a successful season…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Doonside News Tennis Competition
The Carinya Tennis Club's competitions were a great success. The winners of the silver cups, prizes for the singles competition, were Miss Silvia Bromley…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Swimming Union. Some Officers Elected. Perth
Mr. J. P. Sheedy, hon. secretary of the Amateur Swimming Union of Australia, announced that Mr. J. Taylor (N.S.W.) had been elected president of the union unopposed, Mr. H. A. Bennett (Victoria)…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle Sport And Sportsmen Xmas Bowls
AFTER a long series of semi-finals, the Christmas bowling carnival, in which 500 bowlers took part, was finalised when T.Kinder defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Wilson Cup. Junior Tennis Team
THE New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association has picked the following team of junior girls to represent New South Wales in the Wilson Cup matches, which commence in Adelaide on…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Tennis Player Loses Infant Son
Deep sympathy is extended to the well-known tennis player, Mr. Sid Wilkins, and Mrs. Wilkins of 74 Eleanor-street, Granville on the death of their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boxing Turiello One of Best in Years
HAVING seen Saverio Turiello in a special work-out yesterday, I have not the slightest hesitation in stating that he is one of the cleverest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tribute to Cricket Secretary
At a meeting of subscribers at Birmingham, Sir Charles Hyde, president of the Warwickshire County C.C, presented Mr. R. V. Ryder with a silver…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Cricket in the Blood
Another instance that cricket runs in families I supplied by the aggressive South African batsman A. D. Nourse. Nourse's father, "Old Dave," was a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Town Hall Boxing To Commence on January 20
The Under Secretary, Chief Seretary's Department wrote to Auburn Council last week intimating that upon the application of Mr. G. Turner, of Croydon;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tennis Star Les Baker in Sydney
EX-N.S.W. tennis rep., Les Baker, is down from Queensland and will remain until Henri Cochet returns…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Club Cricket a Few Notches
J. Fltzputrick's 14S for Central Cumberland against Mosman at Rawson Park is his second century this summer. With. E. Crossam (53) he put on 91 for the first…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CRICKET Cumberland Third's Fine Score
Following the recent dismal failure against Western Suburbs, Cumberland batsmen staged, a complete reversal of form by hitting up 338 for the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SWIMMING. State Championships. Hooper Beats Ryan. Exciting Finish in 220
Timing his effort perfectly, P. Hooper, the former Randwick and Coogee swimmer, who now is a member of the Lismore club, for the first time in his career won the 220 yards…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Women Swimming Champions. Hopeful of Olympic Selection. Their Competitors Abroad
In no other form of sport has Australia been so ably represented by women as in swimming. Since the days when Miss Fanny Durack was the world's leading woman swimmer and record holder, Australian women have been well to the fore in the world's championship swimming…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →England Vindicates Her Rugby Reputation at Twickenham All Blacks Prevented from Scoring Only Time on the Tour Great Day for Rugby in England
TOURS by Rugby Union teams from New Zealand, South Africa, and Australia to Great Britain have been of immeasurable value to the game internally in every country and internationally. Perhaps no tour left a leavening of more satisfaction among the homeland Rugbyeans than the 1935 All Blacks. They have not had things…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Rich Races For Rowing Men Anniversary Day
Many splendid events are included in the important second half of the rowing season, which commences…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Game Of Golf, The Master, And His Pupil
GEORGE P. BARBOUR, one of Sydney's best-known sportsmen prior to leaving Sydney Grammar School, some years ago to take up the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Greyhound Racing Bookmakers Set A Record At Harold Park
A record number of 164 bookmakers including 110 in the paddock and 54 in the Leger fielded at the postponed Harold Park meeting last night…
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