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Sport, 1936

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State Swimming Championships- Canterbury Races- Women's Athletic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 14

The finish of the 1 10 yards championship of New South Wales at the Domain baths on Saturday, won by W. Kendall (East Sydney), No. 3 lane, in 60 3-5 seconds, the best time ever recorded by an Australian. R. Willshire (Manly), No. 4 lane, was second, and P. Hooper (Lismore), No. 6 lane, third. Inset: W. Kendall…

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Swimming Kendall's Courage

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 3

From take-off to touch in Saturday's State 110 yards championship Australia's speediest waterman, Bill Kendall, flayed his way into the…

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Racing Snaps

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 2

MR. ERIC WELCH, well-known Melbourne racing broadcaster, was at Canterbury Park on Saturday. In the evening he left on a holiday trip to…

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Rugby Union Important Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 9

The foundation of a first-class season should be laid to-night, when the New South Wales Rugby Union council meets to shape the programme of big matches…

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Boxing. Blatch and Turiello

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 16

To-night, at Rushcutter Bay Stadium, an international lightweight contest will be help between Air Blatch. Australian champion, and Teverb Turlello, champion of Europe. The pair will be…

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Records Broker. Swimming Championships. Kendall's Achievement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 12

The New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association's championship carnivals, which were concluded on Saturday, were marked by a series of broken records…

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Swimming. Record Times. Kendall's Great Sprint

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 17

Although through an official oversight record conditions were not fully complied with in one case three records were broken at the New South Wales Amateur Swimming…

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Robbed at Races

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 5

William Forster, of Langfield St., Cabramatta, was a heavy loser at the Canterbury races on Saturday, but his losses came from a human agency,…

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School Cricket Carnival

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 8

Owing to the rain, the Schools' Week cricket carnival, which was to commence to-morrow, has been postponed until the wickets at North…

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New Tennis Courts at Burwood

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 3

Three new courts recently laid down by the Western suburbs Hardcourt Tennis Association, one of which conforms to Davis Cup size regulations,were officially opened…

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Their Share Of The Tennis

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 9

Tennis visitors from the country sadly survey the drenched courts at Rushcutters Bay. Rain prevented the opening of the Country Week carnival to-day…

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TENNIS Parramatta-Granville Annual Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 4

The fifteenth annual meeting of the Association will be held at the Granville School of Arts, Good-street, Granville, on Tuesday, 14th January…

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Boxing Contests. Offer to Palmer. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 12

Before he left for Sydney on Saturday, Mr. J. Munro, manager of the National Boxing Club, Sydney, said he had hopes of persuading Ambrose Palmer, the Australian heavyweight…

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Speedway Racing World's Record to Grosskreutz

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 9

Queenslander, Max Grosskreutz, had the hardest ride of his career on Saturday night to win the Speedway Championship of Australia from Vic…

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McGRATH Returns with Tennis Title

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 3

With the New Zealand singles title "in his bag,"Vivian McGrath, accompanied by E.F. Moon, returned by the Makura on Saturday after…

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Tennis Titles Delay Till To-morrow

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 7

The secretary of the N.S.W.L.T.A. (Mr. M. Henry Marsh) announced this afternoon that there would be no play in the country tennis…

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Speedway Racing. M. GROSSKREUTZ Wins Australian Title

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 15

Max Grosskreutz, the Queensland motor cycle speedway rider, who annexed the New South Wales title a fortnight ago, won the Australian one mile championship at the Royal…

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Jottings on Sport. Swimming Titles. Miss Mackay's Record. Close Finish

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 4

The outstanding performance in women's sport last week was, undoubtedly, that of Miss K. Mackay in winning the 100 yards championship of New South Wales at the first…

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Lawn Tennis. Seaside Championships, Miss Selwin Wins

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 8

The major events in the seaside championships were completed at Manly on Saturday, J. and A. Crawford were beaten in the final of the men's doubles championship by R. E…

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Wild Career. Racing Motor Cycle Dashes Amongst Onlookers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 12

There were several exciting incidents at the motor cycle speedway races at the Showground on Saturday night. In a novice scratch race there were three…

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