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Sport, 1937

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Fine Swimming. W.A. GIRLS. Miss Green Beats Miss de Lacey. 330 Yards Australian Record

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 15

The Australian women's 330 yards swimming record of Miss Jcan Cocks, established in 1929, was broken by Miss Dorothy Green, of Western Australia, when she boat Miss Evelyn de Lacy,…

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Daughter of Former Champion Miss Thelma Rice Is Ranked Tennis List

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 5

IT must be gratifying to Horrie Rice, who in his younger days was one of the greatest tennis players Australia has produced, to find…

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Cricket St. George District Club.st. George v. Glebe Draw

The St George Call · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 4

Glebe batsmen performed creditably to force a draw again St St. George, at Hurstville Oval. Stone and Abbott resumed wicket, facing a score of 234…

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Girl Reaches Two Tennis Finals Miss I. Webb's Effort in Country Gala

The Sun · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 3

Peak Hill junior, Miss I. Webb reached the final of the women's singles [?]pionship in the Country Carnival to -day. Miss Webb is also in the final of the junior girls'…

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Canterbury Park Meeting. Eight Races. Recent Form of Acceptors. Late Start Adopted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 15

The Canterbury Park Racing Club has a programme of eight races for its meeting to-morrow. Fields are interesting—even that for the Canterbury…

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Country Tennis Dominated the Day Two Players In Singles And Doubles Forward and Rodgers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 19

FRANK FORWARD and Joe Rodgers, by defeating Jack O'Donnell and Fred Kalms, a former Davis Cup…

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Sub-c'tee on S.P. Move Is Made by Cabinet Dog Racing Included All Phases

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 1

WHILE ignoring such vital problems as slum clearance, milk for school children, and the plight of over 40.000 persons on…

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Test Cricket. Covering Wickets Public and Finance. M.C.C. President's Opinion. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 15

Lord Somers, president of the Marylcbone Cricket Club, said to-day that the club would probably give serious consideration to further…

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Athletics. Western Suburbs Events. (Held at Concord Oval last night.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 15

Senior Events.—75yds ds handicap: R. Sheen, 8yds, and E. Kay, 84yds, dead heat, 7 9·10s, 1; I. Peatty, 10yds, 3. 100yds handicap first division; E. Kay 5[?]yds. 10 1·10s, l; H. Button, 10yds, 2; D…

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Athletic and Cycling Carnival

The St George Call · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 3

On Tuesday. 2nd. February, the club's third annual carnival will take place, Hurstville Oval, the proceeds of which are to go to the St. George Dist…

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Athletic Aldermen

The St George Call · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 1

St. George District Amateur Athletic Club has informed Hurstville Council that on Tuesday flight, February 2, it will be staging its third annual athletic…

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Athletics New Mark for 880 Title

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 19

THE starting point for the 880 yards athletic championship of New South Wales, to be run at the Sports Ground…

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All Nations and Races, All Citizens Equal How Soviet Constitution Differs From Bourgeois Constitutions Stalin Criticises the Critics Exclusive Report of His Great Speech At Constitution Congress (Continued From Last Friday's Issue) Two Kinds of Constitution

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 2

The constitutions of bourgeois countries usually take as their point of departure the conviction that the capitalist system is…

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Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 13

Fluffy c.oudlets skimming by A very blue and hazy sky, Launch and yacht with bunting gay, Racing since the break of day,…

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Golf. Associates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 22

LONG REEF.—Bogey (13 holes), A grade; Mrs. S. Quarterley (21), 4 up; Mrs. W. O. Jones (24), 1 up; H. Blackwell (23), 1 down; Mrs. A. K. Paterson (23), 1 down B grade; Mrs. S. E. Morris (34),…

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Tramway Tennis

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 5

Tramway Tennis Association's results follow. A Grade, grand final. Waverley v Enfield, played at Rozelle Court.--Doubles: Allen…

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£20 Golf Challenge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 19

W. Holder and R. Barr will meet C. Booth and J. Bassett in a challenge match over 36 holes, for £20 aside, at The Lakes on Monday,…

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Bowls. Bendigo Beats Cronulla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 21

The Bendigo team of bowlers spent yesterday morning in a launch trip to Port Hacking. After lunch, a five rink match was played against Cronulla Bowline Club. Bendigo secured its first…

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Racing Days Over?

Sydney Sportsman · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

MIRAMOND, who won the Corinthian Plate at Moorefield on Saturday, may not race again…

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Cricket Meeting

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1937 · page 3

The usual monthly meeting of the N.S.W Cricket Association will be held at the Association's Rooms, George Street, next…

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