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Sport, 1938

12,076 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 250

Cricket. Universities' Match. Melbourne's Good Lead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 13

After passing Sydney's score with only five wic[?]s down Melbourne went on to make 349 in the inter-University match. which was continued at University Oval yesterday. Commencing the…

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Interstate Cricket Team. Adelaide Matches. New Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 22

TO-MORROW evening the New South Wales women's cricket team will leave for Adelaide, where the annual interstate games will be played This…

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Lawn Tennis. Seaside Championships. McGrath Qualifies for Final

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 13

V. B. McG[?]ath reached the final of the seaside lawn tenn[?] championships at Ivanhoe Park Manly, yesterday, beating D. Thompson in a semi-final. He showed much of his two-handed shots sp[?]…

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Tennis Stars' Injuries Henkel Worried Over Form MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 36

The German tennis players are suffering from minor injuries. Cramm used the delay through rain to-day to visit an osteopath…

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Secrets of Cricket Success—No. 12 Optimism in Our Cricket Sir Pelham Warner and M. A. Noble

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 16

SIR PELHAM WARNER has been styling himself the optimist of English cricket. He is right. He has…

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New Racing Era. Clubs' Changes. Conditions Becoming Settled. Provincial Charges

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 13

Racing executives are preparing for the changes necessitated by the amendment to racing legislation. When the fixtures are determined and…

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Bernard Darwin Sings of Golf's Pleasures But Many Cuss Its Annoyances

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 15

BERNARD DARWIN, Prince of all golf journalists, has contributed to "The Golfers' Companion" an article that is a sheer delight. The subject is "The Pleasures of Golf," and to the true…

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Queensland's Out Cricket No Finer From Them For Years

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 16

PUBLIC patronage or the Queensland match in Sydney on Saturday and Monday was the best for many years…

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Exhibition Board Track Poor Racing Turtill, Gibaud and Parmley Carry Meeting

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 20

RACING at Melbourne Exhibition board track on Saturday evening was of poor standard. Star riders were engaged at…

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Cricket Fixtures and Umpires for January 8. a Grade

Liverpool News · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

Roseina v Lansvale Pals, at Canley Vale (Madgwick and Ransley). Cook Park v Avoca, at Cook Park (McNaughton and Bate)…

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Only Public Wants Open Tournaments Von Cramm Sums Up Tennis Position

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 24

VON CRAMM, champion German tennis player, in a talk over national stations last night, said that open tournaments would eventually come because the public wanted them. He contended that neither the…

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May Need the Experience Weak Class In Races For Juveniles

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

YOUNGSTERS with little race experience predominate in the races set apart for their class at Moorefield, on Saturday:…

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The Man --In-- The Street To The Editor Vagaries of Horse Racing

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 4

Sir,--It is quite obvious that horse racing is on its trial, and the extraordinary reversal of form witnessed on several courses during the past…

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This Racing Game Tuckerbox Nominated King's Cup Event May Travel To Tasmania

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 35

TUCKERBOX may go to Tasmania next month for the King's Cup. Entries for the race, which will…

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Tennis Star's Comeback Aub. Sieler Will Play In Country Gala MOORE & ROGERS

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

AUB. SIELER, who won the Country Week singles championship in 1920 and 1923, and who represented New South Wales in tennis on a number of occasions, is to make a reappearance after a number of years' absence, in the annual carnival…

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Cricket Tour. Candidates Reviewed. the Bowlers Available. (Copyright. All Rights Reserved.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 13

A few months ago before the start of the cricket season, I wrote a series of articles taking stock of Australia's resourccs for the tour of England this…

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Local Men Win at Bathurst New Year Tennis Douglas Shared Honors with Griffiths

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

The popular secretary of the Parramatta-Granville Tennis Association (Mr. T. F. ("Peter") Griffiths) made a splendid impression…

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Big Prize Will Not Improve Racing A.J.G. Must Do More Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 2

A RICH prize will not attract Victorian owners, trainers, jockeys and horses to Sydney. The A.J.C. must do more for…

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Great Triangular Tennis Test in Melbourne Von Cramm The Master John Bromwich Was Gallant in Defeat

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 19

THE RECENTLY-ESTABLISHED RECORD FOR TENNIS CROWDS IN N.S.W. WAS EASILY BROKEN LAST WEDNESDAY, THE FINAL DAY OF THE INTERNATIONAL MATCH BETWEEN…

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More Reversals in Racing at Ascot Tony, Alan Verde Last to First, But No Questions by Stewards

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

TONY, which was last in the Randwick Novice Handicap on December 30, yesterday won the Three and Four-Year- Old Handicap at Ascot. Tony started favorite at…

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