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Sport, 1938

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Australia's Cricket Team For England "Not Out's" Selections Lee As Partner FOr Fingleton Tallon—Second 'Keeper

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 1

THREE weeks hence names of the Australian sixteen to tour England will be known. Messrs. D. G. Bradman, E. A. Dwyer, and W. Johnston, the official selectors, are well fitted for the task by…

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Pilot's Notebook Distance Form in Randwick Summer Races Billy Boy Shocks Many Backers Mananui an Unreliable Customer

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

THERE was no lack of incident in the longer races at Rand wick. Billy Boy started it in winning the Holiday Handicap, and finished it when, after two unplaced runs, he won Tattersall's Cup. Young Crusader, hard ridden from barrier-rise, could not get to the front at an early…

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N.Z. Racing Australian Triumph in Auckland Cup Lightweights Made Their Own Handicap In Big Race the Buzzer's Best Display of Form

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 5

OFTTIMES New Zealand horses have made incursions on rich Australian prizes with considerable success, but in the case of the Auckland Cup, the boots (eight of them), were on the other feet, for Australian-bred horses finished…

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N.S.W. Catholic Lawn Tennis Association. (Organising Secretary: Theo Keneally, 48 Douglas-street, Stanmore—LM 1107.) Interesting Survey of Queensland Trip

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 30

The forty odd members of our association who made the trip to Brisbane for the annual carnival of the Australian Catholic Tennis Association are agreed…

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Our Question Box Athletics

Referee · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 21

"Interested" (Fernvale) asks: Who held the N.S.W. amateur 100yds title prior to J. Carlton? Ans.: Carlton first won it in 1927. R. J. Winn (Botany…

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Athletics. Inter-club Competition

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

Alterations have bpen made in the draw for the interclub competition semi-finals for Saturday at the Sydney Sports Ground. The draw now is:…

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Deaf Girl Is Athletic Nun's Paper At Conference

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 8

The deaf girl's power of concentration and her well-trained eye made her a formidable opponent in outdoor games, according to a…

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Golf Competitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 15

LEURA.—Four-ball best ball v par: W. Stretton (4) and H. S. Relton (7), 10 up; H. R. Pillar (l8) and D. Wallace (l8) 10 up.Four-ball best ball v par (second competition) R.S. Norris (8) and H…

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First Inter-club Swimming Event

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 24

The first of the inter-club swimming contests conducted by the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association was held between Sydney and North…

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Racing Date Change

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 24

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Newcastle Jockey Club was informed today that February 1, on which it was intended to run its first race meeting this year, has…

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Railways Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 23

The 1938 interstate railways cricket carnival will be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground on February 24, 25, 28, and March 1…

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Woman Golf Star Here

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

The prominent Dubbo golfer, Mrs. Yuille, is making her home in Sydney and will probably join the Royal Sydney Club…

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Dispute Over Bog Racing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 7

MAITLAND, Thursday. -- The dispute between the Northern Dog Owners and Trainers' Association and the Newcastle Jockey Club was discussed by the…

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Good Tennis at Manly

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 14

Misses T. Rice and I. Webb had a tussle to defeat the Manly pair, Mrs. Jean Ashton and Miss Beryce Kelso, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, in the semi-final of the…

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Chronique sportive. Lawn-Tennis

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

Les amateurs de Tennis sont venus en foule assister la semaine dernière aux matchs internationaux qui opposaient sur les courts de White City,…

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Lawn Tennis. Seaside Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 16

Men's special doubles.—G.E.Martin and W.N. Baker beat S. Gully and A. Colless, 6-1, 6-2. Boys' Junior open singles.—A. S. Bower v C. Hodgekiss, postponed…

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Speedway Racing. Third Test Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 15

The captain and manager of the English motor cycle speedway test team (J. Parker) is in a quandary about the side that is to meet Australia in the third match at the Sports Ground track…

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How She Sings, But His Golf!

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 6

A BRILLIANT future for the young Sydney singer, Miss Joan Hammond, was predicted by the world famous Italian lyric tenor, Signor Dine…

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Newcastle Tennis Teams Chosen Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 4

Cessnock Tennis Association's men's team which won the Country Week tournament last year, and the women's team, which were runners-up, will be unchanged this…

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Bowls. South Africans' Team Work. Win at Petersham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 15

The South African bowlers played against Petersham yesterday, and won by 20 points. The team has not beeh beaten yet. Their results are the outcome of good team work and fine play…

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