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Sport, 1938

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CRICKET Picking a Team For England Will Worry The Australian Selectors Quest For All-Round Skill Is Big Problem That Must Be Faced Through the Pavilion Window

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 26

THE Australian team for England will be chosen in about three weeks' time, yet the position does not seem to be growing much clearer. In fact a study of performances leaves one rather…

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Looking Over Racing Winner of Perth Cup, Maikai, Expected To Come To Holt's Stable Probable Runners In First King's Cup At Launceston On Feb. 8 N.Z. Trainer Again Has Eyes on Sydney

The Sun · Sunday 9 January 1938 · page 20

So soon as he gets a good horse in his team, New Zealand trainer, F. D. Jones, lightly turns his thoughts towards Australia. It is more than 32 years now since F. D. made his first trip…

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Boxing & Wrestling

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 14

LEICHHARDT.--Wrestling: Vic Hill d. Tom Lurich, a penalty fall to nil. Preliminary Wrestle: "Tiger" Garner d. Hans Zerbos on points; each gained a fall…

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Tennis Engagement

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 9

An engagement of interest in tennis circles is that of Mr. Bruce Moore, of Taree, formerly, of Sydney, and Miss Zena…

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Boxing. To-night's Stadium Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 15

Hughie Mehegan, young Australian lightweight boxer, and Young Gildo, Filipino, are the principals for the 15 rounds contest at the Rushcutter Bay Stadium to-night. Mchegan is a promising…

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Swimming. Grade Competitions. Clark's Fast 50 Yards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 16

The feature of the Amateur Swimming Association's futerclub grade competition, inaugurated during the last week was the defeat of Bondi by Manly. Bondi won two events, but Manly filled…

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Tennis Stars Attract Big Crowd

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 14

SECTION OF THE CROWD OF 11,000 which packed the accommodation at the Kooyong courts, Melbourne, on Saturday to see G. Cramm defeat world's champion Donald Budge by two sets to one…

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Explains Albury Cricket Position

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 15

The suggestion that the Albury and Wodonga Cricket Association may seek severance from the New South Wales Association and affiliate with Victoria…

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Junior Cricket. Moore Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 16

A GRADE.—Australian Glass, 25[?] best Newtown Congregational, 1[?] (Goulter 4-16): Dunlop Perdriau, 474 (Landow 333 not out, Burke 30; Sullings 4-136), best Postal, 77 and 157 (Sullings 26 and…

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Women's Sport. Miss P. Norton's Title. Testimonial Swimming Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 17

Miss P. Norton, of Bondi, won the New South Wales 110yds freestyle championship at the Coogee Aquarium Baths on Saturday night. Miss Norton's time was 1m 12.4s…

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Boxing Executive. Dispute with Selectors. Mail Vole Unconstitutional

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 13

The executive of the Australian Amateur Boxing and Wrestling Union, by a decision, at a meeting at Tweed Heads last night, found another means of circumventing the selectors…

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Few Shorts Seen Country Tennis Fashions

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 9

FROCKS in preference to shorts . . . color accents introduced in the form of buttons, scarves and belts ... an almost complete absence…

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Bowls Pennant Competitions. Fourth Round. Prospects of Leaders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 16

The fourth round, played on Saturday, of the bowls pennants competition, did not alter materially the prospects of the leaders in the various sections, except in two instances. In…

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Lawn Tennis. Seaside Singles. McGRATH'S CHAMPIONSHIP

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 15

V. B. McGrath won the seaside singles championship at Ivanhoe Park, Manly, on Saturday, [?]eating D. Chrystal, jun., in the final, two sets to one…

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Cricket Captain Luckier Than "Lucky" Collins

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 16

"JUST luck" is how D. Seddon describes his winning the toss for Petersham in all eight rounds of first-grade cricket matches this season. "I'm luckier than 'Lucky'…

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Speedway Racing. Third Test Match. Australia's Narrow Win

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 14

Australia won the third motor cycle speedway test match of the current season at the Sports Ground on Saturday night by 27 points to 26, after one of the most exciting and…

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Exhibition Tennis. English Critic's Comments. London, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 13

Mr. F. R. Burrow, formerly refered at Wimbledon, writing in "The Observer," criticises the Australian "promoters" for their reported representations to Budge after the…

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Von Nida's Golf Win £500 Prize In Philippines MANILA

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 15

NORMAN VON NIDA, former N.S.W. professional champion, won the open golf championship of the Philippine…

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Racing Hydroplane In Harbor Trials New Liner Building For Australia

The Sun · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 8

SILVERY SPRAY shoots skyward as Mr. E. G. Glass's new hydroplane, Miss Judith, thunders across the Harbor in a whirl of speed. She is doing her trials for the Australasian speedboat championship, to be raced on January 29 at Rose Bay. She recently attained 55 miles an hour, the highest reached by a boat of her class in Australia. A FINE study of Mr. E. G. Glass, hydroplane racing expert. He has…

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Golf. Many Low Scores. A. H. Hattersley Wins. Cammeray Junior Prominent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 15

Larger fields than during the holidays were reported from most of the metropolitan golf courses on Saturday, the New South Wales, Manly, and Royal Sydney clubs having…

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