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Sport, 1938

12,076 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 250

R. League Players at Cricket

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 3

Cricket teams representing Balmain and Western Suburbs District Rugby League Clubs are to meet in a picnic match at Granville Park…

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Big Golf During Celebrations Charity to Benefit

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 3

SPECIAL provision is being made during the period of Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations for various golf competitions, conducted…

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BOWLS. Australian Carnival National Titles. Empire Games to Follow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 21

The 11th Austialian bowling carnival will begin in Sydney on Monday and will last for two weeks. One of the main objectives is to discover Austiallas representatives in…

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International Lawn Tennis Germany Wins Triangular Series

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 12

THE triangular series of tennis A matches between the United States, Germany and Australia provided Melbourne enthusiasts with many thrilling…

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Country Lawn Tennis Carnival. Marulan Juniors Do Well

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 22

E.Steler and W. O Brien, juniors from Marulan, showed good form in the country lawn tennis carnival, continued at Rushcutter Bay yesterday. In their second match of…

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The Art and Science of Golf (World Copyright Reserved.)

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 27

Henry Cotton is regarded as one of the greatest players and students the game of golf has known. This series of articles from his pen should make an especial appeal to all golfers. Cotton deals enthusiastically with his subject, and his studied opinions are of the greatest value. THERE are hundreds of books on golf already…

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Cricket. Schools' Week Matches. Improvement in Baiting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 21

Batting improved in the second round of matches of the Schools Week cricket at North Brighton yesterday. C. Pinch followed up his 49 retired of the first day's play, with 82 including eight…

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Tennis: I Tennisti Romani Conservano La Coppa Brian Roma

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 8

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Boxing Union Still Wrangling Over Empire Games Team Executive Threatens to Resign

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 20

THE dispute between the Amateur Boxing arid Wrestling executive and the selectors over the team chosen for the Empire Games is no nearer settlement…

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Rugby League Deadlock Dispute Over Team's Sailing Date Leave On February 5, Says Miller

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 24

A DEADLOCK has been reached by the Rugby League Board of Control and the managers of the Kangaroos regarding the boat by which the team shall return…

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Sundry Sport Sheffield Shield Cricket Queensland v. South Australia

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 12

THE fact that South Australia had won the toss, and that Bradman would bat during the afternoon, was no doubt responsible for the…

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Country Boys' Good Form In G.P.S. Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 19

C. Pinch, a young Wollongong batsman, was topscorer, with 82, in the G.P.S. cricket week matches at North Brighton yesterday…

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Not Cricket. Players' Visits to Betting Shops. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 17

The deplorable influence of betting shops on cricket in South Australia was emphasised to-day by cricket secretaries in evidence before the Betting…

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Newcastle 'Races To Clash With A.J.C. Anniversary Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 21

After unsuccessful attempts, to obtain February 1 and then January 20 as the dates for ita first meting of 1938, the Newcastle Jockey Club has decided to hold the meeting…

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Pictures of Panay Bombing Incident — Country Week Tennis — British Rowers at Practice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 20

H.M.S's. Ladybird (left) and Bee, lying off the bund of Hankow. It was the Bee which hurried to the assistance of the American gunboat which was sunk by the Japanese near Nanking…

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New Features In Racing & Marbles Our Melbourne Letter Tubed Horses & Shorts at Alleys

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

TRAINERS of racehorses have many worries with which to contend, and one of the greatest is the possibility of any of their charges becoming afflicted with a wind infirmity. A horse who is "touched" in the wind is considered by many keen judges of horseflesh to be past…

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Golf Notes: Secret, of Putting: Supreme Confidence—Novel Competitions—Grade Matters Secret of Putting

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 28

EVER since the game started, players realising the importance of putting have been busy evolving some method that would…

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This Racing Game Backers' Turn in the Challenge Long-Priced Winners In Recent Years

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 24

BACKERS are hoping that the law of averages " will work out in their favor in the Challenge Stakes this year. It has been a bad race for them in recent…

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Refugee Tells of Japanese Bombing on Board H.M.S. CRICKET, Yangtze River, Dec. 14

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 4

TO-DAY we are feeling happier. The tension of the past three days has eased now that we know that the planes…

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The Turf— Valbeau, the Champion of the North—Valais' Sons as Sires—English Racing "The Best Since Beauford"

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1938 · page 31

THAT is the way Newcastle sportsmen describe Valbeau, who, by the way, is a "distant relation" of the mighty gelding which put up such great fights with Gloaming at the A.J.C. Spring…

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