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Sport, 1938

12,076 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Hua Plans for Autumn Racing Derby Winner Even Bigger Now, Says Austin Scobie; His First Start At Caulfield?

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 2

Without being forced into long handicaps, Hua will have a hard enough autumn trying to maintain his Victoria Derby superiority over Avenger, and if he tackles any rich handicaps, it will be the Sydney Cup…

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A.J.C. Figures Reveal Racing's Lack Of Progress Reforms Needed To Attract Public; Sport Must Not Be Hindered

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 2

A.J.C. attendance and totalisator figures for 1937 reveal the necessity for racing reforms to draw the crowds back to the racecourses and carry the sport to the Melbourne and Brisbane levels of public support…

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Sorry Story of Exhibition Tennis Racket Budge Not Entirely to Blame Public Suffered, but Assn. Responsible Game Too Commercialised

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 7

IT'S all very well for Australia's tennis tycoons to howl the head off Don Budge for his "exhibition" last Monday against von Cramm. The pot shouldn't call the kettle black. Tennis in Australia has had this showdown coming…

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Cramm Gives Us A Few Tips Apart From Tennis--About Glamor, Girls And Garbo Kenya Farm Is Home for English Aviatrix

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 1

GOTTFRIED FREIHERR VON CRAMM is the German tennis ace's formal title but address him as…

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Athletics. Clive Hall's Bonanza Had Highland A.A.A. Field Tied Up

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 6

FINISHING brilliantly at the end of a sizzling half-mile, Clive Hall (Easts) strode ho[?]e to win handsomely at yesterday's…

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ATHLETICS Hall's Half-Mile Best At Gathering

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 4

Clive Hall (Eastern Suburbs) was the outstanding performer among athletes at the Highland Gathering…

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CRICKET What Figures Reveal About Our Batsmen; Bardsley In England Neville Cardus Tells Why Australia Wins When All Seems Lost Through the Pavilion Window

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1938 · page 6

REFERENCE to the fact that Bradman has now eclipsed Clem Hill's Sheffield Shield record and will, no doubt, beat the aggregate record in his next innings, recalls the deeds of the great ones of the past…

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Swimming Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 3

Captain and Mrs. J. R. Patrick will be host and hostess at a swimming party at their home at Darling Point to-day…

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Club Swimming

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 13

EAST SYDNEY.—At Rushcutter Bay. 50 yards handicap: S. Shaw (35.4s), 1; P. Kurts, 2; R. Black and N. Mazaraki, dead heat, 3. MANLY DIGGERS.—55 yards handicap: P. Os…

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Cape Hawke Regatta. Forster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

The annual Cape Hawke regatta was concluded yesterday. Conditions for sailing were ideal. Wallis Lake Handicap Sailing Race, for all boats.—Jean (D. Maslin) 8m, 1; Nemesis (H…

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Golf At Botany

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

During the past year 4700 golfers played 18 holes, and 1750 nine holes on the Botany Golf Club course. Takings were just on £450. The…

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Swimming Team Staged Walk-out Narromine

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 10

At the Narromine Swimming Club's carnival last night, the Wellington team, competing in the Gillespie Shield competition, was disqualified…

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Bowls. Holiday Carnivals. Bondi and Cronulla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

The holiday bowls carnivals at Bondi and Cronulla were continued on Saturday and many clubs held competitions for singles, pairs, and fours…

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The Sorry Condition Of Racing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

THE people of New South Wales are keenly resentful of the condition into which racing control has…

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Crowd At Races Is Poor

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

THE long succession of form reversals and long-priced winners may have accounted for the poor crowd at Randwick on…

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BOXING. Humphreys Beats Westbury. Contest Ends in Fifth Round

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 13

Dick Humphreys, the State welterweight boxing champion (10-6¾), showed improved form in retaining his title against Allen Westbury (10-4), who has had many successes in…

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Tennis Star Gave First Aid Canberra

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 8

GERMAN tennis ace Baron Von[?] Cramm was seen in a new rol[?] yesterday when he administered first-aid to a motor cyclist who has in[?]…

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Golf. Many Low Scores. Ferrier and Heard Best

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 13

Metropolitan golfers were in excellent form on Saturday, when most of the clubs, taking advantage of the holiday, held competitions ovei 36 holes…

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Cricket in India. Calcutta, Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 11

In the third unofficial test, India scored 350, against Lord Tennyson's team, Mushtaq Ali making 101, and L. Amarnath 123. G. H. Pope took five wickets for 70…

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Rigg's 14Th Century in Big Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 11

Keith Rgg's 118 on Saturday was his fifth century for Victoria against South Australia in Sheffield Shield cricket. His others are 166. 124. 123. and 105…

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