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Sport, 1938

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Strong Finish In Cronulla Bowls

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 15

T. Etherden, of Marrickville, finished strongly yesterday in the singles final of the cronulla Bowling Club's tournament, in which he beat J. Pearce, 31-23…

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"Tennis" Train For Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 15

John Bromwich left last night for Melbourne to play in the triangular match, representing Australia with Adrian Quist, against Germany and America on…

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Tennis Stars Off to Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

JOHN BROMWICH left for Melbourne last night for the second tennis test against the Germans. On the same train were the New…

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Tennis in Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 12

Aided by ability to return his opponent's fastest services, L. A. Schwartz won the Metropolitan singles championship at Reade Park to-day, when he defeated D. P. Turnb[?]ll, 6-2, 9-7, 6-3. Schwartz…

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BOXING. Tom Chester to Meet jack Wilson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 9

Tom Chester, coloured American middleweight boxer has been matched with the Victorian champion Jack Wilson for 15 rounds at the Rushcutter Bay Stadium on Mondny night…

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Junior Cricket. Shield Competitions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 12

The fourth round of the competitions conducted by the New South Wales Junior Criket Union for the Martin Shield and the "Daily Telegraph" Shield was concluded yesterday…

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Newcastle Cricket. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 12

Combined Newcastle, 367, beat Combined Gloucester, 134 and 194, by an innings and 3[?] runs…

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Bowls. Cronulla Carnival. South Africans at Chatswood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 12

The Cronulla bowls carnival was concluded yesterday, with the finals of the singles pairs and fours. A consoletion fours tournament was played in the afternoon…

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Last Day of Greatest Spending Holiday Crowds At Beaches Races And Cricket Pleasure Resorts Reap Harvest

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 7

A QUARTER of a million Sydney people spent yesterday out of doors in brilliant sunshine…

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Highlights of Racing at Warwick Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 15

WITHSTANDING A STRONG CHALLENGE in the straight, Misnomer (rails) won the Sefton Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday from Jocular (foreground), with Some Boy third. VIGIL (S. NEALE) finished on best in the Nursery Handicap for fillies at Warwick Farm yesterday to beat Early Bird (No. 6), ridden by R. Heather, by a length, With Triceps (E. Harper), three-quarters of a length away, third…

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Racing Club Donates Ambulance Woloongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

To-night the president of the Illawarra Greyhound Racing Club, Mr. W. Lang, presented the Illawarra District Ambulance with an…

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Greyhound Racing. Wollongong. (Run last night.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 9

Opening Stake, 480yds.—Master Wit. [?] Big Barney, 2; Doreen Surprise, 3. Betting 6-[?] Big Barney 2 MASTER WIT, 4 Doreen Surprise, 5 Black Gosh. 8 Fcesara, 10 Commotion, 12 Cocky…

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Two Gifts for Boat Races

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 18

AN anonymous contributor has given £100 for trophies for speedboat races on the Hawkesbury River…

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Tense Moment in Shield Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 15

THE LEAD on the first innings in the Sheffield Shield game, New South Wales v. Queensland, was in the balance when this picture was taken at the Cricket Ground yesterday. A confident appeal for l.b.w. was made by the Queensland players against O'Brien, last man in, when the home State's score…

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Golf Penalty Confusion Hitting The Flag Stick

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 18

Confusion occurs in golf over the penalty for hitting the flag stick. The definition of a putting-green and stroke rule 13 (1) are mixed up…

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Tennis Stars in Melbourne Test Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 3

GERMANY'S Dave Cup players. Gottfried Cramm and Ehnner Henkel, reached Melbourne to-day by the train. They were accompanied…

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Cricket in India. Calcutta, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 12

In reply to India's first innings total of 350 in the third inofficial test match, Lord Tennyson's English team made 257. India was then dismissed for 192 (Mushtag Ali 55, F…

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Golf Faults. Cause and Elimination. Reaching for the Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 11

Until recent years the popular style in goll. originating from the early oversea player., meant that a player had to reach well out for the ball, which was struck with a fairly…

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Amazing Scoring in Golf High Totals in Four Balls

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 15

YESTERDAY was "burglar's" day in Sydney's golfing world. Some amazing scores were…

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This Racing Game Pony Club Fixtures One Saturday Meeting

The Sun · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 17

EACH of the four pony clubs will have only one Saturday meeting this year. This is shown in the list…

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