Country Lawn Tennis Carnival. Teams' Matches. Newcastle Women Beaten
A surprise in the country lawn tennis carnival, which began at the Lawn Tennis Ground, Rushcutter Bay, yesterday, was the defeat of Newcastle I…
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Von Nida's Win. Philippines Golf Open. Second Successive Year. Manila, Jan. 8
The Sydney golf professional, Norman von Nida, won the 2,000 dollar (£A500) Philippine Islands open championship with an…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Another Century to Bradman Five in Succession Is New Record Wickets Fell Quickly In Pre-lunch Session Cricket in Brisbane Brisbane
Playing for South Australia against Queensland today, Don Bradman made his fifth successive century in this season's first class cricket, thus creating a new Australian record. He and Macartney had both…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Swimming Success
Seventeen-year-old Ken Baret, son of Dr. Baret, of Lidcombe State Hospital, won the Bankstown breast stroke title on Sunday, doing the 220 yards in 3.13. Ken…
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On Wednesday night of last week, Kyoshi Nakama, the Hawaiian swimmer, made his first official appearance in Australia at the Wellington…
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Marjorie Bale, of Westmead, who married George Broadhurst on Saturday, is a member of one of the oldest and most enthusiastic families of tennis…
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LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.--Playing almost faultless tennis, Australian champion John Bromwich defeated Len Schwarts, South Australian, in an exhibition…
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Play in the summer competition was resumed lost Sunday. The B1 mixed appears to have been won by Mayfair. In the B2 mixed the…
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During the recent holidays the Rangers Cricket Club visited Blackheath. Two matches were played, Blackheath winning the first match and Rangers reversing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Crowd Greets Colored Boxing Champion
At the Parramatta Stadium last Friday, a big crowd greeted the colored middleweight champion of the world, Ossie Stewart. Although he was not…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Action in Country Tennis Tourney
HAD THEIR PLACE in the sun yesterday.--Keith Fowler (Maitland) (left) and Miss Olga Elphick (Orange) competing at the Country tennis tournament at White City yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →BOXING. Dixon v McLaughlin. Contest Stopped
Freddy Dixon, the coloured American boxer, won his first Australian contest at the Leichhardt Stadium last night, when he received the decision against Ron McLaughlin. The engagement was…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Von Nida Ill After Golf Win
Norman von Nida, who won the Philippine Islands Open golf championship on Sunday, has been taken suddenly ill. Advice to this effect was received…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Alleged Ring-in. Racing Mare Impounded
AFTER having impounded, examined and photographed the racing mare known as Smyrna in J. J. Clouts' stables at North Wagga, the Southern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Three Horses Contest Five Races
ONLY three horses—Mundiwa, Lady Pinnacle and carbungie—competed at a race meeting at Wanganella (N.S.W.) last week. A fourth horse…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tennis Seedings. Hopman Graded No. 3
J. Bromwich is placed ahead of A. K. Quist in the seeding for the Australian lawn tennis championships, which commence at the Kooyong courts. Melbourne, on January 20…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Tennis Players to Enlist. Melbourne
Harry Hopman, captain and manager of Australia's 1938 Davis Cup team, and interstate tennis players, Lionel Brodie and George Holland, have decided to enlist in the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Singlets Off -- And On At Tennis
Country tennis players received a shock this morning during the playing of the men's teams matches…
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On account of the Sheffield Shield match in Sydney, there will be no grade cricket matches on Saturday. The poidevin-Gray Shield team…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Casualty List Grows In Cricket
South Australia's cricket casualty list grows daily. In Melbourne Bradman and the manager, Mr. Patterson, had…
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