Metropolitan Baseballers’ Golf Club
The above club held Its stroke competition at the club links. Herne Bay, last Sunday. The winner was A. Audet with a nett 64. Aub proved a little too…
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Tennis Players Show Style
Victorian player, Miss N. Mealy presents a striking lady of streamlined action as she leaps for a high shot in be Wilson Cup tennis match at the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Training on Jubilee Oval Carlton Athletic Football Club Refused Permission
“It would be utterly ridiculous to spend thousands of pounds in building a beautiful oval and then let it be abused by allowing too many football teams to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Police Cricket Team
The police team to play matches at Bathurst and Orange is as follows:—Sergeant Astill, Constables Aichin, Bottle. Boyd, Baker, Baldwin, Cahill, Chalmers, Ewin, Felsh, Hendren,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Singer Was Football Star
It is not generally known that in his youth, Paul Robeson, world singer, passionate fighter for the liberty of the Negro race, and whose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Union Falls Down on Job, Says Swimming Official
"It seems to me that the Australian Swimming Union has again fallen down on its job," said the secretary of the N.S.W.A.S.A. (Mr. Ernie Sandell) to-day, criticising the delay in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Won Coveted Cricket Job
£1000-A-YEAR JOB as secretary to the Melbourne Cricket Club was secured by Mr. Vernon Ransford (above), former…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Favorite For Country Tennis Title Beaten
R. BENNETT (Queanbeyan) provided yesterday's country tennis shock at White City by defeating F. Sherriff (Newcastle) in the singles championship. Sherriff has been prominent in the carnival for a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Swimming Tour Hitch Australian Team For S. Africa CAPETOWN
A serious hitch has occurred in the proposed tour of South Africa by Australian swimmers. Capetown. Durban and East London…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Four Teams Level in Grade Cricket
Four teams are level at the top of the grade cricket competition table. Two of them, St. George and Waverley, will meet to-morrow. This obviously is the match of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →British Football. the League. London, Jan. 18
Third division southern division; [?]swich v Crystal Palace, 2-1; Bournemouth v Torquay, 2.5. Northern division; New Brighton v Hartlepool 5-2…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Swimming Ultimatum Tasmania Must Decide Today Dates in Doubt for Titles
THE Tasmanian Amateur Swimming Association must decide by today the dates on which it wishes to hold its…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Speedway Racing. Second Test Match. England's Team Unchanged
The captain and sole selector of the English motor cycle speedway test team, J. Parker, announced yesterday that he intended to make no change in the personnel of the side that is to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →This Racing Game F. Shean Back to Saddle
F. Shean expects to resume riding in races at the Rosehill meeting on February 4. Shean has recovered from the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Players In Form For Title Tennis MELBOURNE
DESPITE the absence of overseas stars, great interest is being shown in this year's Australian tennis…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Skiff Skipper Barred From Two Title Races
W. LYONS, skipper of the 16ft. skiff Echo, was fined £1 and debarred from two championships at last night's special executive meeting of the New South Wales Skiff Association…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Alleges Sister Lost His £1000 At Races
Limping on crutches into the witness box at Glebe Court yesterday, a man alleged that his sister had misappropriated money he had received in an action for damages. "She has left me without a bed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Criticism of Miners. Judge's Remark. "Not Playing Cricket"
The opinion that some members of the Miners' Federation were not "playing cricket" was expressed by Judge Drake-Brockman in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Cricket Chatter Morris Picked to Play for State Team
A. Morris, the schoolboy cricketer, now playing with St. George first grade team, was selected early tills week to represent New South Wales second XI. at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hopman Tips Bromwich to Win Davis Cup Players in Title Tennis Quist Gains Confidence From Recent Victories Stars in Best Form Melbourne
John Bromwich should win the Australian singles championship--the first round of which commenced at Kooyong to-day--despite his straight sets defeat by Adrian Quist in the final of the Victorian championship…
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