Night Swimming
Randwick and Coogee Amateur Swimming Club will resume night club events on Wednesday at Coogee Aquarium. Enfield club will conduct handicap…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sport, 1940
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Bowls. Cronulla Tournament
FOURS: J. Braithwaite, W. Scott, J. Rochford, J. J. Kelly, 16, v A. Abel, C. N. Smart, N. J. Myers, G. Sargeant, 32; R. Gamble, F. Perrin, O. Sidwell, C. G. Smith, 24, v R. H. Snelling, T. Johnson, T…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BOXING. Richards and Henneberry
Fred Henneberry will make plans to return to America if a satisfactory reply is not received from Stadiums, Ltd., this week regarding the Empire middleweight boxing championship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ryde-parramatta Golf
Stroke Handicap -- J. Shumack 86 (19), 67: L. E. Parker 71 (13), 68; J. J. Roberts 30 (19). 71…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bill Bowls a Big One
"TIGER" BILL O'REILLY found it hard to use his famous spin with this big ball, bowling yesterday to little son Peter at his home at Bexley. Daughter Patricia is 'keeper. O'Reilly last week brought his total of wickets in Sheffield Shield matches to the record of 184. OVER THE TOP. The North Bondi boat struggles through a big breaker during yesterday's surfboat race at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Why Grow Old ? Swimming for Slimming
DIRECTIONS: Sit down in knee-deep water. Then rest the arms straight out from the shoulders on the water's surface. Fill the lungs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Members Farewell Golf President
Botany Golf Club yesterday farewelled its president, Mr. Jack Bullock, who will leave with the 2nd A.I.F. Mr. Bullock was first president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Kembla Grange Races
TO-MORROW, TUESDAY, JAN. 2, 1940. [?]--First Race 1 p.m.--7 Races. Special train leaves Sydney 10.25 a.m., [?] back in Sydney 6.17 p.m. Horse…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tennis Family From Country
Country tennis players here for the country week tournament had their first practice at the White City on Saturday. Among them were four of the Cannon…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lawn Tennis. Seaside Championships
The feature of the Seaside lawn tennis chamsionships continued at Ivanhoe Park Manly on Saturday, was the splendid display given by J. Gilchrist and W. Sidwell, who beat V. B. McGrath…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swimming. Women's Championships. Miss De Lacy's Win
Miss Evelyn de Lacy, the former Western Australian swimming champion and Olympic representative now living in Sydney, easily won the 220 yards freestyle championship of New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Speedway Racing. Oversea Riders' Success
Spectacular riding was witnessed in the motor cycle speedway teams' match when a combination of oversea riders beat local riders by 43 points to 29, at the Sports Ground on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Followed The Randwick Races
MR. MEL LAWTON (left), Prince Edward Theatre manager, gets a tip from Mr. Matt Sawyer, prominent owner-trainer, at Randwick races on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Services Boxing Ex-Amateur Champions As Judges
Referees and judges for the grand finals of the Services boxing championships next Wednesday night at the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sheffield Shield Cricket Points
The two remaining Sheffield Shield cricket matches for New South Wales will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Schoolboys Win First Surf Races
Two schoolboy life-savers won club handicap surf races at their first starts yesterday. They were B. See (Bondi) and S. Allard (Coogee)…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Greyhound Racing. Bowral. (Run on Saturday night.)
First Novice Stake, 350yds—Queen of Joy, 1; Lustre Boy, 2; Soldier Mac, 3. Betting (concession), 2 QUEEN OF JOY, 5-2 Roadmnster, 3 Active Girl, 4 Miss Hua, 5 Dimple's O'Dea, 6 Lustre Boy, 7…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tennis Star May Have Become Shield Cricketer
Dinny Pails might easily have become a Sheffield Shield cricketer instead of the State's No. 4 tennis player. He told the story at Manly Tennis Club on Saturday afternoon as…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Grey Skies for Races at Randwick
SYDNEY'S late and gay New Year's Eve must have been responsible for many late arrivals at the New Year's Day race meeting at Randwick to-day, for, to use a familiar platitude, most of the regular race-goers were conspicuous by their absence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Golf. Good Scoring in Gale. Ferrier and Hattersley
Despite the gale on Saturday many excellent scores were returned in metropolitan golf competitions J. Ferrier, the Australian open and amateur…
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