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Sport, 1940

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Meet The Winners GOLF--T. J. Hartigan

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 4

HIGHEST paid Public servant in New South Wales, T. J. HARTIGAN (he gets £5000 a year to run the N.S.W. Railways) filled in the bulk of his Christmas holidays playing golf and attending cocktail parties. One…

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Empire Boxing Title. Richards and Henneberry. Nothing Definite Yet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 19

The proposed contest between Ron Richards and Fred Henneberry for the British Empire middleweight boxing championship is still uncertain, but both men are training…

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Greyhound Racing. Wentworth Park. Selections for To-night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 19

The National Coursing Association will decide a programme of 10 greyhound races at Wentworth Park to-night. Racing will begin at 7.45…

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Task for Backers at Dogs Wentworth Park Races

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 7

Backers may not have an easy task at Wentworth Park to-night, as many of the races are very open. A number of dogs with good records in the…

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Profit of £77. A.i.f. Cricket Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 19

Mr. W. A. Oldfield, who was the organiser of the cricket match played between the original A.I.F. and the Second A.I.F, at Trumper Park on Thursday, announced yesterday that…

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Bets Made Before Names Posted Provincial Appeal Upsets Racing Routine

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 13

IT was obvious at the summer meetings at Randwick that it is necessary for the A.J.C. Committee to take quick action to deal with the question of the earlier semaphoring of jockeys' names in all enclosures…

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Biddulph and Kendall. Rivals To-night. 110 Yards Swimming Title. Record May Be Broken

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 19

Two records may be broken tonight at the State swimming championships at North Sydney. Racing in the heats on Thursday should have…

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Grade Cricket. State Players Back. O'reilly at Pratten Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 19

The grade cricket clubs will have their representative players back with them this afternoon, when the eighth round of the competition will begin at…

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Country Tennis Carnival. Cessnock Teams. a Grade Men's Finalists. Hawkesbury and Newcastle Lose Semi-finals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 19

Cessnock and Cessnock Rovers, which both finished second in theirrespective divisions, will meet in the final of the men's A grade team's…

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Training Young Men As Radio Operators for Royal Australian Air Force — Family of Tennis Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 18

Copies of pictures by "Sydney Morning Herald" photographers may be purchased from the Art Gallery at the "Herald" Office. Scale of charges may be obtained on application…

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Bookmakers Avoid Handicap Too Many Horses In Two Races Main Double on Cup, Flying

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 16

Most bookmakers refuse to lay doubles with horses in today's Moorefield Handicap…

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Moorefield Races Reviewed 3 and 4-Year-Old Handicap (1.30) Dagmar's Seventh To Adios Good Form

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 14

Dagmar's recent runs at Randwick should have got her into good trim for the Three and Four-Year-Old…

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Sportbolios Vaucluse Regatta

Truth · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 12

P. V. SOPER, who has been hon. secretary of the Vaucluse Regatta since its inception, has the confidence of all boating men. He has…

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Boxing Question

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 32

K. F. (Emmaville). -- Sorry, Jack Carroll fought Ron Richards in Sydney in 1934, and won by a t.k.o. in 13th round…

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Wednesday's Races

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 23

Acceptances for Victoria Park races on Wednesday will be declared at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Weights, issued last night, are on…

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Looking over RACING

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 46

While agreeing that starters in and around Sydney are making a good fist of their work, a Randwick trainer, with years of riding experience in Melbourne and Sydney, considers if would be an improvement if the starters here operated the barrier from the outside rail, as they do on most Victorian tracks…

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Cricket Profits

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 28

The West Indies cricket team received £4684 as their share of the three Test matches with England last season…

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Bowls Leaders Hold Their Positions

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 29

After an enforced break of 15 weeks for top-dressing of greens, the Metropolitan Pennant competitions were resumed yesterday…

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Last Minute Philippines Golf

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 1

MANILA, Sunday. -- Von Nida (Australia) moved to fourth place at end of Round 2 of Philippines open golf championship with 72…

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Golf Veterans With Kick

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1940 · page 31

Nearly 60 and still going strong, might well be the slogan of golfers P. C. Watson and A. C. Smith. Both won with rattling good scores yesterday…

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