Last Minute Philippines Golf
MANILA, Sunday. -- Von Nida (Australia) moved to fourth place at and of Round 2 of Philippines open golf championship with 72…
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Beaten in Tennis Final
FOREHAND. -- Miss Joan Hartigan in action against Miss Alison Hattersley at Manly yesterday. The latter won in straight sets…
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Eight clubmates who fought out the Country championship final at the White City yesterday lost no time in celebrating. After Cessnock had received…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Exhibition Tennis At Manly
Davis Cup players John Bromwich and Jack Crawford will play in an exhibition match at Manly courts next Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Pennant Bowls Again After 15 Weeks
Section leaders in the No. 1 Bowls pennant competition retained their positions yesterday when games were…
Continued on Trove, page 53 →Racing Snacks They Like It
A.J.C. stewards visited the Canterbury Park racecourse, which is at present being remodelled, and were…
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Mr. George Ryder, guiding spirit of Cessnock tennis, has complained that the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association is not fostering country tennis. He cites particularly the ban on night exhibitions by…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Sydney Tennis Juniors On Top
Sydney tennis juniors proved too strong for the country in the annual fixture at Rushcutters Bay yesterday. Perhaps the best match was that…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →My angle on cricket
The New South Wales selectors are five good cricketers and good fellows. But it follows not that they dovetail into a good…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Harry Campbell Turns Dog on Racing
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Continued on Trove, page 48 →Has Advised Great Cricket Leaders
Bill Stuart, for 51 years curator of the Sydney Cricket Ground, has retired. In that time he has been adviser-in-chief on wickets to the…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Women's Golf Handicaps Sliding Down The Scale
The honor of being the first two to reduce their handicaps in the new year goes to Mrs. Bowie, of Royal Sydney, and Mrs. Bleakley, of Killara. Heat and all the other things that…
Continued on Trove, page 55 →"Waldo Goes Racing" -- No. 2: Winning Way
EXCEPT for a few sensible precautions, like turning his money at the first sight of the new moon, Waldo Fitch…
Continued on Trove, page 47 →Country Tennis Final Set Decides Men's Title
Two Cessnock teams staged a thrilling final to the men's A grade teams' championship at the country tennis carnival…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →To the RACES with Captain Gay
The Knight's move at chess is the only one which confuses the Queen. They weren't all Knights at Moorefield. Many of them were Varlets, and they kept confusing the livelong day…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Hardcourt Tennis Family Broke Leave in Vain
Interrupting a holiday to play in a hardcourt semi-final yesterday, the Lawton family, of Gordon, saw their club beaten six sets to three. The Lawtons -- mother, father, and…
Continued on Trove, page 52 →Cricket Not Clem Hill's Only Interest
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Although Clem Hill achieved his greatest fame as an international cricketer, horses have always been one of his greatest interests…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →This Week's 2 Big Features Better Swimming and Surfing Short Novel
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pot Pourri of Racing [?]Redit" Clientele Copped Cash
NO matter what legislation the Government propounds, starting-price betting will "always be with us." However, in its present modified form, due to the amendment of the Betting and Gaming Act, many of the old army of…
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"It is easily the best tennis I have played since I beat John Bromwich for the Australian singles in 1936," Viv. McGrath said to me yesterday…
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