Boys & Veterans In Country Tennis Invasion
ON courts that have been stung by the drives of tennis giants of other days, four small…
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Smashing at Start of Country Tennis
REG. SEAMEN (Crookwell) going for a smash in his Country Week tennis at Rushcutters Bay. The competitions started yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mail Vote Refused. Swimming Secretary's Decision. Change of Conference Venue
The Amateur Swimming Association has received a letter from Mr. J. P. Sheedy, hon. secretary of the Amateur Swimming Union of Australia, declining to take a mail vote…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Boxing Day K.o. in a Paddock at Randwick!
When I was very young and already giving signs of a disposition to wander in places where I shouldn't, my mother…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket Storm Is Over BRISBANE
Queensland Cricket Association has bowed to public opinion in excusing its Sheffield Shield players for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Minister in A.i.f. Cricket
The Minister for the Army (Mr. Street) will appear for the 1st A.I.F. team against the 2nd A.I.F. tomorrow at Trumper Park…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Hardcourt Tennis Tourney Plan Pay As You Play
A pay-as-you-play system, to be introduced by the Western Suburbs Hardcourt Tennis Association for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Teams' Races Planned New Competitions At Speedway
Teams races, under the new system of scoring introduced by Frank Arthur, will comprise the Speedway programme for the next six Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →This Racing Game Ride Not Wanted But Jesanne Succeeds
A winning mount on Jesanne went begging yesterday at Kembla Grange. F. Osgood, the filly's…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Randwick Racing Delays Somaphore Arrangements Amendment to Rule Necessary
RACEGOERS at Randwick during the Christmas and New Year carnivals and the mid-week Kensington fixture were outspoken in their criticism of the latest A.J.C. ukase which resulted in annoying and unnecessary delays in the posting of jockeys'…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Golf in the Wind. Low Trajectory Shots. Clubs That Help
Metropolitan golfers have had to contend with wind during recent weeks, and, for the middle and long markers, wind is perhaps the severest handicap. They are unable to…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Holiday Swimming Class —Canadians Arrive in England — End of Admiral Graf Spee at Montevideo
Schoolboys learning the crawl kick during classes arranged by the Education Department at the Olympic Pool, North Sydney, yesterday. An unorthodox method of volleying from the base-line being demonstrated by J. Gollan, of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Services Boxing Finals Tonight Heavyweights Should Provide Great Fight Intense Interest In Bouts
The heavyweights may provide the most exciting fight at the finals of the Navy, Army, and Air Force…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sydney Sun Scorches Country Players Another Busy Day For Tennis Teams
From the heat of the arid outback competitors in the country tennis carnival journeyed all the way to Rushcutters Bay to be really sun-burned…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Remarkable Tennis Family. Seven Men and Sister. the Cannons, From Forbes
New South Wales's most remarkable lawn tennis family played in Sydney yesterday. There are eight of them-seven men and their sister…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Marathon Tennis Country Doubles Set 22-20 Fewer Teams in Tournament
A 22-20 set was typical of the keenness of country tennis players yesterday. They started their annual…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Club Cricket. West's Team to Meet Leader. Petersham Without Roper
Western Suburbs players are looking forward keenly to their match against the leading team, St. George, of which W. J. O'Reilly is a member, in the eighth round of the grade…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Friction in Team. Grade Cricket Captain Retires. Marrickville Players Vote
A. Wright, one of the long-service men in Sydney grade cricket, and who was in his third season as captain of the Marrickville first-grade side, has resigned from the team,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Competitors In Country Week Tennis Carnival Vogue For Pastel Colors Ousts White On Courts
Country tennis players began the 1940 sporting carnival at the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association's courts at Rushcutters Bay yesterday with the first round of their annual tournament…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Regatta Entries
Entrles for the Anniversary Regatta on January 20 will close on Saturday at noon with the official secretary, Mr. E. L. Woodgate, 42 Bridge Street, Sydney (Box 1533DD, G.P.O., telephone, B3813)…
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