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Sport, 1941

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Pails' Problem Loyalties Divided In Tennis

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 35

Torn between his duty to his own Association, Western Suburbs, and his desire to play in the Blitzkrieg…

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Country Week Tennis Cessnock Still Champions

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 31

Cessnock retained the country teams tennis championship at White City yesterday…

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These names make Racing News Veteran Trainer

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 26

"I've been training horses since May 20, 1805," said trainer Pat Nolan after winning yesterday's Sefton…

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Pennant Bowls Victoria Park Had Its Revenge On City

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 35

Victoria Park, yesterday, avenged its defeat by City in the first round of the No. 1 pennant and beat the premiers on their own green by 15 points, 96 to 81. Each side had two winning cards…

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To the RACES With Captain Jay

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 32

There was one good horse yesterday at Randwick -- Astrid. Named after a Queen, she won with royal distinction. Her christening is a hearthside story. Recognising future greatness at a glance, her breeder, Mr. A. W. Thompson, was…

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Pot Pourri of Racing Books Getting Real Belting

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 3

Punters on metropolitan tracks have had a great week. The bhoys have started the year in great style. At Randwick on New Year's Day Skerries, Feminist…

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Pot Pourri Of Racing Gold Strand Blew—and Blew in

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 2

Though Gold Strand won the colts and gelding's' division of the Nursery at Randwick yesterday, he went for a decent sort of a betting bath, especially in…

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Caval[?]de of Australian Boxing The Life Story Of Joe Wallis No. 4

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 9

IN 1910 the advance guard of an American fistic invasion, which was to increase and multiply through the years, arrived in Australia. It included Billy Papke…

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Team's Runs Mostly Off One Over Remarkable Cricket Manly's Bats Routed

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 34

The first grade match at Manly yesterday, when the eighth round of the grade competition, began,…

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The Grand "Old Man'' of Racing Plunge on Pamelus Return Of Old Sire Hailed As Turf Marvel MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 31

Nine-year-old Pamelus, sire of a yearling colt and a colt foal, brought off a betting plunge in the Ascot Chesterfield Handicap to-day…

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King Cloud Is Still Sprint Champion Another Easy Win Over Maisie Mac Undefeated In His Races At Harold Park

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 33

The canine sprint champion, King Cloud, added another notable victory to his record by winning the Harold Park Stake last night. This was his eighth success…

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Tennis for Comforts Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 3

MISSES PHIL LONERAGAN, JEAN ROFE, (honorary publicity officer), LORNA MAC. SMITH, BETTY EVANS, and YOLANDE CLARKSON, (in front), who were players in the tennis tournament held on ten courts in the Rose Bay district yesterday, by the…

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Tennis Reject "Comes Good"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 12

H. Jurd, member of the country premiership tennis team, Cessnock, showed his old team, Cessnock Rovers, on Saturday that he can "take it."…

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Swimming Titles. Singleton Boys' Successes R. Button's Best Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 11

The Singleton boys, R. Button and K. Sever, were again prominent at the State amateur swimming championships on Saturday…

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Cricket Debacle. Manly Scores 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 11

There was a procession of cricketers at Manly Oval on Saturday, when Manly made 29 against St. George. It was the lowest score Manly has ever made,…

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Country Week Tennis. a Grade Teams' Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

Cessnock won the men's A grade trams' matches for the second year in succession at the Lawn Tennis Ground,…

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Disappointed Gallery. Absence of D. Pails. Exhibition Tennis

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 10

The absence of D. Pails on Saturday was a disappointment to the crowd at the exhibition tennis matches at Rushcutter Bay…

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American Tennis. New York, Jan. 11. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 11

The national champion, W. D. McNeill, and R. L. (Bobby) Riggs, ranked first and second in American tennis, were beaten in the semi-final of the Dixie…

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Cricket Team In Crash; One Dead MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 5

A young man was killed and six others were injured last night when a utility truck skidded and overturned at a bend…

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Session's Rivals in Randwick Race for Fillies This Racing Game--

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 10

Session's spring form was outstanding among the three-year-old fillies, but there may be adequate opposition for her in the Adrian Knox Stakes at the Anniversary meeting at Randwick…

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