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Sport, 1941

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Meet the Winners. Cricket C.Sinclair

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 6

CLAUDE SINCLAIR, Sheep-farmer, native of the Wattle Flat district (near Bathurst, N.S.W.), has been playing with the Glanmire cricket club for 34 years, and is still their opening bat. He got his greatest "kick" out of the game when he pulled down a sixer at Manly Oval some years ago…

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Veterans Choose the Team. Cricket Memories

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 9

There have been a few furrowed brows lately in that section of the Members' Reserve at the Sydney Cricket Ground known as Veterans'…

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Cricket Leaders Safe Outright Wins Possible

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 14

Leading first-grade cricket teams, Mosman and Waverley, have excellent prospects of…

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Stop-press Lasp Race-- [?]Mington Races Coronga Handicap

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 1

[?] SCARLET TOI, 94 [?] Border Lass. Divs.: [?] s 11d. 3s £3 11s [?]…

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Grape Cricket. Race for Points. To-day's Matches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 16

Mosman and Waverley, leading teams in the New South Wales Cricket Association's competition, are likely to try for outright wins…

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Dogs May Score in First Races at Wentworth Pk

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1941 · page 6

Although they will have their first races on the track, Kamora Elect and Fire Flick appeal as likely propositions at the Wentworth Park greyhound meeting to-night. Kamora Elect has had seven…

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Pennant Bowls Cricket Score of 50-12

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 17

FIFTY to 12--a cricket score--was compiled by a Victoria Park four against Marrickville in No. 1…

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Kensington Races

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 6

Weights appear in this issue for the meeting to be held at Kensington next Wednesday. Acceptances will be declared at the office of the club,…

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Looking Over Racing

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 14

Challenge Stakes, race for sprinters at Randwick next Saturday, holds happy recollections for leading rider, D. Munro. ELEVEN years ago that race gave Munro his first…

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Keen on Racing

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 27

SPORTSMEN. Left to right: Mr. C. H. Hicks chatting with Mr. Richard Wootton at Rosehill yesterday. Mr. Claude Moore, Moorefield committeeman, and Mr. Harrie Evans, Canterbury Club secretary, try to pick a winner…

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Lack of Golf Matches

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 19

The Ladies' Golf Unions' season's programme, consisting of only 15 open competitions and two country…

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Dog Races Upset

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 29

The postponement of last night's greyhound races at Wentworth Park will mean heavy…

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Quist's 3 Tennis Wins

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 31

Adrian Quist won his three sets in the Manly Blitzkrieg tennis yesterday…

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That Was Cricket!

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 18

An unusual incident occurred during the Paddington v. Cumberland match at Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday…

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Blitzkrieg barrage of tennis balls

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 21

There will be a barrage of tennis balls over Sydney tennis courts during the next few weeks, when a Blitzkrieg Tennis Tournament will be held for the…

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More Races Urged for Maidens

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 27

Veteran trainer Frank McGrath believes that there should be more maiden races on Sydney courses…

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Rain Stops Cricket Brisbane

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 7

Rain stopped play at 3.10 to-day in the Victoria-Queensland cricket match. Queensland had scored 54 without loss (Rogers 48, Cook 5)…

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These Names Make Racing News Unlucky Double

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 26

Bookmaker J. Mandel has had a stroke of bad luck in the loss of two racehorses. One was Gascar, and the…

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Tennis Roll Call Falling Off of 4500

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 19

NEARLY 4500 players have been lost by the various hardcourt tennis associations in the metropolitan area, but,…

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To the RACES with Captain Jay

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1941 · page 16

Large crowds arrived at Rosehill yesterday with wallets well filled, and full of confidence. Cash betting has expanded in remarkable fashion. Joe Matthews told me that it was fifty-fifty with cash and booked (credit)…

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