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Sport, 1941

9,778 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250

Say Women Attacked Racing Man

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 5

Allegations that two women had smashed a glass panel in a door of the Bondi home of William…

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Problems Over Dog Races

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 12

Postponement last Saturday of the Wentworth Park greyhound meeting until tonight placed owners and…

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Selectors Err Cricket Chance Missed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 18

It seems on open season for reporting people to the N.S.W. Cricket Association. I'd like to…

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Turf Topics Racing Not Affected by Taxes

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 4

Racegoers can take it. Though the majority are staggering from the effects of war taxation they still roll up to race meeting in…

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Kensington Races Captain Gore Best Bet

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 18

Country-owned horses Captain Gore and Grand Boy are selected as the best bets for Kensington today…

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This Racing Game Big Bids Likely for Ajax

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 12

Already there is much conjecture as to the price Ajax will bring at auction and a remarkable unanimity…

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Five Boxing Titles Change In 1940 New York, January 1

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 16

Lacking much of the color and outstanding thrills of recent fistic seasons, 1940 nevertheless produced new boxing champions in five classes. Even as the new champions…

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Team Changes. Interstate Cricket. McCABE UNAVAILABLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 15

The New South Wales cricket captain S. J. McCabe, has withdrawn from the team to meet Victoria at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday, owing to…

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Kensington Races To-day Nine-event Programme. Red Thespian and Koorenbeen Selected as Winners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 15

Three divisions in the Flying Handicap and two divisions in the Kensington Welter Mile have extended to-day's Kensington programme of racing to nine events. The first race is timed to start at 12.30 p.m. and the last at 4.25 p.m…

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Inter-district Athletics. Revival of Scheme. Past Failures

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1941 · page 14

Failures of schemes to organise amateur athletics on inter-district lines led a majority of followers of the sport to believe that…

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Hobart Regatta

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 40

Good entries have been received for the rowing, sailing and swimming events for the Royal Hobart Regatta (103rd Anniversary) on February 11…

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Boxing Query

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 21

A.W. (King's Cross): Dick Humphries was never welterweight champion of Australia…

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Tennis

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 8

A very interesting match was the final of the men's singles championship, when E. Young defeated N. Archer, 6-3, 9-7…

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Vacation Swimming School

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 3

The vacation swimming school, which had been deferred on account of the floods, was concluded during the week. Unfortunately, owing to the…

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140 Open Boats for Regatta

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 20

The 105th Anniversary Regatta, which will be sailed on Sydney Harbor next Monday, is the oldest regatta in the world…

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Bowls. Pennant Games

Liverpool News · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 4

In the last two Pennant matches Liverpool Club has put up poor displays and now has no chance of victory. It is time members realised that practice…

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Boxing Show for Soldiers

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 40

A party of boxers and wrestlers, organised by the Stadium manager (Mr. Harry Miller), gave a show at Ingleburn camp last night…

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Second Half of Swimming Matches

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 40

The second half of the N.S.W. Amateur Swimming Association's inter-club matches will commence on Saturday, when The Spit will meet…

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Heard by the Way Swimming [?]

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

PENRITH Chamber of Commerce, at its meeting on Tuesday evening, decided to ask Council to give considcration to a proposal to erect…

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Bowls. [?] Match. Guildford Fairfield 55

The Broadcaster · Thursday 23 January 1941 · page 1

This [?] match was played on Saturday [?] field green, which was in the [?] order so far expers need [?] and true. The…

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