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Sport, 1941

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BOXING. To-night's Contest Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 4

Owing to the greyhound racing meeting being fixed for to-night, the 12 rounds boxing contest between Max Haynor and Jack McNamee at the Rushcutter Bay Stadium, has been postponed…

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Adelaide Races Postponed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 10

Heavy rain caused a postponement of Adelaide races on Saturday. The programme will be run to-day, and the second day's racing takes place on…

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Small Field for Golf Cup

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 12

Only two class players--E. Rigney and H. J. Benjamin--have entered for The Lakes Club's 36 holes Summer Cup today…

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Cricket Gate Receipts Down

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 12

Gate receipts for the eight firstclass cricket matches this season have totalled less than £5000. Last season gate receipts for the New…

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Stop-press Interstate Cricket

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 1

New South Wales.--First innings: V. Jackson, not out, 41; K. Gulliver, not out, 10; sundries, 12. Six for 355…

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R.l. Men at Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 12

Balmain Rugby League Club will play a cricket match against Canterbury-Bankstown at Belmore Oval on Sunday. February 16…

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Cricket Match for Comforts Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 3

THE R.A.A.F. Central Area Comforts Fund will benefit from a cricket match which Sir Donald Cameron and Mr. Ernest Watt are arranging and…

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Cricketers' Chorus. Appeals at Cricket Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 11

Appeals by New South Wales cricketers lightened the otherwise drab exhibition of batting by the Victorians, in the interstate cricket match at the Sydney…

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Flemington Races Death of Horse on Track Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1941 · page 8

Approaching the turn in the first division of the Novice Handicap at Flemington this afternoon,…

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Anniversary Regatta. Keen Racing. Dead-heats in Rowing Events

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 9

Keen contests were provided at the 105th Anniversary Regatta on Sydney Harbour yesterday, although the programme was on a modified scale…

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Watched Regatta From Flagship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 3

COLONEL ALFRED SPAIN, chairman of the 105th Anniversary Regatta Committee, THE LADY MAYORESS, MRS. CRICK, and the LORD MAYOR, ALDERMAN STANLEY S. CRICK, watching the races from the flagship, Lady Ferguson, at the Anniversary Regatta on the harbour…

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Women Members of Crews. Governor at Regatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 3

WITH a light bleeze blowing and a sunny sky, weather conditions were perfect for the 105th Anniversary Regatta on the…

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Golf Game with Compston

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 15

Len Boorer, golf professional at Kingswood, Victoria, who enlisted, early with the A.I.F., had a…

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Football Men in Doubt

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 16

Several of the older Rugby League players are doubtful whether they will continue in the game this…

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Women's News Anniversary Day Races

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 10

MRS. JIM CHISHOLM, of Inverell, wore a red and white checked silk frock with her white picture hat at Randwick yesterday…

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This Racing Game All Love's Rivals in Autumn

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 16

Autumn meetings of the leading two-year-olds are creating increasing interest. Yaralla, All Love and…

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Pails Beats Quist. Tennis in Melbourne. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 9

D. Pails, the 19-year-old New South Wales player, defeated Adrian Quist. Australian champion, at the patriotic tournament at Kooyong to-day, and played superb tennis to…

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Racing Boom. Shortage of Books. Large Crowd at Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 10

A large attendance at the Australian Jockey Club's Anniversary meeting at Randwick yesterday took the officials by surprise, and…

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Boxing in England. Larry Gains Knocked Out. LONDON, Jan. 27. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1941 · page 9

The well-known boxer, Larry Gains, now of the Pioneer Corps, was knocked out for the first time in 20 years' boxing by Jack London the West Hartlepool heavyweight, serving on…

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Tennis Tournaments

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 29 January 1941 · page 5

The ladies' tennis tournament held on Wednesday on Mrs. Tuckwell's court was enjoyed by twelve players, who raised £1 for the Red Cross, Mrs…

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