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Sport, 1941

9,778 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

This Racing Game Unbeaten Sydney Juveniles

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 10

High Title's defeat in the Stradhroke Stakes at Flemington leaves only the Sydney two-year-olds,…

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Rain Prevents Play. Melbourne Cricket Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 11

Rain prevented any play to-day in the patriot[?] match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between teams led by S. J. McCabe and D. G. Bradman, and including the leading players in Australia…

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"Treble Cards" for Races. Seller Fined £20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

The Chief Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr. Reed, imposed a fine of £20 or 40 days' hard labour on Joseph James O'Hara for having in his possession "sealed treble…

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Cricket Tourists Defeated By Mudgee Fine Innings by Local "Don Bradman". Scored Freely. Dave Price Displayed Grand Batting Form

The St George Call · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

"With perspiration running like beads of water from their faces, and their clothes sticking to their bodies with more unpleasantness than a dishcloth. sticks to a frying pan, members of the St. George Baseballer's cricket team which toured [?]ddgee over the Christmas holiday…

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Cricket Chatter A. Morris Creates Record. Scores Century in Each Innings of Interstate Game

The St George Call · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

Unperturbed by the occasion of Playing in his first interstate cricket match, batting star of St. George district, 18-year-old Arthur Morris…

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Moorefield Races To-morrow. Flying Welter in Three Divisions. Many Ways and Breeze Fancied as Winners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 11

As there were 47 acceptors for the Flying Welter Handicap, to be run at to-morrow's Moorefield meeting, the race will be run in three divisions. This will extend the programme to eight events, the first being timed to start at 1.15 p.m. and the last at 4.45 p.m. The principal race of the afternoon is, the Peter Moore Cup, the field including three…

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Athletics. Inter-club Matches. Transferred to Sports Ground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 11

By a majority vote the interclub management board last night accepted the recommendation of the Amateur Athletic Association Council that all interclub…

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Boxing Question

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 16

F.C. (Croydon).--Joe Hall was disqualified for not fighting. There was no suggestion of a foul…

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Bowls. Bondi Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 16

The computation of the scores at the Bondi Club's holiday carnival for the L. V. Puckle trophy of four silver cups was completed yesterday…

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Swimming Titles. Country Youth's Chance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 16

The 16-year-old Singleton swimmer, R. Button, has an excellent chance of winning the 100 yards championship of New South Wales, at the first of the State…

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Races Under Two Flags

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 8

Flying over the Moorefield stands to-day, was a Greek flag, handed to the executives of the club by Mr. Peter Conomos…

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Broadcast of Melbourne Races

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 13

Descriptions of all races at Moonee Valley today will be broadcast at the Moorefield meeting. This will prevent the possibility of a…

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Seaside Tennis Play-off Again

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 7

Rain last night and this morning caused another postponement of the Seaside tennis tournament at Manly to-day…

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T.t. Racing on New Track

The Sun · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 8

T.T. races will be promoted by the Auto Cycle Union of N.S.W. on January 27 on the circuit recently constructed by the Blackheath Council…

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Meet the Winners. Tennis Clinton Moon

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 13

MORE than ten years ago, CLINTON MOON, brother of the more famous "Gar" Moon, who once toured with an Australian tennis team, was a Queensland representative player. However, old Father Time has not made his right hand lose its cunning, for recently Clinton won the singles title…

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Grade Cricket. Task for Mosman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 16

Grade cricketers will resume their competitions to-day after a break due to the interstate match between New South Wales and Queensland in Sydney. It will…

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Racing Spotlight Had Book, But Missed Prize

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 11

PAT CRENNAN, well-known in Sydney business and sporting circles, won one of the main prizes in the "Win the War" art union, but he was…

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Surf Boat Races May Be Thrilling

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 13

With big seas likely, the surfboat races at North Cronulla's carnival this afternoon should be exciting. The event has attracted 17 entries…

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Speedway Racing. To-night's Programme. Inter-district Competition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 16

The inter-district team's league competition will be continued at the motor cycle speedway meeting at the Sydney Sports Ground to-night, when Eastern…

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Reduction in Stakes. V.R.C.Move. Autumn Racing. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 16

A reduction in the prize money for the Newmarket Handicap from£3,000 to £2,500, and an increase in the distances of four…

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