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Sport, 1941

9,778 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Services at Cricket. Army v Air Force and Navy

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

The Army will meet a combined R.A.A.F.-Navy team in a cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. Play will start at 12 o'clock…

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Lawn Tennis. Question of Rules. Decision by L.T.A. OF A.

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

Recently, the Victorian Lawn Tennis Association asked the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia for a ruling on a point arising out of rule 21.Where a…

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Bowls Pars

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 9

LES. PUCKLE realised when he became president of Bondi Club last year, in succession to the late Rupert O'Brien, that…

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Rosehill Races

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 5

ENTRIES will close at 4 p.m. to-morrow (Monday) for the meeting to be held at Rosehill on Saturday, January 18. Included in the…

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Newcastle Races

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 6

ENTRIES will close to-morrow for the Newcastle meeting, to be held at Broadmeadow on Tuesday, January 14. Acceptances on Friday at 1…

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Richmond Races

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 4

THE next meeting of the Richmond Racing Club will be held on the Londonderry track on Thursday, January 16. Entries for the meeting…

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Looking over Racing

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 2

Success of F. Shean on Feminist in Tattersall's Cup at Randwick last Wednesday brings back memories of that rider's amazing run of victories during the 1938-1939 season. Shean won most of the big races…

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Seaside Tennis Unlucky

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 6

Dogged by bad luck since they started, the Seaside championships at Manly were insured on six different…

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Shocking Golf Greens, Says Club's Captain

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 6

Captain of Moore Park Golf Club (H. E. Hoare) said yesterday that the greens were in a shocking condition. There were only two decent greens on the course…

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Rosebery Races at V.p

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 6

HANDICAPS for Wednesday's meeting to be decided on the Victoria Park racecourse, appear in this issue. Acceptances will be declared…

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To the RACES with Captain Day

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 2

Money swept into the ring for six of the Gold Cup candidates at Moorefield yesterday, but when Jack Man- del laid £500 to £80 against Petruchio wiseacres recalled the latter's brilliant win at Randwick and forgot the rest…

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New Golf Rules for Blitzkrieg London Defies Bombs

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 8

THREE new golf rules propounded by London's leading club typify the spirit of the population in the Blitzkrieg. They are:— "IN competition during gunfire, or…

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Racing Tips Helped Climax To Show Winning Form

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 2

Racing tips, instead of plates, helped Climax to win the Three and Four-Year-Old Handicap yesterday at Moorefield. The heavier plates were blamed for her poor…

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Mr. Joel's Racing Idols London (By Air Mail)

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 5

"WHEN a wealthy owner of racehorses engages in a battle of wits with the bookmakers there is usually no room for settlement," says "Twelfth Man." That was never the rase with the late Mr. J. B. Joel, and I…

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These Names Make Racing News Loyal to Uncle

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 18

Announcement that the crack filly. All Love, was to be paraded was given out over the course amplifiers some…

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Grade Cricket Full Win After a Deficit

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 7

One of the two outright wins in the seventh round of the first-grade cricket competition--begun a…

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The life story of Jow Wallis a Cavalcade of Australian Boxing

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 10

A HAPPENING in the second round of the fight with "Monty" Andrews shattered my dreams of future fistic greatness. I didn't know it at the time, and many months elapsed before I came to full realisation of the tragedy which had overtaken…

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Pot Pourri Of Racing Weights for Big Double To-morrow

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 3

The Carrington Stakes and Tatt's Cup double having been disposed of, the next punters' hurdle will crop up almost immediately. This will be the…

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Pot Pourri Of Racing Cartload of Kale Went on Kimbell

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 2

As soon as Darby Munro's name went up on Kimbell in yesterday's Moorefield Nursery for colts and geldings, in went punters, regardless of price. The…

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Rodney Button Wins Swimming Double-- Described As Another "Boy" Charlton Valentin Beaten; Fouls the Ropes

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 5

Threshing up and down the laps to win a title double, during the State championship carnival at the North Sydney Olympic Pool last night, 16 year old Rodney Button, remarkable Singleton swimmer,…

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