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Sport, 1943

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Bowls Finals Today

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

Finals of the bowls pennants competition will be decided today, on neutral greens. NORTH SYDNEY and Campsie…

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Bowls Finals Today

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

Finals of the bowls pennants competition will be decided today on neutral greens. NORTH SYDNEY and Campsie…

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Swimming Titles at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 12

The sprint swimming champion of the State. G. Valentin, has a chance of winning the Services title at the New South Wales Swimming Association championshiops earnival…

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Boxing FITZGERALD v JOHNS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 12

Les Fitegerald and Tommy Johns will supply the main boxing contest at the Rushcutter Bay Stadium to-night. Fitzgerald is keen to meet the lightweight champion. Vic…

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Bowls Pennants and Fours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 12

The finals of the metropolitan war-time penpants will be played this afternoon. The No. 1 penngnt game between North Sydney end Campsie will be decided at…

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Moorefield Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 12

The Moorefield Racing Club's next meeting, scheduled for Saturday, January 16, will be held on the Canterbury Park racecourse…

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Fast Times Likely For Swimming Titles

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

Swimming enthusiasts should be treated to some excellent finishes in the championship events at Manly Baths this afternoon. Smart times are expected from service competitors whose 100 yards freestyle championship should be the best race of the afternoon. GEOFF VALENTIN, State…

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Fast Times Likely For Swimming Titles

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

Swimming enthusiasts should be treated to some excellent finishes in the championship events at Manly Baths this afternoon. Smart times are expected from service competitors whose 100 yards freestyle championship should be the best race of the afternoon. GEOFF VALENTIN. State…

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Sunday's Cycling Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 12

The Amateur Cyclists' Union will hold a track meeting (postponed last week) at Henson Park. Marrickville to-morrow afternoon. It is a varied programme, with the main…

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Swimming Ryan's Grand Win in 220 Yards Event

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 9

Noel Ryan received one of the finest ovations of his career when he won the 220 yards Freestyle Championship at Manly Baths this afternoon. He showed that his form in the 880 yards last weekend…

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Reds Racing To Close New Trap

The Sun · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Saturday.--Surging forward on both sides of the Don, flying Russian columns are hourly increasing the threat to Rostov (key supply base) and are now only 50 miles away…

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Cricket Attack From Start Chilver's Strategy at Hurstville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 12

Strategy is likely to play an important part in the St. George-Northern District match at Hurstville Oval to-day…

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Cricket Leaders in Hard Games Premiership May Hang on Results

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

The 14th round of Grade Cricket fixtures will be played today, and a glance at the draw shows the importance of results to at least six teams, all of whom have stiff matches. AT the end of the 13th round, the…

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Cricket Leaders in Hard Games Premiership May Hang on Results

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 January 1943 · page 10

The 14th round of Grade Cricket fixtures will be played today, and a glance at the draw shows the importance of results to at least six teams, all of whom have stiff matches. AT the end of the 13th round, the…

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Women's Swims Berice Bowls 'Em

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 8

STREAKING through the water like an Italian battleship runs for its home base on sighting an Allied ship, Berice Smytham…

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North Sydney Win Bowls Final

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 14

No. 1.--North Sydney 128 v. Campsie 83: Armitage 50 v. Nicholson 24, Sargeant 30 v. Morrison 9, Gartrell 27 v. Arthur 16, Blackwood 16 v. Lehman 34…

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Green Shield Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 14

The last round of A. W. Green Shield cricket matches tomorrow is: St. George v. Mosman (Hurstville), Marrickville v. Manly (Manly), and Waverley v…

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Tennis Balls to Be Rationed

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 6

A tennis ball ration of two a fortnight to each club has been declared by sports stores in Newcastle…

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Ryan Champion Again In 25th Year Of Swimming

The Sun · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 6

Record-breaker K e n Sever (right), of Singleton, seems a little dazed after winning the 440yds. Intermediate Freestyle…

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Pot Pourri of Racing Pretty Hot

Truth · Sunday 10 January 1943 · page 2

Mr. Olaf Kelly, handicapper for the Southern Districts Association, has brewed a pretty kettle of fish for Minister of Transport, Mr. Lawson, to digest. Mr. Kelly, in his appended letter to Truth,…

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