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Sport, 1945

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Tennis Postponed

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 17

NSWLTA country boys' coaching school "breaks-up" tonight, after country v. city junior matches at the White…

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Bowls Colt Shows Form

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 16

Charlie Mott, promising young Parramatta bowler, beat Ossie Sidwell (Burwood), 31-30, in the fourth round of the…

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Junior Tennis Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 12

Junior tennis championships to have been contested at White City yesterday were postponed. They will be held today, weather…

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Prank stops golf record

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 17

ALTERATION of the discs on the 5th tee robbed A. Hine of a golf course record in a stroke competition at…

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Tennis Colts Play Today

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 7

THE 26 country tennis colts who were brought to Sydney for intensive coaching and who were to have played matches against…

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Threat to cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 19

Many cricket officials are perturbed about the grip baseball, softball, and basketball are gaining on school children. More than 100 teams played baseball in New South Wales in 1944,…

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Plan to alter golf ball size

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 17

LONDON, Saturday. -- A change in the size of golf bails is being considered. Members of the Royal and…

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Football kills 17 in year

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 32

NEW YORK, Sat. (A.A.P.). -- Seventeen U.S. football players, nine of them high school boys, were killed in…

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W. Cook back to racing soon

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 13

W. Cook next Saturday will have his first race since, his appendicitis operation on November 21…

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Pot Pourri of Racing Returned Thanks

Truth · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 2

Before D-Day returned to the enclosure after opening his account yesterday, his owner, Mr. E. R. Williams, who has won races with Pinero, Jocular, etc., returned thanks to Mr. W. J. Smith, the breeder of D-Day…

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Red faces among U.S. golf professionals

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 19

There must be some red faces -- not due to sunburn either -- among the leading American golf professionals. Yesterday, at Phoenix,…

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Less time now for garden and golf

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 30

A week ago, a stocky 47-years-old accountant, comfortable in an old pair of Sunday morning slacks and open shirt, contemplated his…

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Tennis umpiring just a spare-time job

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 18

BEING a tennis umpire does not mean merely umpiring tennis. The tennis umpire has to umpire, but -- He should also:…

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O'Reilly 9-24, Cole 7-35 (hat trick) in sensational cricket

The Sun · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 18

MOST sensational grade cricket match in years, Randwick v. St. George at Hurstville Oval yesterday, provided these remarkable happenings: -- On a rain-damaged wicket…

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Junior Swimming Championships

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 6

Every State in Australia is now known to be m favour of holding national junior swimming championships this season and two…

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Dates for Bowls

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 16

JUST when last Saturday's washed out heats in the State bowls singles championship will be played is to be decided this afternoon…

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Dates for Bowls

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 16

JUST when last Saturday's washed-out heats in the State bowls singles championship will be played is to be decided this afternoon…

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Dates for Bowls

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 16

JUST when last Saturday's washed-out heats in the State bowls singles championship will be played is to be decided this afternoon…

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Dates for Bowls

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 16

JUST when last Saturday's washed-out heats in the State bowls singles championship will be played is to be decided this afternoon…

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Dates for Bowls

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 16

JUST when last Saturday's washed-out heats in the State bowls singles championship will be played is to be decided this afternoon…

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