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Sport, 1946

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Tamworth Giant Is New Swimming Hope

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 20

Public subscription is sending a young country giant, Jack Waddingtoh, of Tamworth, to contest State swimming championships in Sydney this month. ONLY 16-years-of-age and 6 feet…

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Surprises In State Bowls Teams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 6

Though bowlers generally agree that the State selectors have shown good judgment in their choice of players to represent New South…

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Tamworth Giant Is New Swimming Hope

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 20

Public subscription is sending a young country giant, Jack Waddington, of Tamworth, to contest State swimming championships in Sydney this month. ONLY 16-years-of-age and 6 feet…

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One-Day Cricket

The Sun · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 12

A return will be made to one-day cricket for the next two rounds of grade matches, on January 19…

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Cricket District Competitions

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

Last Saturday's play in the district competitions concluded the second round of the A Grade competition. Emu, who are well on top of the points…

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44,333 at Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 24

Attendance yesterday in the New South Wales-Queensland cricket match was 7559. Takings were £37763…

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Inter-District Cricket NEPEAN V. HAWKESBURY

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

Inter-association matches were played between Nepean and Hawkesbury teams on Boxing Day and New Year's Day. Both games were won on the…

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Novice Boxing Tourney

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 20

A novice amateur boxing tournament, open to all-comers--all weights, except those-who have won other divisional contests, will…

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British Football

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 7

LONDON, Jan. 3 (A.A.P.).—Yesterday's football resulted:- SCOTTISH LEAGUE.—First Division: Aberdeen, 3[?] Partick, 0; Clyde, 3, Motherwell, 0[?]…

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Charity Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 16

A Blue Mountains district cricket team wifl play Paddington Club on Sunday at Waverley Oval…

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Girl Tennis Opponents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 7

Miss P. Jones, who reached the semi-finals of the Seaside Tennis Tournament at Manly yesterday, plays a low forehand stroke to her opponent, Miss E. Ashford (lower picture). Miss Ashford is shown vainly attempting to reach one of the many speedy…

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Golf Tourists Postpone Trip

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 9

Richard Burton and Bill Shankland, who were due to arrive about February, have postponed their trip to Australia…

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Close Bowls Win in Fours

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 7

An additional head was played in the second round of the State bowls fours competition when Rinaldi, Holt, Small, and Burdon…

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McCarthy's Tennis Improved

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 15

Bob McCarthy showed a reversal of form yesterday to beat Jim Gilchrist in the Manly…

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Treloar For Junior Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 7

Mr. W. J. Treloar, father of the sensational schoolboy sprinter, John Treloar, Mill not risk his son being "burnt out" at an early age…

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Races Given War Names

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 15

Eight of the nine events at the Tamworth Diggers' amateur race meeting on January 28 have beep named after…

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Night Greyhound Races Planned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 7

Metropolitan and provincial greyhound racing clubs have decided to conduct night meetings within the next fortnight, if…

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Sunday Cricket for Comforts

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 10

A combined Blue Mountains cricket team will play Paddington at Waverley Oval on Sunday, in aid of the Australian Comforts…

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Weekend Races May Be Broadcast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 4

The State Government may lift restrictions on broadcasting this weekend. This would mean racing broadcasts on Saturday…

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Cristofani Home, "Tired, Sick Of Playing Cricket"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 16

Since VE-Day (May 8) he had played in 55 of the Australian Services' 60 cricket matches, R. Cristofani said last night…

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