W.a. Will Play Shield Cricket
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Western Australia will compete in the Sheffield Shield competition in the next two seasons on a restricted basis…
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Melbourne Races Five Share in Photo Finish
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The camera was badly missed when five horses swept over the line almost on terms in the Colchester Handicap at Mentone today. SIGEUM medium of heavy support,…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The camera was badly missed when five horses swept over the line almost on terms in the Colchester Handicap at Mentone today. SIGEUM. medium of heavy support,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Melbourne Races Beaten In Bush; Scores In City
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Weenoch after being beaten into minor places at bush meetings at her last three starts, had too much pace for…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Athletics Mullins' Victory in Champ. Tests
Peter Mullins recorded an easy win in the 120 yards hurdles in the Australian Championships Test events at University Oval this…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Athletics Mullims' Victory Im Champ. Tests
Peter Mullins recorded an easy win In the 120 yards hurdles in the Australian Championships Test events at University Oval this…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tennis stars at golf
United States Davis Cup star, Jack Kramer, did nine holes in 40 at the Manly Golf Club's course yesterday morning…
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Once again Dave Downie has hit the headlines. This time he is sole N.S.W. representative in the Australian Singles semi-finals to be played next Wednesday in Melbourne. Two Victorians and one South Australian make…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →N.Z. star shows swimming pace
MAKING her first appearance in Australia, N.Z. national champion, Ngaire Lane, swam at the…
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ADELAIDE, Saturday.—U.S. tennis ace Gardnar Mulloy said here today that big tennis in Australia is too quiet and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Golf Secretary at the 19th
Secretary of The Lakes Club and Captain of the Secretaries'…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Field Closes on Bradman As Wright Bowls
On their toes. The English fieldsmen move in when Wright takes the ball. Melbourne Test scene. Appeal fails. Umpire Scott says Bradman was not lbw to Wright…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pot Pourri of Racing Bad Fall
When Enredada fell in the ond event of the day at Moorefield yesterday, it appeared as if the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Triple tennis triumph for Jim Gilchrist
YESTERDAY'S finals of the County. of Cumberland tennis championships were a triumph for Jim Gilchrist. He…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Close win in women's cricket
In the Amy Hudson v. Edna Odgen's team cricket match at Allen's Reserve yesterday, international Amy Hudson…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →N.S.W. Fails in 4's Bowls Title
NEW SOUTH WALES failed badly in the first round of the interstate matches on the middle park (Melb.) green today going down to Western Australia, one of the weaker sides,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ferrier Close Up in 10,000 Dols. Golf
LOS ANGELES, Saturday.—Tony Penna, of Dayton, Ohio, ex-amateur king, Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, Washington, carded sizzling…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Sport Talk Wrangle that harms cricket
This unseemly wrangling about test umpiring decisions, fostered mainly by frustrated English pressmen, isn't adding to the enjoyment of the cricket series. In fact, the comments of some English writers which have…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Beach attire and umbrellas in contrast at Manly tennis
Women members of the Manly Lawn Tennis Club acted as "usherettes" at exhibition tennis matches played yesterday by American and Australian Davis Cup players. Though they carried…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Cheers and Boos As Big Tennis Spur Adelaide
TENNIS would improve if the spectators were allowed to give vent to their feelings as they do at baseball or cricket matches. American tennis star, Gardnar Mulloy, said…
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