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Sport, 1948

6,451 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 250

Golf Refusal 'Short-Sighted'

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 19

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.). -- The Professional Golfers' Association is shortsighted in refusing Australia's…

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No Twilight Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 8

The Athletic Association cannot obtain the use of the S.C.G. for a twilight meeting featuring Jamaican runner,…

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NSW retains tennis cup

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 23

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- NSW today retained the Wilson Cup for junior girls' teams tennis championship of…

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Stop Press Kooyong Tennis

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 16

Victoria won the Linton Cup today, N.S.W. was beaten by South Australian. MORNINGTON RACES…

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[?]Ate Cricket Scores

The Biz · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

[?]ADE: Hoxten Park v. Fairfield [?]Hoxton Park, 1st innings, 147 [?]R.S.L. 1st innings 1 28 [?]RADE: Hammondville v Hoxton…

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Leonay Golf Club Win in Coote Shied Competition

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

The third round of the Coote Shield competition was played last Sunday when Leonay defeated Portland at Wentworth Falls course by 4 matches…

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District Cricket Competitions Last Saturday's Results

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

Scoring generally was low in the district competitions on Saturday, when the seventh series of matches was commenced…

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Bailey's Boxing Future Doubts Doctor's Examination Form Loss Big Puzzle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 15

WELTERWEIGHT Ken Bailey's boxing future hinges on a medical examination by the Sydney Stadium medical officer this morning…

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Bailey's Boxing Future Doubts Doctor's Examination Form Loss Big Puzzle

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 15

WELTERWEIGHT Ken Bailey's boxing future hinges on a medical examination by the Sydney Stadium medical officer this morning…

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British Boxing Hope

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 13

General Knowledge. -- Londonderry, the city in Northern Ireland, dates from the 6th century AD. What was it called…

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Swimming Cronulla Surf Club

The St George Call · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 7

Cronulla met with scant success at last Saturday’s surf carnival. Jeff Jones, who finished third in the beach sprint, was our only competitor to…

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Tennis Abandoned

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 16

NSWLTA has abandoned remaining Country Week tennis carnival fixtures and City v. Country junior fixtures,…

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BOWLS St. George Club

The St George Call · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 6

The first round of the 1948 pennants was finalised Saturday last, when the above club was represented in all the four grades…

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North Ramsgate Amateur Swimming Club

The St George Call · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 3

Club events were resumed last Saturday after a couple of weeks holiday and performances showed that the boys have taken advantage of the…

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Cronulla Ladies’ Amateur Swimming Club

The Observer · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 9

The club was very active after its recess, while the State Championships have been held. In the State Championships, Winifred Irving was in…

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Une Victoire Du Rugby Francais

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 1

Après la défaite inattendue subie par ses Mrallabies, M. Tancred. dans une entrevue avee un journal de Paris, a loué l'équipe française de Rugby. Il…

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GOLF Beverley Park Club

The St George Call · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 6

In last week’s column I named [?] Crok[?] as the “go[?]ing Ra[?]le” and the long fellow must have decided to profit by the [?]e as he [?]oisted a…

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Tennis Finals Held Up

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 15

The 1947 New South Wales tennis championships, postponed indefinitely on November 30,…

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Cricket Umpires’ Practice

The St George Call · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 5

Members of St. George Umpires’ League are advised that a cricket practice will be conducted at Gardiner park on Sunday morning…

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