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Sport, 1948

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No Davis Cup Tennis Wives "Do Not Mix on Sporting Tours"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 10

N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association president, Mr. Bryan Fuller, K.C., today described the move to lift the ban on wives on Davis Cup tours as "a retrograde and foolish step."…

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No Davis Cup Tennis Wives "Do Not Mix on Sporting Tours"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 8

N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association president, Mr. Bryan Fuller, K.C., today described the move to lift the ban on wives on Davis Cup tours as "a retrograde and foolish step."…

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Moorefield Races on Heavy Track Runners Are In Doubt G. Moore to Ride Cherie Christine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 12

MOOREFIELD track will be heavy, but not too heavy, for today's meeting, according to local trackmen. Scratchings are likely to be numerous and…

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Moorefield Races on Heavy Track Runners Are In Doubt G. Moore to Ride Cherie Christine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 12

MOOREFIELD track will be heavy, but not too heavy, for today's meeting, according to local trackmen. Scratchings are likely to he numerous and…

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Athletic Plan

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 16

New South Wales Amateur Athletic Association will resume its 1947-48 interclub series at Henson Park next…

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Poser in Rugby

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 11

ON THE BAIL Three of Wales' five selectors are school officials-- Dai Jones is "a whipper-in of kids" as I…

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BOWLS Without BIAS

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 20

Trouble looms in a big way for bowling clubs whose greens will not be ready for the start of the…

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Racing Notes

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 12

RACEGOERS taking the jockeys from the semaphore in the Paddock at Moorefield were given an…

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Manly Tennis Plans

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 22

Rain prevented play yesterday in the Seaside tennis championships at Manly. Matches will now be played…

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Tennis Washed Out

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 5

County of Cumberland and Manly Seaside tennis titles were postponed yesterday owing to rain…

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Postponed Dog Races

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 21

With the exception of Wyong, which has not yet made arrangements for another date, yesterday's…

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No Tennis at Manly

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 21

Heavy overnight rain caused play in the annual Seaside Tournament at Manly to be postponed…

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19,000 Attend Races

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 10

Despite heavy rain yesterday morning, 19,000 people attended the races at Moorefield. S.T.C vice-chairman…

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State Outboard Races Postponed

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 19

The strong southerly winds, which swept Hen and Chicken Bay on the Parramatta River yesterday, caused a…

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All Greyhound Races Off

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 11

All greyhound fixtures set down for yesterday were postponed due to rain. Newcastle and Dapto now will…

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Tennis Ranking Is in Order

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 21

Whatever may have been said against the method of choice, and the men appointed by the L.T.A.A. to do the choosing, the order of merit in the ranking list is entirely in…

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Girls Put on a Boxing Day Blue

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 24

TWO 17-years-old girls from the Parramatta Girls' Industrial Training School, who were alleged to have barricaded themselves in the school laundry and smashed a number of windows on Boxing Day,…

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Stop Press Late edition Australia wins Rugby Test LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 1

Australia defeated England the Rugby Union Test match at Twickenham today. Australia 11…

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Studbook conference idea pleases U.S. racing men

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 10

NEW YORK, Sat.--American racing circles displayed keen interest in the international studbook conference suggested by Australian studbook…

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Mixed views on 'tennis wives' with Cup teams

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 24

Prospective Davis Cup players favor the move to lift the ban on wives travelling with future Davis Cup teams. Officials, however, are…

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