Fast Women's Athletics Win
St. George sprinter, Betty Lukin, ran the best time of the afternoon -- 26.3 sees.-- to win the 220 yards in the Women's Inter-Club…
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Fast Women's Athletics Win
St. George sprinter, Betty Lukin, ran the best time of the afternoon -- 26.3 secs. -- to win tho 220 yards in the Women's Inter-Club…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Racing Notes
SPANISH DUKE'S splendid win in the second Parramatta Mixed Stakes at Rosehill will possibly earn him a…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Football Coach
Applications, closing 1st March, are invited for Coaches for the First, Reserve, and Third Grade teams for 1949 season. Please…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Ideal Cricket
In the match at Trumper Park, honours were divided amongst Hanlin, Cristofani, Beard, Carvalho, all of the youthful University team, and Paddy Ryan, the curator, who…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Bowls Talk- Results By "Skip"
CITY club selectors are still seeking the best combination for their No. 1 pennant team…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Girl star beaten in tennis
JOYCE FITCH (NSW), seeded No. 4, was surprisingly beaten by Tasmanian Alison Baker in…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Nsw Tennis Stars' Rout in Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Mrs. Alison Baker (Tas.) was responsible for a major upset in defeating Miss Joyce Fitch (N.S.W.) fourth seeded player in the Australian tennis championships today…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Ex-Owner Tells Court He's Had Racing
FORMER owner of the racehorse Frontal Attack, George Frank, of Moreton Ave., Kingsgrove, has now…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →14-year-old girl takes hat-trick in swimming titles
BRILLIANT Newcastle swimmer Janet Johnson, 14, swam in four races in an hour in the State Women's Championships at North Sydney Pool last night, then hopped off to Luna Park…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Young Mosman Girl Has Surprising Tennis Record
BARBARA WARBY, 14-year-old Mosman tennis player, is well on the way to becoming a second Helen Wills Moody. Blonde, grey-eyed Barbara has startled NSW tennis…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Von Nida unlucky in Philippines golf-now third
NORMAN VON NIDA is third after two rounds in the Philippine open golf title being played in Manila. He and Manila professional Gestituto Gonzales…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Bill O'reilly Writes About Cricket
Famous Test bowler, W. J. O'Reilly, begins a series of hints on how to bowl. First he writes about the way to approach the bowling crease. THE delivery begins as soon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ironworkers Say Match Wasn't Cricket
ADELAIDE, Saturday.—The South Australian branch of the Federated Ironworkers' Association believes that class differences…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arthur Mailey's Cricket Cavalcade Sid Barnes -- rebel of Australian cricket -- takes after his famous English namesake
It seems strange that cricket's two most rebellious characters are similarly named, Sidney Barnes, of England, and Sidney Barnes, of Australia. Barnes, senior, was a cantankerous, moody, temperamental fellow, who…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →They play tennis now, on that handful of grass
ADELAIDE, Sat. -- A year ago four tennis players from Alice Springs took away from Adelaide tennis ground a handful of couch grass. Two weeks ago they…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Von Nida now running third In Far East open golf championship
MANILA, Sat. -- I shot a two over par 74 in the second round of the Far East golf championship at Wack Wack course today and I am running third with 36 holes to play tomorrow…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Something of the Glamour of Royally Surrounds The Appearance on the Golf Course of The Fabulous Henry Cotton
THE car park of the venerable Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club (President, the Earl of Athlone, ex-captain,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aust. Title Tennis
ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Both Howe and Keith Hawton, and little known Sydney pair, eliminated Tom Warhurst and Don…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Aust. Title Tennis
ADELAIDE, Monday.-- Bob Howe and Keith Hawton, a little known Sydney pair, eliminated Tom Warhurst and Don…
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