Richmond and South Melbourne narrowly won their District cricket semi-finals on Saturday. Northcote added only nine runs against Richmond, and St Kilda failed by 11 to defeat South Melbourne. ...
Article : 316 wordsForm of recruits and Association players was the feature of practice matches on League football grounds on Saturday. Indications are that most clubs will include four or five new men in final lists. Some newcomers may go straight into senior sides. ...
Article : 391 wordsEvery League club, except Geelong, was represented at St Kilda ground yesterday in a VFL players' 100 yards scratch ...
Article : 191 wordsAUCKLAND (NZ): Auckland batsmen were in poor form against the visiting English cricketers on Saturday. Because of their failure the ...
Article : 119 wordsDefeating Scotch College by 46 runs on the first innings, Geelong College won the 1947 public schools cricket premiership on Saturday. ...
Article : 147 wordsLes Powell, follower, who has played 12 games with Geelong, took part in South Melbourne's main practice match. Powell appeared in only two matches with Geelong last season. He has ...
Article : 318 wordsForm of small men in Melbourne's practice games was most impressive. It seems certain that the lack of nippy players, which was one of the ...
Article : 178 wordsWal Driver, Richmond batsman, was the victim of an unusual incident in the district cricket semifinal on Saturday. It cost him ...
Article : 90 wordsRain stopped play in the Sub-district final at 3.20pm. Williamstown, sent in to bat by Camberwell, lost its first two batsmen for 11, and had ...
Article : 37 wordsEsplanade provided the outstanding competitors in the Royal Life Saving Society's championship at Richmond Baths on Saturday. ...
Article : 77 wordsEric McLeod, winner of the Gardiner Medal for the best and fairest VFL second 18 player last season, may be Yarraville's full-back this season. McLeod was signed up by Mr George Lane, Yarraville president, yesterday. ...
Article : 591 wordsMickey Hill (Q, red corner, 8.2¾) scored a clear-cut points win over Mickey Carr (V, 8.5¼) at the stadium on Saturday night. Hill was stronger and more aggressive than Carr, but the Victorian ...
Article : 176 wordsWith a record State entry of 2,944 players, the VBA pennant fours championship begun on Saturday. This number is 71% greater than ...
Article : 100 wordsLindsay White, Geelong footballer, won both the carnival sprint and gift at Dean's Marsh sports carnival on Saturday. Heavy rain fell during ...
Article : 38 wordsTwo men who arrived in Melbourne from Sydney last week were arrested at the Caulfield races on Saturday by Detectives J. Manley and A. ...
Article : 64 wordsFinals of the Quality Handicap on the 400 yards circle at White City on Saturday night proved a triumph for Geelong owned and trained dogs ...
Article : 146 wordsWarrnambool's centenary celebrations ended yesterday with a massed bands display conducted by the Western district bands group at the ...
Article : 142 wordsA heavy rain squall interrupted small-boat racing and caused some retirements from yacht races on Saturday. Start of the fifth heat of the Victorian 14ft championship was ...
Article : 255 wordsYarra Yarra and Commonwealth lead in A and B divisions respectively of A pennant golf as a result of Saturday's matches. At Metropolitan, where A division matches were played, winners were ...
Article : 362 wordsWhat might be claimed as a record was established by the Donovan brothers, of Mulwala, in the final of the Yarrawonga ...
Article : 91 wordsCambridge had one of the easiest victories on record in the annual university boatrace when it defeated Oxford yesterday by 10 lengths. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 31 Mar 1947, Page 12
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