Ten thousand spectators—a record for the Lawn Tennis Ground, Rushcutter Bay—experienced conflicting emotions at the international matches. They were stirred by a grand exhibition of tennis by J. Bromwich and H. Henkel, Bromwich winning:, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4, to draw first blood for Australia ...
Article : 97 wordsDuring a recent game with a single-figure handicap player, I noticed that on each occasion he visited a bunker, he would ruin his score at that hole by falling to find the green ...
Article : 475 wordsIn a day of dull cricket, Victoria strengthened its position in the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday, by increasing its first innings score to 415 and securing two of the visitors' wickets, including McCabe's, for ...
Article : 201 wordsRhodesia's representatives at the Empire Games are (from left to right), Misses Aiken and Baker, and Messrs. Fulton, Barrett, Tsindars. and Leseur. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 25 words"It is one race in the calendar that I wanted," said trainer, R. Brennan, in the midst of his exhuberance after his horse, Young Crusader, had won ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 679 wordsOne must praise the tolerance of the spectators who had packed the ground, because of the failure of their expectations to be realised in the match between Cramm and Budge. ...
Article : 486 wordsThe slow batting was witnessed by a crowd 0[?] 17.735 and the gate receipts were £827/5/3. Hassertt and Slevers were batting when ...
Article : 873 wordsA plunge on Jocular in the Chisholm Handicap at Randwick yesterday was prompted by a brilliant trial, in which Jocular led Beau Ercil at the end of half a mile on Saturday ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 416 wordsThere is a section in any racecourse crowd that sees evil in almost any race, and on the flat, and in one or two places in the saddling paddock, there were cries of dissatisfaction ...
Article : 461 wordsVigil won the Summer Nursery Handicap at Randwick yesterday by only a head from the favourite, Benburb, but the winning margin should have been greater. In the ...
Article : 327 wordsThe united States gained a lead of two rubbers to one in the third women's lawn tennis test which began at Kooyong to-day. Miss D. Bundy repeated her victorian ...
Article : 361 wordsThe first match was between Bromwich and Henkel. Bromwich won the first game by good play, and assisted by his opponent's mistakes, to 15; but he lost his own service, and mainly ...
Article : 672 wordsMore than two years ago Country Party gave promise of an outstanding career by leading past the post in the V.R.C. Batman Stakes, a race for three-year-olds. He was declared ...
Article : 436 wordsNot even the accuracy of the New South Wales bowlers yesterday could justify the dull Victorian batting, steady bowling may call for some caution, but unless footwork ...
Article : 528 wordsAt 36,500, the attendance at Randwick yesterday, the second day of the A.J.C. summer meeting, was an increase of 8000 on that for the corresponding day last year, when the ...
Article : 650 wordsCaptain F. A. M. Webster, who was the English javelin-throwing champion of 1911 and 1923, has written many works upon athletics, but none has deived so deeply into ...
Article : 401 wordsCourse and Australasian records were trifled with at Randwick yesterday, when the track was particularly fast. Young Crusader, running at an even pace ...
Article : 205 wordsDuring the last couple of months a newcomer to racing has earned, by his large cash wagers, the name of the "Cash Punter." His wagers have been large, and many of them ...
Article : 480 wordsG. von Cramm (left) and J. D. Budge both have superb technique in making the backhand stroke. A feature of many of Cramm's strokes is the way he extends his left arm, to assist balance, as shown in this photograph. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsR. Newbiggin, the Newcastle youth, who already has a national reputation as a freestyle swimmer has made a spectacular entry into surf racing ...
Article : 105 wordsBradman in Shield cricket has made his 6187 runs in 67 innings (10 not out), at an average of 108.5. Clem Hill in 126 (six not out) made 6274 runs, at an average of 52.28 ...
Article : 599 wordsFrankle Covelli, Italian-American featherweight boxer, accompanied by his manager, Mr. J. O'Grady, arrived by the Mariposa yesterday, under engagement to Stadiums, Ltd. ...
Article : 225 wordsGradually the best of the two-year-olds of the present season are singling out, and on running to the present time, the stock of Heroic, who is in the evening of his carcer, ...
Article : 208 wordsThere was a good attendance at the cycling meeting at the Sports Arena last night, but before any race had been completed rain compelled a postponement until to-morrow night. ...
Article : 289 wordsThe Brisbane 12ft skiff Dove, former Australian champion, gave a splendid exhibition on the Bramble Bay course to-day to win the James Clark Memorial Handicap from the five-minute mark. ...
Article : 111 wordsBefore the start of the Christmas Handicap at Caulfield to-day, Sir Grey reared and threw his forelegs around C.McLaughlan, rider of Brown Ben, pulled him to the ground, savaged ...
Article : 155 wordsHands Up, who is owned by Mr. Alan E. Cooper of Sydney was destroyed after he fell at the half-mile in the Oberon Steeple at Caulfield to-day, and fractured his left arm. ...
Article : 81 wordsThe 28-foot auxlliary yacht Maluka has arrived in Hobart with a crew of three, Messers. William Clark, George Clark, and W.Likey of the Sydney Amateur Salling Club. She attempted a similar ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 28 Dec 1937, Page 11
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