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  2. Dressing Room Echoes

    MANY HAPPY RETURNS on: July 26: T. W. Garrett (1878 Australian Eleven), born 1858, Frank Thorne (Queensland boxer), F.J. Gough (Queensland cricket captain). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 602 words
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    MISS DOROTHY SHELL goes down in history as first lady owner and trainer of a Grand National Steeplechase winner at Flemington. Mere men might scoff at the idea of a lady doing the actual chorus connected with such ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 115 words
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    LAL DEANE, the man of whistle in the Rugby League test final, did not obtrude his presence or his whistle on the game. And for that very good reason he hit success in handling the biggest event of the season. The English ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 165 words
  5. FATHER AND SON FOOTBALLERS

    TAYBEE" writes from Perth, W.A. (11/7/32):—In The Referee" of July 6, is mentioned that old-time champion ...

    Article : 213 words
  6. MAY GOME GOOD

    MR. F. J. SMITH is a committeeman of Rosehill Race Club. He is also part-owner of Counterpart, a highpriced brother to the Doncaster winner ...

    Article : 150 words
  7. Troops Not to Wait

    TOM LAWTON'S wit is still as bright as it was on the Waratah tour. He called at hon. sec. Stan Phillips' office, in Brisbane for some complimentary ...

    Article : 148 words
  8. THE MEN OF MAILEY

    MR D. WEBSTER, of Golders Green, London, writing to London "Daily Express," says that the 1913 Australian team in Canada "everywhere drew big gates,and that many Can[?] and Yanks saw cricket for the first time." ...

    Article : 319 words
  9. "OUT ON MY FEET FOR TWO ROUNDS"

    AUSTRALIANS who often saw Johnny Summers, the English boxer, In the ring will be interested in Johnny's ideas of his best performance. In following his profession as boxer Summers became a cosmopolitan. Among his ...

    Article : 236 words
  10. Did Not Lose a Hole

    MRS. ALEX. RUSSELL'S mother, Mrs. Fred Fairbairn, repeated her performance of winning the Victorian veterans' associates golf championship ...

    Article : 174 words
  11. "None So Deaf as Those.."

    THROUGH their champions and officials, Australian sports people are complaining, with justification, that the inordinately high prices of sports material are restricting them from reaching that eminence in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  12. Parboiled Steggall

    DR. ALEC. ROSS was one of the first to obtain entree to the Australian team's dressing room at the conclusion of the first Test. Australia v New Zealand, "Where is Jack Steggal." was the doctor's query as [?] was shown ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. What Would You Do?"

    WHEN Canon Hughes, Melbourne's sporting parson, was a junior, he was strolling in a country lane in his diocese, when a small boy whom he recognised, was just emerging from an orchard. through an aperture in the ...

    Article : 101 words
  14. To Meet Again

    IT was in 1912 that P. F. ("Plum") Warner first made the acquaintance of Sir Leslie Wilson, at that time A.D.C. to Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, the then Governor of New South Wales. In the intervening years both have ...

    Article : 130 words
  15. Hugh Ward's Ruined Clothes

    "YOU talk about people leaving home on a night like this," said Mr. Hugh Ward, as the rain smashed down on Sydney Stadium roof on the night, of the Blay-Delaney fight. "Why, I've sat in this very scat without a roof ...

    Article : 154 words
  16. All at the Wool Sale

    IN the Brisbane wool sale room recently there foregathered there men who years ago were well-known in New South Wales cricket and baseball circles. One was a grazier who had come to see his wool auctioned: the second ...

    Article : 196 words
  17. Inspiring Leadership

    SCENE I, first Test; Australia v New Zealand. All Blacks score try and convert the goal, the score board reading, New Zealand, 5, Australia 0, Behind the goal line Lawton, among the boys spoke in this manner: "Well ...

    Article : 182 words
  18. Only One Bowman

    THERE is now only Mr. Allan Bowman to carry on the line in the South Australian racing game but he does not now seem nearly so interested in the sport as when he was racing Culluleraine and Buzz. ...

    Article : 161 words
  19. Sir Osborne Smith's

    THE well-known, Australian athlete and sportsman, Sir Osborne Smith, governor of the Imperial Bank of india, has been winning success on the ...

    Article : 228 words
  20. Indian Cricketer Is Great Allrounder

    CAPTAIN NAYUDU, the Indian cricketer is entitled to be classed with the most versatile athletics on earth. He is not only a first-class batsman, but he can also bowl. and when necessary, keep wicket. As ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. "With Tears in Her Eyes"

    MISS SHEIL, owner of Precocious, was not the only woman in Australia moved to enthusiasm over the success of a racehorse. South Australia provided another instance, only in this case tears and joy were intermingled. ...

    Article : 167 words
  22. Mistaken Identity

    AT a dance at Rockdale (Syd.) on Saturday night, the Rugby League Test teams were present in strength. Likewise the autograph hunters. One of the latter provided the joke of the evening. "Will you give me your ...

    Article : 136 words
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