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    HAROLD LARWOOD, of Notts, is the best fast bowler in England these days—and that means the world. Born on November 19, 1904 at Nuncargate a colliery village in Notts, he is in his twenty-ninth year. When he first ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 166 words
  3. Dressing Room Echoes

    MANY happy returns on— December 16—J. B. Hobbs (English cricket). F. R. Brown (M.C.C. team). December 17—G. L. Patterson (tennis). Dcember 19—William McManus (athletics). December 20—W. J. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 192 words
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    GEORGE BORWICK, Australian Test umpire, is short, bright-eyed, vigilant, and silent. About 40 years of age, he is keenly observant of everything round him while out in the centre, observant of everything that concerns his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 169 words
  5. BUSINESS AND THE TEST

    A. C. ("Johnnie") WALLACE was. down from Macksville last week on business, but that did not preclude his attendance at the Sydney Cricket ...

    Article : 254 words
  6. JARDINE AND WOODFULL

    WHEN Sateliffe scored that single to make, England winners in the, cricket Test D. R. Jardine walked down to the gate leading from the field of play to meet the Australians returning from defeat and shake hands with Wodfull. It was like a losing captain going out to meet the winning captain ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 318 words
  7. Warwick Beat the Scales

    WARWICK ARMSTRONG, the one and only unbeaten cricket captain of Australia now and then acts as special correspondent for London ...

    Article : 156 words
  8. BRADMAN A GOOD BOWLER!

    HANSON ("SEP") CARTER, one of Austiiilla's greatest wicketkeepers, made several outspoken remarks about cricket and cricketers when he passed through London this week on his return to Australia after a 40,000 miles ...

    Article : 407 words
  9. PUTTING ONE OVER POLICE CHIEF

    IN a Sydney club the other night the discussion centred on police methods and the skill or otherwise displayed by the detective branch. Generally the views landatory, until a well-known Sydney bowler remarked, "Well, ...

    Article : 307 words
  10. "X" a Great Allrounder

    HARRY GROSSMAN, of Glen Innes (N.S.W.), was the best all-round sportsman of his own, or perhaps any other country town in the State. Cricket, tennis, golf, billiards, and ping-pong: found "X," as his friends call ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. Seventy-Year-Older Goes Gay

    MR. GEORGE GARDNER, of Melbourne, retired tin-can manufacturer, has excited London's interest because he has set himself the task of learning how to play games chiefly golf, writes our correspondent. ...

    Article : 311 words
  12. Why the Bowlers Saw the Cricket Match

    THEY sat in solemn conclave, and nobody turned a hair. It was a meeting of the executive of a leading sporting body, and a very important decision had to be come to Thursday, December 1 was the date, and the 3rd was ...

    Article : 364 words
  13. Adelaide Giants

    THERE are two regular giants in the South Australian racing world—Bill Thompson, one of the stipendiary stewards, and Jim Howard, the trainer of Columban, who won a race at Tattersall's meeting the other day. But if ...

    Article : 208 words
  14. GREAT WICKET KEEPER

    JACK BLACKHAM, famous wicket-keeper. Is still confined to his, sick bed in Melbourne, and unfortunately or making progress towards recovery ...

    Article : 287 words
  15. Legislator Goes Fishing

    FEDERAL legislator Mr. Arthur Bakeley has succumbed to the fascination of angling for trout, and the little he lacks in skill he makes up for in enthusiasm. Experts concede that, for a tryro, he casts quite well. But he ...

    Article : 166 words
  16. Pegging Hammond and

    HERBIE TAYLOR, the South African batsman, writing in a London daily a few days ago said that: "Had Woodfull adopted the leg theory against ...

    Article : 148 words
  17. "Man Ought to Voce Yer!"

    ON the way to the Cricket Ground last Saturday to watch the Cumberland v Glebe match, one walked across Moore Park and spent a busy time dodging flying balls from the multiplicity of batsmen who operate ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. No B.O. About Stan!

    STAN McCABE has certainly got the laugh on Warren Bardsley. When the latter player last represented Australia in a Test match on the Sydney Ground, a certain firm offered a quantity of its own product, freely ...

    Article : 110 words
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