GORDON COVENTRY, doyen centre forward of League football of all time, will make his 300th appearance with the famous ...
Article : 333 wordsPERTH, Tuesday.--A tendency to rely to a greater degree on pave, while preserving a fairly solid admixture of rugged qualities, is the impression of West Australia's selection of ...
Article : 400 wordsIn addition to sadly reduced gate receipts from home-and-home matches, the V.F.A. has also received a lower dividend from the League-Association challenge ...
Article : 400 wordsA Government subsidy for a building scheme controlled by a central or municipal authority--not a Government department--was urged by Mr. G. Burridge ...
Article : 508 wordsSammy Stein, the American heavy-weight wrestler and film actor, who defeated Joe Kopeach at Sydney on Monday night, will arrive here to-day for his first Victorian ...
Article : 325 wordsTwo police constables attended as witnesses for the defence last evening at the meeting of the Victorian Football League special tribunal, when L. Slack ...
Article : 337 wordsNorth Melbourne club is to lose the services of its popular president, Dr. D. Berman, for several months. As the ...
Article : 52 wordsAppreciating that Brighton's chance of retaining its place in the Association "four" depends on the result of its engagement with Yarraville on Saturday, officials of the ...
Article : 133 wordsNorth Melbourne officials expected this season to make substantial progress. In the curlier matches the side gave some brilliant displays, but later North's hopes for success ...
Article : 380 wordsStill hoping to obtain the services of the defender G. McGorlick from Essendon, Brunswick to negotiating with the League. The secretary (Mr. A. J. Chessell) interviewed the ...
Article : 155 wordsWith a hard game next Saturday at Yarraville, Brighton players trained soildly last night to qualify for the semi-finals. R, Goutlet, whose clever coaching has brought ...
Article : 173 wordsThe management of the Fitzroy Stadium has decided to give "Snowy" Thompson, the son of the old-time champion, Barn[?]y Thompson, a chance to prove himself in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 411 wordsThere is a possibility that Richmond will be without the services of Henderson, the robust follower and utility player, for the match against Fitzroy. Henderson tore a thigh ...
Article : 484 wordsAn absentee from the Northcote side to visit Coburg next Saturday wilt be J. Lyngcoin, who is to be married. Lyngcoin, with E. Hart, has been coaching Northcote this ...
Article : 95 wordsMelbourne's engagement with St. Kilda on Saturday must be considered as the most important on the list. Both sides will strive desperately for victory, and the game is sure ...
Article : 299 wordsNow that the club is at the top of the premiership ladder, the Geelong players are keen to retain that position right to the end of the season. When Ret. Hickey was responding to ...
Article : 503 wordsSYDNEY.--A hostile demonstration occurred at Lelchardt Stadium on Tuesday night, when the announcement was mode that Harry Summer feather-weight champion of Victoria ...
Article : 117 wordsAlthough only one match remains before the semi-finals, the V.F.A. four is not yet determined. Brunswick is on top, with 40 points, but it is quite possible for Brunswick to lose ...
Article : 117 wordsAlthough displaced from the four last Saturday, Prahran has a second chance, and must win at Sandringham on Saturday by a good margin to be sure on perce[?]tages. Wescott ...
Article : 118 wordsSYDNEY.--Joe Savoldi drew with Danny Dasek in a wrestling contest at Newcastle Stadium on Tuesday night. Each gained a fall. ...
Article : 30 wordsHis knee better again A. Martyn will be available for Coburg on Saturday. The club hopes to field its strongest side, and make Northerns light every inch of the way for ...
Article : 69 wordsSANDRINGHAM.--Ensor has recovered from injuries and is training again. The club is winding up the season with its budget balanced, and will pay players up to the last ...
Article : 198 wordsSeven choirs will take part in "The Age" choral championship, to be decided in the Town Hall on Saturday evening. Each choir will sing three pieces ...
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Advertising : 56 wordsYarravil[?]e players, with the exception of Bogle, last night trained very thoroughly for their engagement against Brighton at Elsternwick Park. Bogle, who had the muscles of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 564 wordsEssendon intends to continue to experiment with young and promising juniors, and will continue this method until the end of the season. Coward, who has quite recovered ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 158 wordsCarlton, for the first time in many weeks, against Melbourne on Saturday last revealed the form expected of it, and the victory gained was most welcome to officials and ...
Article : 239 wordsIn the first match of the preliminary round or the Victorian amateur billiards championship tourney R. Dickinson (Prahran) defeated E. McCormack (St. Kilda) by 54 in a game ...
Article : 195 wordsWorking on an electric light pole at Frankston late yesterday afternoon, Henry Frandsen, 32 years, Herbert-street, Dandenong, an employe of the State ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Maroons have an unfortunate long list of injured players, and this resulted in very few of the regular members of the team being able to train. At the present time about eleven ...
Article : 313 wordsC. S. Eliot's unusual poetical drama Murder in the Cathedral was repeated by the Standard Players at the Garrick Theatre last night before a large and ...
Article : 68 wordsThe League football second tribunal red before it last night the case in which W. Pratt (Epping) was charged with throwing the ball at the umpire, in view of the ...
Article : 64 wordsThey were all discussing at South Melbourne last night the remarkable hoodoo the South Melbourne ground has exercised over Geelong year after year. Season after ...
Article : 172 wordsGEELONG.--Forty shooters from many parts of Victoria took part in the Geelong Gun Club's, annual mid-winter shoot on Tuesday. The first event was a 5 miss-out ...
Article : 280 wordsAt a meeting of Williamstown council last night Cr. Deacon referred to the action at law of Cr. J. A. Nelson calling upon the major (Cr. O. P. chanter) to show cause ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 65 wordsArising out the match St. George's-road v. Howe-crescent, two players were reported by the umpire. Disqualification of one match was made against R. Christopher, of ...
Article : 85 wordsThe leg injury sustained by A. Morrison, the Footscray captain at St. Kilda last week, is not no serious as was at first thought, and he is certain to trip with the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 wordsHarold Rumney has a bruised left shoulder, and may not be able to play next Saturday against Footscray. Froude, Kyne and Carmody trained hard, and stood up to the solid ...
Article : 240 wordsAt a meeting of the health committee of Footscray council last night a totter was rend from St. Kilda Churches Citizens' League requesting the council to support a deputation to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 wordsWELLINGTON, Tuesday.--Giving another fine display, Durrance, of America, to-day won the down-hill Ski championship at Mount Cook, his tine for the course dropping 2500 feet in ...
Article : 71 wordsSir,--Once again "The Age" has earned the thanks of the public for arousing attention to a matter of interest--rough football. Yours to the only paper in Melbourne with enough ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 65 wordsSir,--After witnessing some of these so-called "football" matches, I cannot understand why a football or umpire is needed at all in the first half. Give them a club apiece, and let ...
Article : 131 wordsSir,--As a keen follower of our great game end one who sees the best match each Saturday, and one who has no interest in any one club, I can say I am disgusted with what ...
Article : 89 wordsSir,--In reply to the letter of "Sentimentality" in your Monday's issue of "The Age," one need not have to be a barrister to understand that it was from a very disappointed ...
Article : 93 wordsGEELONG.--The committee of the Victoria Coursing Club decided to conduct the president's meeting on the plumpton at the Geelong racecourse to-morrow only. Originally it had ...
Article : 142 wordsRepresentations to have the last train from He[?]dlherg to Melbourne on Saturday night run at least ten minutes later will be made to the Victorian Railways by the Heidelberg council. ...
Article : 145 wordsGolfers associated with broadcasting stations and with the Advertising Agents' Association, met yesterday afternoon in an enjoyable competition at Kingston Heath. The ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Victorian Badminton championships were continued last night. In the women's singles, the Australian champion. Miss M. Horsburgh, had no difficulty in winning her first two matches. She ...
Article : 229 wordsSir,--One would think from the tone of letters on rough play, that the Collingwood team was the "big bad wolf" of the League. In truth, they have had more than their share ...
Article : 96 wordsADELAIDE.--With another steady round of 81, which gave her a total of 162, Mrs. E. Britten Jones maintained her position at the head of the field when the second qualifying ...
Article : 107 wordsSir,--In reply to "Sentimental" regarding rough play by Collingwood against North Melbourne, I wish to state that I witnessed the game from start to finish, and I consider ...
Article : 189 wordsTraining operations at Hawthorn yesterday were in charge of the vice-captain, Ted Pool, as the coach-captian, Ivan McAlpine, was compelled to rest a badly bruised sholder he ...
Article : 154 wordsThough a few of the players are doubtful for Saturday, St. Kilda officials are confident of being able to field a particularly strong side for Saturday, where the wide spaces of ...
Article : 172 wordsSir,--The football finals will be with us again shortly, and with a little more attention to detail they could be made more attractive. The pleasure of anticipation would be ...
Article : 129 wordsBRISBANE.--At Ipswich the New Zealand hockey team on Tuesday defeated Ipswich by 4 goals to 1. In Brisbane the Inverell Women's Hockey ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 wordsSYDNEY,--Miss V. E[?]ert, of Griffith, who was defeated by Miss P. Sydney Jones in the final of the Stale golf title recently, turned the tables when she met Miss Jones ...
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