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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 18, 1951
Page
4
Disjointed clipping shows scattered sports notes and quotes. Mentions football fans urging players to fight, golf chatter about shots and sand traps, and a golf eagle with a ball never touching the fairway. Contains stray words and incomplete lines, rendering a cohesive item uncertain.
A fragmented piece describes 1940s to 1950s sport trivia and race histories. It mentions boxing legends John L. Sullivan, Pancho Gonzales, and Joey Max, plus a controversial cross continental foot race organized by Pyle that lost money.
In a brisk Edmonton cricket match, Vigora routed the Kiwis by an innings and one run. Batting highlights include Le Wane and Vener, while bowlers Motion and Joes each claimed 1 for 18. Multiple clubs, scores and hat tricks cited, with further notable performances from Kangaroos and Wi-Worries in a dense report of league results.
Fragmented OCR notes record a cricket style summary with players D vey Mullies and Winkworth, noting bowling figures 3 for 17 and 2 for 13 and 2 for 8. Best fielders listed Bee M Walsh Ml Pratt and most mentions are unclear.
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