Sporting Announcements Deadline for Friday Post
Secretaries and others responsible must lodge all weekly cricket and football notices with the Post by 10 p.m. Thursday for Friday insertion. If late, publication cannot be guaranteed.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1928
Page
11
Secretaries and others responsible must lodge all weekly cricket and football notices with the Post by 10 p.m. Thursday for Friday insertion. If late, publication cannot be guaranteed.
The Cairns club schedules and Melbourne trials frame a busy race day ahead with Epsom and AJC Derby entries. Lion and Amounis head a strong field while Valparaiso and Kanuna seek Metropolitan glory. Sprinters like Fuji San and Waals appear among contenders as final acceptances loom.
Gordonvale Turf Club met at Tattersalls Rooms Mulgrave Hotel on Monday September 24 at 8 pm. Present were Mir Wm Thomas chair M J Hoare J Allera J Clark and secretary Jas Farrelly. Officers appointed include J Clark D Doherty as racing stewards J H Stokes as gate ticket seller and B Mahoney to assist Griffin in the judge box.
Innisfail Turf Club committeemen meet to plan the December 1 race programme. They discuss past losses and ways to boost attendance, with talks on prize money, gate takings, and rail motor transport from Cairns and from towns like Babinda and Tully to improve turnout.
A garbled OCR style listing numerous horse names and numbers such as Cartier 14 and Starinder 8.4, with many odd spellings and values. The exact event, date, and context are unclear, but it resembles a racecard or betting ledger with multiple entries and fractional scores.
Brisbane reports weights for Albion Park races on Saturday listing entrants such as Count Burea Glorious Gold Fox Waiburra Cavage Santa Moore Prince K Properit ress Wydells Three Cares Polymetix Royal Ascot Am bergold Alister A Silkwraith Betoyan Orrelis Prett Joey Don Devas Greenleek Wol rosa Red Robin Carminiie Winte Boy Menis Fair Devil Pavama Polly Darley Strepar toon Turenne Running Girl Prince Merle Lemeale Lilyland Zoteena Pely na Flyish Blue Dreamfoot.
Sydney sept 26 betting on the Spring races shows almost no movement with bookmakers and punters cautious. Backers expect better prices on course as they await the Friday night card call and call for changes remains unlikely.
Melbourne racing notes show Burnaby Rubwering backed to 13000 for the two cups and Gothic paired with Cimbrian for 500000 with Cimbrian likely to strengthen for the Melbourne Cup. Yodelist tightens in Caulfield Sun Mar and Statesman backed for 4000. Maple a firm Caulfield second favourite with moves expected to harden.
The Banna Cricket Club beat the Highleigh Club in a friendly Sunday match at Gordonvale. Han son bowled well taking wickets for 8 runs as Banna posted 47 to Highleigh 48, with key scores by Fixter and Hanson in varied innings.
London report states Clem Hill will replace Bardsley to describe test matches for the Daily Telegraph. Sporting Life credits Hill with maintaining Test cricket rank amid Empire pride and notes the value of courteous exchanges among cricketers.
Unclear OCR text reports matches with names like Karl Kovelohi and John Codlenme, noting losses and victories in a contested professional event. Players from Boston and New York appear, with international opponents mentioned. The fragment references Sepe 2 and varied scorelines amid a chaotic report.
Unclear readable fragments describe a billiards championship match with names Saintman and Soy and references to a late series. The text mentions ties and timing but lacks complete details on place results or participants.
The article lists potential players including Cairns Pen Mie Burns Blackmore Tyson Homer Ress McCommbe Stevens Melhee Murtha and one more. date and exact arrangement are to be coordinated by the committee with Kiss.
An informal health notice touts a product called Meone's Emerak Ofae as a cure for varicose veins. It claims use twice daily yields quick signs of improvement and eventual reduction of affected veins, with chemists endorsing its efficacy.
Public notice fragment lists names and places with unclear phrasing about permissions and collections. It mentions Missive OA J. Draper Leek and Vinwisaay, plus a reference to a permit for portebhe tea amid pirate tert events. The readable items indicate a local advertisement of events and permissions.
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