Australia Aces Test Warm-Up With Davis Century In Adelaide
Ian Davis smashed a maiden Test century as Australia built a 38 run lead over Pakistan on day two in Adelaide. Rick McCosker and Greg Chappell offered solid support and Mushtaq Mohammad’s leg spin caused late resistance as Australia closed at four for 340 chasing 272. Davis’ 105 came in 229 minutes with 14 fours and a six, while McCosker added 125 partnerships for the second wicket and Chappell contributed 56 for the third.
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Greg Chappell
Australia
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Doug Walters
Gary Cosier
Javed Miandad
Mushtaq Mohammad
Walters
Imran Kahn
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MecCosker
Mushtaq
Spears
New Zealand
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Salim
McCosker
Greg Chappel
Qasim
Chappell
Zaheer
Alan Turner
Jeff Thomson
Thomson
Majid Khan
Turner
O'Fheeffe
O'Keeffe
Nsw
Wasim Bari
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Hughes to replace Thomson in Australian Test squad
The Australian selectors pick Kim Hughes to replace injured Jeff Thomson for the second Test against Pakistan in Melbourne. Hughes, who scored a Western Australia century against Pakistan, is being contacted urgently as Thomson is ruled out for the season, Sheffield Shield, the New Zealand tour, and the Melbourne centenary Test.
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Kim Hughes
Jeff Thomson
Pakistan
Melbourne
Australian Cricket Board
Alan Barnes
Hughes
Western Australia
Barnes
Board
Thomson
Alan Turner
New Zealand
England
Zaheer Abbas
Oceanit Games Set for Toowoomba Velodrome Meet
More than 68 cyclists from Noumea New Zealand and Australia will compete in Toowoomba for the Oceanit Games from January 1 to 15 under international rules. Officials cited Toowoomba top velodrome and regional selection.
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Noumea
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Australia
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Alan Ball Transfers from Arsenal to Southampton
Former England soccer captain Alan Ball moves from Arsenal to Southampton for 94000 Australian dollars. The deal finalizes a high profile transfer as Ball joins the Saints, aiming to bolster their squad this season.
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London
England
Alan Ball
Arsenal
Southampton
Cuban lifter Urrutia reclaims world jerk record at 141 kilos
Havana reports Cuban weightlifter Roberto Urrutia repainted the world jerk record in the lightweight 67.5 kilo class with a 141 kilo lift last week, confirming his supremacy in this event.
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Havana
Roberto Urrutia
Q beyan trained horses favoured in Boxing Day Queanbeyan races
ArchIe Turner trained J Approve and Playbelle are expected to win major Queanbeyan races this arvo at 1400m and 1000m. J Approve, carrying light weight, faces Knight Dor and French Wonder looming Canberra run figs. Playbelle aims for an Improvers win after a Wagga fade, with Tis Time and Sovereign Trader as threats. George Mulley mounts Adjuster in a 2yo maiden. Meeting at Kembla Grange cancelled due to industrial dispute.
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Playbelle
Archie Turner
Queanbeyan
J'Approve
Lyndey
Elect
Randwick
Canterbury
Petercot
Canberra
Knight D'or
Ted Doun
Wagga
George Mulley
Adjuster
Aras
Kembla Grange
Ballyhoo leads yachts to Hobart in Sydney to Hobart race
Ballyhoo with Jack Booklyn at the helm led the 630 mile Sydney to Hobart as the fleet started offshore from Sydney. Apollo, skippered by Warwick Rooklyn, trailed by about one mile with Leda and Anaconda 1 close behind. The field totals 85 boats and a strong southerly wind challenged all skippers while water police and coast guard managed crowds.
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Ballyhoo
Beecroft Head
Hobart
Jack Booklyn
Apollo
Rooklyn
Warwick
Ballyheo
Sea of Apollo
Neville Gossan
Leda
Josko Grubic
Sydney Harbour
Peter Kurts
Kurts
Maritime Services Board
Coast Guard
Melbourne boat leads yacht meet in Bass Strait race
The Melbourne boat Mary Blair leads the Melbourne-la-Hobart west-coaster yachting classic on corrected times with Monsoon of Melbourne second and Anaconda of Tasmania third. In the Melbourne to Devonport race the Tasmanian boat Hot Prospect leads.
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Mary Blair
Bass Strait
Monsoon
Anaconda
Devonport
Hot Prospect
WA skipper O Sullivans bid for Moth title opens
Western Australian skipper Bob O Sullivan began his Australian Moth championship campaign at Speers Point near Newcastle with an invitation race win aboard Gidget. He edged Bob Fussel aboard Widow Maker in a touch and go battle as the seven heat series looms with heat one slated for 3 pm tomorrow. Sydney club on top leads in Cherub Class Brisbane race. Sydney’s Middle Harbour Yacht Club dominated the opening Cherub race on Waterloo Bay, Andrew Pearson’s Stardust beat Rob Wilmot in Speed of Sound, Graeme Ferguson’s Spitfire finished third.
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Bob O'Sullivan
Speer’s Point
O'Sullivan
Mattis
Bob Fussel
Sweden
Sydney Club
Brisbane
Sydney
Middle Harbour Yacht Club
Waterloo Bay
Andrew Pearson
Stardust
Rob Wilmot
Speed of Sound
Graeme Ferguson
Edmondson silences the critics at Manly tennis crown
Mark Edmondson of NSW defeated Rod Frawley of Queensland in straight sets 6-4 6-4 to win the Ampol seaside tennis championship at Manly for the second time. Edmondson, from Gosford, had been questioned for form since the Australian Open. In the women’s final Dionne Fromholtz of NSW beat Heidi Eisterlehner of West Germany after dropping the first set 6-7 7-5 6-2.
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Mark Edmondson
Nsw
Rod Frawley
Queensland
Manly
Edmondson
Frawley
Gosford
Dionne Fromhholtz
Lough
Heidi Eisterlehner
West Germany
Adler
Miss Fromholtz
Hed
Case Beats Rocavert In Marlboro SW Open Opener
Ross Case, defending champion, overcome a shoulder injury to defeated Terry Rocavert 7-6 6-3 in the Marlboro Southwest Open at White City. Other first round results included Dick Stockton over Tom Gorman 7-6 6-3 and Roscoe Tanner over Bob Hewitt 6-3 6-4. Renata Tomanova defeated Jenny Gardiner 7-6 6-3 in the women's singles.
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Terry Rocavert
Nsw
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Deuce
South Africa
Renata Tomanova
Czechoslovakia
Jenny Gardiner
Australia sweeps Kooyong tennis as Rosewall routs Vilas
Ken Rosewall crushed Guillermo Vilas 6-2 6-2 6-0 to give Australia a 4-0 clean sweep in the $40,000 Telecom international tennis challenge at Kooyong. Alex also clinched the series by defeating Ashe in five sets 6-3 6-7 6-4 3-6 6-1.
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Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Australis
Kooyong
Alexander
Australia
Ashe
Paris Court Poised For Summer Cup At Randwick
Paris Court ridden by Steve Schofield is fancied to beat Ming Dynasty and Lazy Pat in the 2400m Summer Cup at Randwick tomorrow. The field also features Gold Pulse, Lazy Pat, Roussillon, Sticks and Stones and others as form, weights, and trackwork shape a tight betting chase.
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Ming Dynasty
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Gold Pulse
Rosehill
Lazy Pal
Roussillon
Piemelon Bay
Selsey
Inner Magic
Alan Denham
Jooks
Ron Quinton
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Britain to fund half of new national stadium at Sandwell
The government owned Sports Council will cover half of the 7.9 million dollar estimate for a national athletics and cycling stadium at Sandwell in the West Midlands. The site is earmarked as a possible venue for the 1946 Commonwealth Games.
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Britain
Higgins chooses top mounts for Caulfield meeting
Roy Higgins saddles Impeller Born Star and Vitesse Millel as equal favourites at Caulfield Boxing Day meeting. Hyperno the three year old aims for a fourth win in the Tooronga Handicap while Alan Trevena stays in Melbourne to ride Hyperno’s stablemate Devereux. Harry White returns from injury to ride Valladero in the WFA Cox Plate build up. Ellerina faces a barrier dilemma in the Regent Handicap as trainer Jim Maloney weighs a run from the outside.
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