Melbourne Demolishes Victoria in Grimmett’s Bowling Show
Melbourne’s pace and spin dominated Victoria as Grimmett led a tight attack. Burton took 2 for 7 and Ward claimed 6 for 47, while the attendance reached 12,303 with takings of £488.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1939
Page
4
Melbourne’s pace and spin dominated Victoria as Grimmett led a tight attack. Burton took 2 for 7 and Ward claimed 6 for 47, while the attendance reached 12,303 with takings of £488.
Beaumaria Handicap opens at 180 with Vienna 80 Sabré Hated 45 sun wir Fortyry Teller Jomina Mabseau Madame Cour Inet Happiness Kosgurne Bea land among the listed entries in a cryptic race card.
programme listings detail station segments dominated by O Reilly and Craug with cricket scores for Queensland and New South Wales. mentions include matches at Randwick Mentone racing results and a long slate of musical and news interludes with references to teams, players, and timings.
A Melbourne news item describes a man diving from Mordiadoc to rescue a drowning woman. He reached her and brought her to shallow water with help from others who ashore. The report notes medical treatment followed and local sporting updates and broadcasts listed elsewhere in the issue.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous horse names and race titles such as Currington Stakes Recaption and Novien Handicap with leading horses like High Rank and Dame Bwitt. The garbled text includes many other race names, odds-like figures, and placeholder marks, reflecting a damaged page.
Forecasters predict a breezy race day with scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Overall the weather remains mostly fine with winds turning cooler as the day progresses.
Mr James McLeod 70 president of the New Zealand Facing Conference fell overboard from an inter island steamer last night. A search lasting an hour failed to locate him and no further details were available.
The note outlines a packed program of concerts and readings for McMenamin with times from 6.50 to 10.40 and mentions he will not ride at Randwick tomorrow due to miner absence. It notes public bus presence and a press reference by J A Mocks, with Monday availability and a summary of his strained schedule during the week.
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