Weaver Defeats Rey in Tight 5-4 Match
Undated match action shows Weaver defeating Rey 5-4 in a closely contested game. The sixteenth frame or inning features renewed pressure, with both players exchanging points and tactical plays.
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1938
Page
3
Undated match action shows Weaver defeating Rey 5-4 in a closely contested game. The sixteenth frame or inning features renewed pressure, with both players exchanging points and tactical plays.
The international forward Aub Hodgron handed rival captain Rus Killy a bouquet before a match, with a note from the Manly group. Wests trained with eurythmics and ballet dancing, a symbol of their panates, as Hodgron shows a playful edge despite team rivalries.
A crowd of over 28 000 watched Sydney dominate in the second half, overturning a tight first half to defeat Country 42 points to 12. Electron rising star Wel ler Farm rider Darby Munro faced stewards inquiry after Ascot, while Australian women tennis players in Henegamd failed to win any match against English champions. Queanbeyan beat Eastlake and led premiership standings. Manuka upset Ainslie, and Mines Rovers impressed against Acton.
Reports from Sydney officials claim scales were manipulated at a Wyong Week race meeting with two pounds missing. Stewards vow strict watching for scale fraud while recalling a Newcastle case where a hole under the scales hid a boy operating them. In Sydney rugby league, Remake Eastern Suburbs defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 26 to 8 and Newtown beat South Sydney 16 to 2.
Sydney report says the Government will amend the Gaming and Betting Act to declare ferry boats as common gaming houses. The change adds police power to curb weekend betting on sailing boats by treating boats like hotels declared as common gaming houses.
Saturday featured practice matches at iReid Park as CANBERRA hockey selectors chose two traveling squads for future events. Zone team includes Poynton Starkey Donnelly Welch Barnes Norcotte Jamieson Martin Williams Gustafson Hill Currie Bath Ransome. Metropolitan side includes McCullough Towley Whit ford Brack Coleman Anderson Rance Grey Bailey McCullough Grey Gardner capt. Teams visit Sydney's Olympic Hotel under R A Ellwood as manager with plans to represent Canberra at the June 10 carnival.
Telopea A defeats Telopea B 4 1 at Griffith with Goodwin two goals Hopkino two goals while Sheen scores for B Queanbeyan beats Telopea C 4 1 with Shird Davis and Dumbles scoring for Queanbeyan Hunt for Telopea Kingston Club defeats College and Staff 5 2 at Duntroon in a friendly maroons show slight edge and Austin nets a remarkable corner shot Major Crellin officiates maintaining good spirit
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