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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 06, 1957
Page
2
In a cross-range match against Canberra at the Goulburn Rifle Range, Goulburn retained the Tiverton Cup with eight points to Canberra’s 592. Jim McIntosh of Canberra led scoring with 79 points and achieved the only possible 40 at 60 yards.
Australian jockey Arthur Breasley rode a hat trick at Newbury as he won three consecutive races. He failed to place on his other two mounts. Fellow Australian J Cracknell won the final race, and Edgar Britt also secured a win at Redcar.
In a keen match in the Bstone division Grammar defeated Royals 32 to 3, with The Grammarians showing stronger teamwork. Ainslie defeated St Edmund's Blues 9 to 0 while Royals beat Grammar 2 24 to 9. Northern Suburbs upset Yarralumla 19 to 0 with David Wright scoring three tries.
Jaro Drobny defeated Lew Hoad to win the British hard court title with scores of 6 4 6 4 6 4. Shirley Bloomer beat Pat Ward to claim the women's title. In mixed doubles, Bob Howe and Miss D Hard defeated Billy Knight and Miss Bloomer 6 1 6 3.
Australian Merlyn Rose advances to the men's singles final at the French international tournament by defeating Pierre Darmon in a five set semifinal. The match score was 8-10, 7-5, 7-5, 6-8, 6-0.
In today’s rugby league match North Sydney beat Eastern Suburbs 15 to 7. North Sydney seized control in the second half and earned the win at the venue listed in reports.
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