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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 10, 1952
Page
6
A scattered racing briefing mentions Liquid Fire and Allocate Backed as likely contenders in upcoming events at Burwood. It lists horses including Blond Silver Phantom and Royal Crest among others, with notes on form and market moves, plus a glance at the Canterbury Handicap and Welter Handicap entries and a few owner and trainer mentions.
Melbourne racing notes show Jovial Lad as a former favoured winner in the ingap and a contender in the Albert Handicap at Moonee Valley. Ravey, twice winner at Handwick, is favored in early markets with other runners including Anouk Bumbisk Gay Peg Dyning Bahadur and El Falcon among the Coburg and Purpl highlights.
The league schedules two matches tomorrow at Kingston Oval starting 1.80 pm. Teams BBL and Federal Rovera will face off with players listed including Lovelock, Turner, Bullard, Brains, and Rees Brogan.
Fragmentary OCR text lists various lottery and district references including Pinas No 048 Apaoar and No 17140 Montag, with street names such as Hamilton St and Croydon. The garbled text suggests a local notice or stamp of a state lottery distribution and related addresses with scattered names and numbers.
Davis Cup play opened with Yugoslavia Finland and Frigay sharing the opening singles in a European draw. Winners advance to host Britain in the second round.
In a change approved by the Fuel and Power Minister the St Leger at Doncaster will move from September 0-1 to September 16-33. The decision aims to protect coal production in the falning area where output could fall if the race ran on a Saturday. The Jockey Club consented to the alteration at the ministerial request.
Fragmentary text hints at a sports event with references to a cup record and names like Yna King and Mervyn Wood. Details are unclear and multiple garbled terms prevent a precise summary of the outcome or participants.
The readable portions describe a dated event with references to numbers and initials. Details are unclear, but the text hints at a division or ratio and a timeframe tied to an AMP value. Entities and places are obscured by garbled characters, preventing a precise summary.
Unbeaten Royale and Ain A clash in main schedule at Northbourne Oval. Cec Broderick sidelined with a broken arm. Kelr brothers potentially missing for Amalie. Ainslie A, Norths and Royals also listed with junior fixtures and coaching plans for Queen's Birthday weekend.
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