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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1935
Page
5
The article surveys public interest in athletics in Melbourne, noting disappointing finances for Centenary Gomes events and strong crowds for swimming cycling boxing and rowing. It discusses plans for Australian rugby league prospects including Austin Robertson and comparisons with notable players, plus commentary on boxing matches Willard Brown vs Ted Morgan and implications for future contests and athlete selections.
In England the English Table Tennis Association lists 2 lesques, 2000 clubs and over 40,000 affiliated players. Reports note special excursion trains from major cities to Wembley for the world championships with fourteen nations and 23 countries represented in individual events.
Canada beat Engst by two goals to four in the second Test match at Streatham rink following a drawn first clash. Also report on Jos Davis defending his United Kingdom billiards title against Wills Smith and Tom Newman, with Joe Davis noted as a fiery challenger. Oxford University orders two new boats for the boat race after Cambridge had three, with one delivered at Henley. Latvestorahire CC opens a debt-free campaigned season, seeking 6000 more to cover five years. Britannia yacht alterations by Camper and Nicholson aim to boost speed for a close J class race next summer, noting copper sheathing history and ship details.
Norman Caldwell, famed shark fisher, travels from Queensland ports to Grassy Island and the Barrier Reef. He reports massive lagoons full of tiger, whaler, and hammerhead sharks and details a late November southward migration that draws tourists to hand lining. He notes sharks breed near New South Wales beaches and return along coral streams to Queensland waters.
A nostalgic look at cricket marriages linking stars like McCabe and Jenyns with Australian stage royalty. The piece recalls John H.R. Wood and Essie Jenyns wedding photos in Sydney, theatre legends, and notable cricketing matches, including NSW versus Victoria, with vivid portraits of public interest and social circles surrounding the sport.
By J C Davis a wedding account details Essie Jenyns wed J R Wood of Newcastle at Christ Church Toorak with thousands present. English team figures attended. Notable romances include Lord Brassey and memories of Ivo Bligh. St Mary's Cathedral Sydney and crowds in Melbourne’s College Street reflect cricket culture and public interest.
A vivid portrait of the Samoyed breed, detailing its dignified, self possessed nature, ancestral ties to the Somoyeds of North East Russia, and a lineage seen as untainted by breeding experiments. The piece covers origin, temperament, physical traits, and notable history in Britain and Australia.
NRA London allows pattern life rifles for Kings Prize and major Bisley events in 1945 with telescopic sight mixed rules. Telescopic sights barred in the King’s match. BRA annual meeting at Bisley July 3 to 20 introduces a Rack Rifle data using the short Les Enfield for Forces members.
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