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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
11
A scraped page notes thin boxing lines with names like Snead and Boonen. Mentions Bris Mtnolde and Anand Bennie along with Edric Middlesex and Bradham in England and Australia tour. Describes a cautious setup with few concrete results and scattered scores and rankings.
The clipping reports Benny Lynch, former boxing world champion, near death after illness and a rest cure at Cott Whitestard, then Chislehurst and Glasgow, amid broader notes on boxing and greyhound racing. It mentions 68,000 greyhounds registered in 10 years, with £550,000 in winnings, highlighting White City and London registrations.
A cryptic report recounts Wembley hosting English Open table tennis events, with references to spectators and officials. It notes Wembley as a venue, mentions an owner or organizer named Pook Gaull Mey and Mr. W.1 Paper, and hints at experiments and an annual competition with the title of English Open Table Tennis Champions.
Unique cricket club Amebottom in Ramsbottom, once a migrant field project, built from repurposed materials. It rose from rough beginnings to stand high in the Lancashire League, sending players to Lancashire C.C. and reflecting the determined work of unemployed locals.
A rugged fisherman recounts a perilous Apr voyage near a distant island. He and his wife recover a storm-drifted iron drum containing a giant shark, battle the sea and a deadly eel, and finally kill the creature with a pistol shot after a tense chase in shallow waters.
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