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Newspaper
Sydney Referee
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 23, 1935
Page
18
The article praises the high level of police sport in New South Wales noting long support from successive Police Commissioners. It lists numerous former and current officers who excelled in fields and water sports, boxing, wrestling and athletics, highlighting a culture that blends policing with athletic achievement and supervision of police sport by NSWPole.
A NSW Police Force feature highlights many officers who excelled in sport across rugby league, rugby union, cricket, rowing, boxing, track and field. It lists Constables Golding, Mackney, Turner, Plummer, Curran and others as Australian reps, record holders, or state champions, noting the force’s blend of policing and high athletic achievement.
NSW Chief Secretary Frank Chaffey and Police Commissioner W J Mackay tout sport within the force as essential to a healthy mind and public service. They say modern officers must be alert and intelligent, with sport shaping discipline and team spirit, creating goodwill with the public. They claim the NSW police are among the finest athletic bodies in the world and can field squads to match any army.
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