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Won Brownlow Medal 2001 with five best on ground games (9)
Won 1966 Brisbane Cup ridden by R.McCarthy (3)
Played 205 games for South Fremantle and East Perth 1963 to 1975 (5)
Bev has run a place in Aust Women's Marathon 1990-91-94-95-96-97 (5)
Vic batsman scored 3631 Test runs for Australia at average of 46.55 (5)
Driver WA Trotting Cups Robert Sheen, Defiance and Dainty's Daughter (7)
Lost 18 hole play-off to Tom Watson in the 1975 British Open (Aus) (6)
Golf: The oldest (41) player to win two majors in one year (6)
Rugged utility player Essendon 2000 Premiership (7)
Coleman Medallist 2000-01-03 goals 94, 96 and 87(5)
England opening batsman 23 Tests four innings v West Indies av 1.75 (5)
200 gamer for St Kilda and Hawthorn grandson of Test Cricket all-rounder (5)
 . . .  Szekely Hungarian Olympic swimmer 1948-52-56. Gold 200m br/stroke 1952 (3)
English soccer team Hotspurs first formed in 1882 (9)

 
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Wallaby captain in victorious World Cup team 1991 (4-5)
North Melbourne Premiership coach 1996 and 1999 (5)
Ruckman in Essendon's Premiership team 2000 (7)
First batsman to score 200 runs in boundaries in a Test Match (6)
Hard-hitting Eagles defender 1988-89-90-91 transferred to Geelong (5)
Tennis  . . .  Majoli won French Women's Open in 1997 (3)
This country is ranked World No.1 in table tennis (5)
Describes winning Wimbledon, US, Australian and French Opens (5,4)
West Indies fast bowler took 519 wickets in 132 tests at average 24.44 (5)
England fast bowler took 128 Test wickets from 1989 to 1997 (7)
Olympic Weightlifting event - the other is the clean and jerk (6)
WA swing bowler played 6 Tests from 1964 to 1970 (5)
Darts: The circle around the bull is the "iris" or this (5)
Snooker: Points awarded for potting the yellow ball (3)

© RJ Grieves, Perth, Western Australia