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Old Rowley, carrying only 50. Trained by J.A. Scully and ridden by A. Knox.

The football was not always oval. A football used to be very round and thrown by slinging it sidearmed, that is until someone found they could throw much more accurately over-hand. The football was then changed shape so it may "spiral" with ease and travel further.

That was Teddy Flack who won gold in the 1500 meter run and 800 meter run at the first Modern Games, the 1896 Olympics in Athens. Flack was born in London, England and moved to Australia as a young child. The first native born Australian to win gold was swimmer Frederick Lane who won the 200 meter freestyle and 200 meter obstacle events at the 1900 Games in Paris. Lane was from Manly, New South Wales.

Joami Aldeguer , Kareem Abdul- Jabbar , Camille Aldeguer , Joe Di Maggio , Hank Aaron , Wilt Chamberlain , Randy Aldeguer , Larry Bird , Magic Johnson , Dennis Rodman and Michael Jordan are some of them.

the answer is 24 to the best of my understanding. in a 2003 posting this article indicates 24 horses. there were 23 because a horse got a fever. I don't know if there has been a difference in competitors from 2003 to 2006. reference ===>> http://horseracing dot about dot com/od/melbournecup/l/aa110303a.htm

contracted players are: Cullen Bailey Nathan Bracken Stuart Clark Michael Clarke Dan Cullen Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie Brad Haddin Matthew Hayden Ben Hilfenhaus Brad Hodge Brad Hogg James Hopes Michael Hussey Phil Jaques Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Stuart MacGill Ricky Ponting Chris Rogers Andrew Symonds Shaun Tait Adam Voges Shane Watson Cameron White source from cricinfo

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Shocking! Ran three wide without cover but broke through at the end, beating Crime scene by three fourths of a length.

The only countries that have been to all Summer Olympics are Australia, Great Britain, France, Switzerland and Greece. Since the first Winter Olympics in 1924 only Switzerland, France and Great Britain have take part in each Winter Games. So three nations have competed at all Summer and Winter Olympics - Switzerland, France and Great Britain.

The term "lace out" has generally been used by commentators in the past to describe a perfect foot pass to a leading forward. The kick used is generally a drop punt, which spins backwards, the ball is kicked to a leading forward who marks it on his chest "lace out", referring hypothetically to the main laces at the area where the ball is pumped up. (Not the stitches that connect the four pieces of the ball but the main laces at the top centre.) So, when the forward has marked this ball on his chest, the back of the ball is hugged to him and theoretically the laces of the ball are facing outwards... it's not anything that is ever practised or realistically is aimed for, it is just a piece of verbal hyperbole used by the commentators when they say, "Look at that, delivered lace out to the forward", as if the delivery was perfectly crafted, gift-wrapped and delivered as if the ball was perfectly spun and landed symmetrically on the guy's chest.

Yes. Water sports in Australia are particularly popular. Australia has an ideal climate for people to enjoy being out in the water, whether swimming, boating, water-skiing, surfing, windsurfing, etc.

In the countries of Australia and Nauru, during winter, it is THE most popular sport of all.

The 'fever-pitch' and fanaticism for Australian football is probably higher than for any other sport year around.

However, it is not the prime winter sport in the two states of New South Wales and Queensland; in those states, rugby league has the greater following.

Brett Lee is currently the fastest Australian cricket bowler, having bowled at 160.8 kmh.

Sorry to tell you but Shaun tait has just out done Brett Lee as Tait bowled 160.9 Km/h against paskistan

Shaun Tait- 161.1 kmph vs England at Lords June-July 2010

To give a correct answer I would need to know where in the usa are we talking about, and where in australia.These two countries alone have eight different time zones between them,considering there only twenty four in the world,thats a sizeable chunk.When I answered the question"what time is it in melbourne",I gave the simple formula for calculating the time anywhere in the world.Look up that specific Q&A.

As of the beginning of the Beijing Games Australia's total medal tally stands at 399. 120 Gold, 126.5 Silver?? and 152.5 Bronze?? Placing us 10th on the overall tallies. By comparison the U.S has won 2171 medals, but have a population more than 10x our own.

In England in 1895 at Madame Ostenburg's College.

the only active, well-known left-handed Australian tennis player is Chris Guccione.

The most played sport in the US is basketball, without a doubt. Basketball is the most played sport, though. Kids play basketball as the main sport in elementary school and in middle school, as well as high school. In certain areas of the country, some sports might be played more than others. For the entire United States basketball remains number one as the most played sports.

It's a popular sport that many people enjoy. Their reasons for liking it could vary from it's fun to it's a great way to stay in shape. Basically, it's popular because many people like it. Most people surf for the fun of it and that people like to compete against others and think that if you surf the ladies will like you more.

New Zealand has never won a Cricket World Cup

A Murray Cod is a type of fish, common to Australia.

Yes, golf is played in Australia. There are many world class Australian golf professionals.

I think that it just depends where you are. In Colorado, I can almost guarantee that snow skiing is more popular than water skiing. If you are on the coasts or have a large mass of water in your state, and no mountains, then water skiing will be more popular than snow skiing.

Mackay in Brisbane :)