This set was issued after the Carreras take over of G. G. Goode in 1931. The cards measure 67 x 40 m/m. Some collectors swear that it is one set, and others split it into two. The argument for the entire set is that they all look the same, front and back, from artwork by Bob Mirams, and they are also numbered consecutively. However cards 1-73 are all of one sport, football, and especially Aussie Rules Football. whilst cards 74-96 are assorted sports and two borderline sport-related.
These oddities are
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card 93 Philip Hargrave - the reverse text says "A great future is predicted for Philip Hargrave the ten year old Adelaide painist whose playing has delighted thousands of Australian music lovers". And no that is not my typo it actually does say "painist" So was a corrected card issued? In 1936 he announced he was quitting music to study medicine, but there is a fascinating sketch of him in the Australian Government Archives, playing the piano to entertain the troops in New Guinea
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card 96 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith - "One of the World`s greatest Airmen. He made a record flight round Aust, in 1927. First Trans-Pacific and First Trans-Tasman Flight, 1928. Eng-Aust. Solo Record in 1930. Crossed Atlantic, east to west, 1930. Has crossed the Tasman on three occasions and flown from England to Australia five times"
All the cards are listed at AthletiCards/TurfPersonality but there are some differences on the actual cards namely
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73 Austin Robertson track & field/running; Australian rules football -
card says "(World`s Champion Sprinter)" -
74 Ambrose Palmer boxing -
card says "(Australia`s Leading Heavy Weight)" -
75 Godfrey Vockler swimming -
card says "(Aust Champion Swimmer)" -
76 Don Bradman cricket -
card says "(Australia`s Champion Batsman) and the name is shown as `Don` " -
77 `Vic' Richardson cricket -
card says "(Aust Test Cricketer)" -
78 Miss Frances Bult swimming -
card says "(A Leading Aust Woman Swimmer") -
79 W. Duncan jockey -
card says "(Australia`s Leading Horseman)" -
80 R.W. (Fatty) Lamb cycling -
card says "(One of Aust`s Leading Cyclists) and does not bracket Fatty" -
81 Hubert Opperman cycling -
card says "(Australia`s Champion Cyclist)" -
82 J.E. Pike jockey -
card says " `Jimmy` Pike" (Leading N.S.W. Horseman") -
83 Tom Perrin rugby -
card says "(NSW`s International Rugby Player)" -
84 Noel Ryan swimming -
card says "(Swimming Champion N.S.W.)" -
85 Adrian Quist tennis -
card says "(Member Aust Davis Cup Team 1933)" -
86 Mrs. Jack Crawford tennis -
card says "(One of Aust`s Tennis Stars)" -
87 Don Turnbull tennis -
card says "(Member Aust Davis Cup Team 1933)" -
88 Harry Williams golf -
card says "(One of Aust`s Champion Golfers)" -
89 Vivian McGrath tennis -
card says "(Member Aust Davis Cup Team 1933)" -
90 Jack Crawford tennis -
card says "(Capt, Aust Davis Cup Team)" -
91 Jack Holt horse racing -
card says `Jack` Holt (one of Aust`s Successful Trainers) -
92 Walter Lindrum billiards -
card says "(Australian & World Champ Billiards)" -
93 Philip Hargrave piano -
card says "(Aust`s Boy Genius at the Piano)" -
94 Haydn Bunton Australian rules football -
card says "(Victoria`s Champion Footballer) -
95 W. M. Woodfull cricket -
card says "(Aust`s Popular Test Captain)" -
96 Sir Charles Kingsford Smith aviation -
card says "(Australia`s Flying Ace)".