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Central Coast · Sport

Sport, 1949

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Football Final Tomorrow Afternoon

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 1

For the first time in the history of the school a Gosford High School team will play in the final of a State-wide football…

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Bowls

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 7

The Brisbane Water Bowling Association defeated Newcastle Bowling Association by five points in invitation matches on the…

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Cricket

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 7

Narara Cricket Club will enter first and second grade cricket teams in the 1949-50 district cricket competition, members…

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Night Tennis Comp This Summer

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 7

Gosford District Tennis Association may conduct a night tennis competition this summer, reports Secretary Alf…

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Junior Tennis Trials This

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 7

A series of elimination matches will be held at the Grahame Park tennis courts this Saturday to select four…

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Gosford Team Wins State Football Honours Defeats Kempsey High School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

Gosford High School footballers defeated the Kempsey High School team 26-5 on Saturday afternoon to win the coveted Sydney University Shield in one of the best football matches seen at…

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School Athletic Champions

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1949 · page 1

Gosford High School champions pose for the cameraman at Grahame Park last Thursday. In front are two sisters, May and Gwenda Chadwick, whose father teaches at the High School. They won the senior and junior athletic championships, May Chadwick for the second year in succession. Both also set new records. Behind them are (left to right) jack Holden, senior champion, who set a new…

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Dog Racing

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 7

There will be a greyhound race meeting at Gosford next Tuesday night, the first meeting since the strike compelled abandonment of…

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Football Gosford & Woy Woy To Play Off For Semi-Finals Teams Will Meet This Sunday At Gosford

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 7

Gosford and Woy Woy first grade football teams will play-off to decide the four semi-finalists in the Central Coast Rugby League Football competition, it was decided at a special meting of…

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Sport Briefs Bowls

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 7

President John Gibson still retains the Cock of the Walk insignia, having successfully defend the title against several…

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Late Sport Tennis B2 Grade

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1949 · page 1

Poplars, 7 sets 46 games, d Blue Bay, 2 sets 30 games. Ellerton, 5 sets 41 games, d Woy Woy, 4 sets 39 games…

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Late Sport Bowls Women's Pennant Matches

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

Gosford women bowlers defeated Woy Woy, 51-34, in the opening match of the Brisbane Water District Women's Bowling…

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Football Semi-Finals Will Be Played On District Fields This

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 1

Ourimbah first and second grade teams are minor premiers in the Central Coast Rugby League competition and will play in the first semi-finals at Grahame Park on Sunday. Gosford will play the third grade minor premiers, Woy Woy, in the early match. A total of £160 and trophies will…

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Late Sport Football

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1949 · page 4

The Appeals Board of the Central Coast Rugby League Football Association last night dismissed an appeal by Woy Woy…

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Sport Briefs Golf ASSOCIATES

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 7

Mrs J. Trimmer scored 32 points in an eclectic competition on Tuesday to win Dr Craig Duncan's trophy…

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Racing Authority Enters Protest On Amended Act

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 1

The Gosford Agricultural and Citrus Association was one of 36 racing clubs throughout NSW which formed a delegation to the…

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Football Protest Dismissed Attempt To Rescind Eligibility Clause Defeated Player Suspended For Three Weeks

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 September 1949 · page 7

An attempt by Ourimbah Football Club officials to have two Wyong players declared ineligible for semi-finals and finals of the Central Coast Rugby League competition was defeated at a special…

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Late Sport Tennis a Reserve Grade

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 4

The Entrance, 6 sets 49 games, d Hillside, 3 sets 34 games. C GRADE Bells, 5 sets 42 games, d…

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Gosford Defeats Tuggerah 4-2 In Inter-District Golf Match

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 7

Gosford Golf Club defeated Tuggerah four matches to two in an interdistrict teams' match played at the Victoria Park links on Sunday. Keith Enderby and Len Bannister (Gosford) finished all-square in their match against A. Mainwaring and J. Glover (Tuggerah)…

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Gosford First & Second Grade Football Teams Eliminated In Semi-Finals Third Grade Wins Play-Off Finals Will Be Played At Grahame Park On

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 6 September 1949 · page 7

Gosford first and second grade Rugby League football teams were eliminated from the Central Coast Rugby League competition in the second semi-finals at Wyong on Sunday…

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