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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Sport

Sport, 1939

3,613 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 181

Cricket to Club Secretaries

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 6

Secretaries of cricket teams taking part in the Bathurst and District competition are requested to send in their scores to the…

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German Sport To be Controlled by State State Grip on All Athletics BERLIN

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 2

Herr Hitler has decreed that sport throughout Germany shall henceforth be State-controlled. He has appointed Herr von…

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Bowls Keen Game on Bathurst Green

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 5

Some exceptionally close finishes were made in the Bathurst Bowliing Club's conditional matches played in the New year holidays results were as follows…

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Cricket to Club Secretaries

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 6

Secretaries or cricket teams taking part in the Bathurst and District competition are requested to send In their scores to the…

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Boxing Vakner K.O.'s Filipino Newcastle

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 3

The American, Glaude Varner, 9.21, knecked out the Filipino. Joe Velasco. 8.13. in the sixth round at the New-castle Stadium to-day…

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Bathurst Golf Field Day for Larkin Yesterday's Competitions

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 2

R. Larkin, who tied in the lead of Sunday's competition, had a field day on the Bathurst links yesterday, winning a par competition In the…

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"Stealing" Players Football Club Protests LONDON

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

Solugh F.C. officials are up in arms. They demand that scouts of professional clubs lay off stealing the best amateur players from the game…

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Mako Defeated Tennis Triumph for Grant New Orleans

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

Grant defeated Mako 6/0, 6/1, 6/2 in the final of the Sugar Bowl tournament In which all the American tennis champions competed…

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Big Tennis Quist Wins S.A. Championship Hopmam's Successes Adelaide

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

Adrian Quist, won the Slate singes championship to-day by defeating Len Sehwartz, 7-5. G-4, 6-4. The women's doubles played to-day…

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Boxing Tom Maguire Writes

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

Tom Maguire, boxing instructor of Hamilton, in a letter to the "Mercury" states that he is prepared to take boxers to Lithgow as opponents…

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Lithgow Bowls Visiting Rink Defeated

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

A Lithgow bowls team had a narrow win over a four comprising three Sydney and one Kyogle man, on Friday…

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Tennis. Good Racquets Cheap

Leader · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

Have you seen the good, re[?]able [?]—hand Tennis Frames, freshly str[?] with good gut, at PATTER [?] from 13/6 s[?] ?…

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Cricket to Club Secretaries

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 3

Secretaries of cricket teams taking part in the Bathurst and District competition are requested to send in their scores to the…

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Tennis Bathurstians in Front at Mudge

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

Boysie O'Connell. of Bathursl. on Sunday on the Mudgee Open Single Championship In line style. In the semi-final he defented the…

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Mudgee Tennis "Boysie" O'Connell Wins Singles

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

Mudgee open singles tennis championship was won by M. ("Boysie") O'Connell, of Bathurst. O'Connell, who was in excellent…

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Cricket

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 9

A cricket team from Illwarra visited the district during the Xmas holidays, and played a match on the local ground a local…

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Orange Races

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

FOR the race meeting at Orange on Saturday Captain Gore has been allotted top-weight (12.7) in the Corinthian Handicap. Fancy…

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Orange Races

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 4

MUDGEE-TRAINED horses were well to the fore at the Orange races on Monday and Tuesday. They had it all to themselves in…

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Swimming Tragedy Victim Well-known In Portland

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 6

Frederick Lancaster, 13, of Mount Victoria, was drowned at the Blackheath swimming pool. The body was found when Mr. W…

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Cricket to Club Secretaries

National Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

Secretaries of cricket teams taking part in the Bathurst and District competition are requested to send in their scores to the…

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