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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Sport

Sport, 1940

2,843 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 143

Cricket

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

Attempts were made to arrange a cricket match for New Year's Day, but without success. A number of players had a good practice…

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Tennis Racquets

Leader · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

Just hundred new model Five Star Blue Moon Alexander Tennis Ra[?]. [?] Call and see it at Patterson’s…

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Great Tennis

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

CONGRATULATIONS to the Mudgee Shenstone team on the success achieved in Country Week tennis in Sydney. The team…

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Cricket Meeting

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

THE usual monthly meeting of the Mudgee District Cricket Association will be held at the Mechanics' Institute to-night at 8…

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Cricket at Gulgong

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

THE following Mudgee cricket team will journey to Gulgong on Sunday next and play a Gulgong Association team: V. Whale, D…

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Sporting. Boxing. Baker Outpointed. Brisbane

Leader · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

Don Slott[?] (8.13) outpointed Edd[?] Baker (9.0) at the Boh[?]la Stadium last night, the Bohemia Stadium last night, after a hard fight…

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Pennant Bowls Wellington Defeated at Mudgee

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

BOTH the Wellington A and B teams journeyed to Mudgee on New Year's Day to play their pennant games. The Mudgee players…

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Swimming. Bathurst Club’s Visit. Orange Boys Show Paces

Leader · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

Yesterday marked the return [?] [?] to the local club of the Bathurst And[?] Swimming Club, which as its [?] of about 20 [?]…

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Cricket Resume Bowlers on Top First Hat Trick

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 5

OVER the week end competition batsmen had the worst end of the stick when bowlers were particularly "cranky." In…

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I.o.o.f. Races Sure Sign of Rain

Leader · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

If Orange sportsmen had remembered that heavy rain had fallen on days the I.O.O.F. Race Club had conducted its…

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Cricket Rain Interfered. In O.D.C.A. Competition

Leader · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

Heavy rain caused the abandonment of the cricket match between March and Mental Hospital on Saturday…

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Cricket Heavy Rain Causes Postponement Loco Take Outright; Iona Have Win

National Advocate · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 3

Overcast conditions and threatening rain early in the afternoon only allowed a small margin of play in the Bathurst…

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Grouse Beat Small Field. I.O.O.F. Races. Rain Marred Attendance

Leader · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

Grouse, Mr. A. E. Gosper’s well-known grey, found the heavy track to its liking in the principal race at the I.O.O.F…

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Best in Years. O.J.C. New Year Races. Profit of £310 Shown

Leader · Monday 8 January 1940 · page 4

“From a financial and racing point of view, the New Year meeting of the Orange Jockey Club was the best in years,”…

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BOXING Richards-Henneberry Fight Hitch Difficulties Settled Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 2

The manager of the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane stadiums to-day conferred with the managers of Ron Richards, the Australian…

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Light Car Races at Easter

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 2

Despite positive assurances by the N.S.W. Light Car Club on the occasion of the Six-Hours Day race over Mt. Panorama, there have been…

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Big Tennis Grant Defeats Riggs TAMPA (Florida)

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 1

"Bitsy" Grant defeated Riggs [?] [?] 6 1. 1/6, 6/3 winning the D[?] tournament singles for the third successive time…

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Associates Golf Competition to Start At End of February

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 3

There [?] Golf Club [?] and [?] little [?] expected that a…

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Sporting Notes Cricket Extraordinary Six Wickets; 1 Run

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 3

Six Queensland wickets fell for one run in the Sheffield Shield cricket match against South Australia on Monday. Four Queenslanders were…

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Sunday Arrests Hotel Premises Cricket Match at South Bowenfels

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 January 1940 · page 3

Edward Fife Paul, licensee of the Royal Hotel, South Bowenfels, was at Lithgow court yesterday fined £2, with 8- costs, for being the licensee…

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