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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Sport

Sport, 1946

3,006 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 151

Big Cricket Victoria's Easy Win Over Services

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday: Following the dismissal of Keith Miller for 59, the remaining Services XI batsman crumbled under the…

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Week-end Bowls

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 4

Conditions were ideal when the first of this season's Parker trophy games were decided on Sunday. Our visitors from Blackheath…

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Orange Night Coursing Resumes on

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 4

With the lifting of al restrictions on the use of electricity, night coursing will be resumed at Orange on…

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Tennis Gradings Bromwich Heads List

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY Tuesday: John Bromwich heads the list of seedings for the Australian tenis singles championship at Adelaide on January 18. Next in line…

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New Cricket Clue Formed

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

Bathurst Railway Traffic Branch has formed a cricket team and will meet Loco on Sunday next at the Farm wicket. Players and…

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Cricket Self Help Defeats Police

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

Employees of the Self Help Stores and the Police locked horns at cricket on the Donnybrook wicket on Sunday, with Self Help gaining a…

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Spurways (Father and Son) Enliven Saturday’s Cricket Games

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

With one exception, the first matches of the new round in the Orange cricket competition seems to be developing according to expectations, the exception being the match between Nashdale and Mental, where a tense and poised…

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Western Racing News. Good Nominations for Millthorpe’s ‘Revival’ Race Meeting

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 4

Good nominations have been received for the Millthorpe Jockey Club’s “revival” meeting on Saturday. Orange winners, Near lime, Lustain and other good performers have been weighted…

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Russia Produces “Tennis Ball” Atom Bomb Makes U.S. Invention Obsolete London

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

The Russians last month produced an atomic bomb which rendered the British and American one almost obsolete according to Doctor Raphael Armattoe, noted scientist and Director of Lomeshie Research Center of Anthropology and…

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ATHLETICS High Hopes For Sprinter A. Rushworth

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 4

W. MacDonald was the most successful competitor at the meeting of the Lithgow Athletic club held on Sunday afternoon at the Recreation…

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Tennis

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 6

The Portland District Tennis Association will resume competitive play on Saturday, when the following teams will meet: -- Waratah v…

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Coursing Eight Fields for

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

Fields for the eight race meeting to be conducted by the Lithgow Hospital Greyhound Racing Club on Saturday afternoon are slightly…

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Tennis Club Revival

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

A meeting of Town Courts Tenn[?] Club members will held at the Club House on Wednesday. January 16 with the object of electing officers…

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[?]nant Bowls Bathurst Beats Blayney

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

In the second round of the A [?]ade pennant competition connected by the Western Districts [?]wling Association Bathurst…

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Tennis Resumption of Competitions

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 2

Although originally scheduled for this week-end the Lithgow District Tennis Association mixed competition will not resume until Saturday…

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No Racing at Canterbury Sydney

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

There will be no further racing at Canterbury for at least eight weeks, said the chairman of Sydney Turf Club (Mr. W. Hill) today…

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Cowra Races Attracting Wide Interest

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3

Programmes for the anniversary meeting of the Cowra Jockey Club on January [?]and [?] have been issued and [?]…

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Night Dog Racing No Early Resumption in Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Despite the fact that power restrictions have been lifted there is not likely to be ap early resumption of dog racing in…

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Sid Barnes Denies Cricket Rumor. Sydney

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

International cricketer Sid Barnes, said today that reports that be and W. J. O’Reilly had refused to go to New Zealand because of…

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Big Cricket New Zealand Tours Dissention Reports Denied

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Lindsay Hassett. captain of the Services team, said today his availability for the New Zealand tour would depend on…

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