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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Sport

Sport, 1950

3,156 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 158

Country Week Tennis

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 6

Portland entered two teams in the Country Week tennis held at the White City Courts, Sydney, during the latter portion of last week…

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Week-end Bowls on Gulgong Green

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 16

In the first game in the Gulgong Bowling Club's fours championship last Saturday, Comer, Peck, Sturgress and Middlemiss had a lead of…

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Portland Golf Notes ("Pin-Hi")

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 6

The Portland Coote Shield team which met Katoomba at Lawson on Sunday, last were defeated by six matches to one, Joe Taylor being…

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Week-end Bowls on the Dunedoo Green

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 20

Two new members in Messrs. W. Conliffe and A. C. Davis, were introduced to the game of bowls at Dunedoo last week end…

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Match Races at Orange Cycling

Central Western Daily · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 12

Match races over one lap will be a feature of the Orange Cycle Club’s meeting at National Park on Sunday, when Orange and Bathurst teams will compete. The club has arranged a series…

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Country Week Tennis Bathurst Juniors Win

National Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Former country champion, Mrs. C. Walker of Orange today lost her quarter final match in the Women's Singles…

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Town Defeat Colts at Cricket

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 6

The long awaited local cricket derby between Kahdos Town and Colts fizzled out when the latter team failed to put up a fight last…

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Cricket Competition at Interesting Stage

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 16

On the completion of the first round in the Gulgong District Cricket Association's competition which ended on New Year's Day…

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General News Golf Club to Pay Cost

National Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

The Bathurst Golf Club is prepared to pay £20, the cost of the survey of the proposed new boundary at the links. Information to this effect…

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Week-end Golf on the Henbury Links

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 6

Owing to the warm week end weather, the fields at the Henbury Golf Links were smaller than usual…

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Fisher Fund Tops £100 MARK Cricket Assn. Donation

Central Western Daily · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 5

A donation of £3/3/- has been made by Orange District Cricket Association to the Tony Fisher Fund, which yesterday topped the £100 mark. The donation was made as the…

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New Year's Day Cricket on the Dunedoo Oval

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 20

Having decided that Dunedoo has long been lacking in a truly active representative cricket team, some of the local…

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Mudgee District Cricket Teams Easily Defeat Dubbo in Senior and Junior Matches; Low Scoring in Both Games

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 7

The Mudgee District Cricket Association first eleven defeated Dubbo by 71 runs on the first innings at Victoria Park on Sunday. Batting first, the home team…

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Sayers, Sharpe to Clash in 880 Athletic Meeting Tonight

Central Western Daily · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 12

A new record is expected to be established when Albert Sayers and Brian Sharpe clash in the 880 yards race at Orange Athletic Club’s meeting at Wade Park tonight. Sayers ran the half mile in…

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Tennis Notes

National Advocate · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 4

Entries for the Carillon City Championships close on January 24 and may be left at Rayner's Sports Deport or w[?] any member of the…

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Cricket Association Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 6

A request by Renown Club that an unplayed match be set down for early this year was referred by Wednesday night's Lithgow Cricket…

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Dramatic S.a. Cricket Collapse

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--South Australia collapsed sensationally when the Sheffield Shield match against New South Wales was…

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Small Profit by Cricket Association

Central Western Daily · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 12

A small profit had been made in the first half of the 1949-50 cricket season, Mr. R. Heaney, treasurer of the orange Cricket…

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Parkes Bowls Team

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 4

PARKES, Friday: The Parkes bowls team selected to represent Australia a[?] he forthcoming Empire Games, is this week end to play in…

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Football Meeting

National Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

It is expected that the annual report of the Bathurst Rugby League Vill reveal that the most successful season in postwar years was…

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