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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1937

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Lough Neagh In Stirring Finish Good Racing at Rosehill

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 1

The Queensland champion, Lough Neagh, returned to his best form in the Rawson Stakes at Rosehill to-day. Starting at 3 to [?] equal favorite with King's [?]ead, Lough Neagh, after a stirring struggle, defeated Sarcherie by a long head. King's Head, which…

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Bright League Cricket First Innings' Victory for Saints Drab Batting

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 1

A SOLID knock of 74 by Tom Brown was the bright spot in St. Peter's innings when they resumed their match against Ex-High at the…

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Mr. Cady Talks On Swimmers Football Season Approaching Clubs Have Held Annual Meetings

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 March 1937 · page 8

SHORTLY Broken Hill will bid farawell to its paramount summer sport—cricket—and enthusiastically welcome football, the exhilarating winter game which is so immensely popular here…

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Cricket League Finals

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2

At a meeting of the Cricket League to-inorrow night it will be decided on which grounds the A and B Grade finals will be played. St 'Peter's…

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Women's Cricket Semi-Final

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 2

Compiling a record' score ot 440 runs, Swimmers tightened their grip on the seml-final of the women's cricket against Raliway Towns yesterday,…

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Football League Meets To-morrow Night

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 March 1937 · page 1

A new chairman and commissioner will be elected at the annual meeting of the Broken Hill Football League to be held to-morrow night…

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Swimming Carnival

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 4

The High Sschol is busily engaged in preparing for the annual swimming carnival at the Baths on Thursday. An attractive programme' has been…

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Football League Meets To-night

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 March 1937 · page 4

Important discussions and decisions for the opening of the football season will take place at the Football League rooms to-night when the, League holds…

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Boxing Morgan and Leonard

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 2

Tod Morgan and Mick Leonard, who will be engaged in the main bout at the Stadium on Saturday night, pleased with their training…

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Preparing For Football Season Competition Games Open on May 1 Election of Chairman Is Deferred Till

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 March 1937 · page 4

DECISIONS to open the Football League competition on May 1; and to play 15 minor matches during the season in addition to a match between first and second teams of Broken Hill, were made last…

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Swimming Carnival for Hospital

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 5

To arrange a programme for the Hospital jubilee championship swimming carnival to be held at the Baths, the committee of the Silver City…

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Church Tennis

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Broken Hill Church "Tennis Association was concluded on Tuesday night. Several delegates sent apologies and were…

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Boxing Exhibitions To-night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 5

Tod Morgan, former, junior lightweight champion of the world, who is to meet Mick Leonard at the Stadium on Saturday night, will make…

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Golf Club Meeting Officers Elected

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the Broken Hill Golf Club was held at the Freemasons Hotel on Monday night. The report on the committee's…

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R. Towns and St. Peter's in Cricket Final Excellent Game Promised on Western Oval

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 March 1937 · page 2

RAILWAY TOWN and St. Peter's who played in the 1934-35 final of the Cricket League's competition will be opposed in this season's final to be played at the Western Oval on Saturday. Railway Town were victorious in that encounter, and while they…

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Swimming Races To-morrow

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 3

Following are the handicaps for tomorrow's Amateur Club race at the City Baths:- Boys' 55 Yards Freestyle.—Smith,…

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Interstate and Local Races; Cricket Final; Boxing; Tennis Cricket Premiership To-morrow Can Saints Break Through Unlucky Final Game?

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 5

Consistently good cricket, throughout the season has stamped St. Peter's as a team of high merit and their performances in the…

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Boxing Good Contests at Stadium

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 5

THE main, bout of 15 two-minute rounds at the Stadium to-morrow night between. Tod Morgan, former junior lightweight champion, of the…

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District Tennis Assn. Games

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 5

The first final of the B section of the District Tennis Association was played last week end between Marlorna and Central Catholic, resulting…

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No Income Tax on Winning Bets at Golf (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, March 18

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 3

ARCHIE COMPSTON, one of the best British golfing professionals, figured in a case in the Law Court to-day, when the judge decided that…

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