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Broken Hill & the Far West · Sport

Sport, 1950

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GOLF Gossip

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 6

The official opening of the winter season for the Broken Hill Golf Club will probably be on the last Sunday In March and the club is looking forward to having…

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Sunday Football

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Sunday Football Association will be held on Saturday at the Federal Palace Hotel. Delegates from all…

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Golf Season Plans

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 3

The official opening of the winter season for the Broken Hill Golf Club will most probably be the last Sunday in March. Under the secretary-manager (Mr. W. Robertson) great improvement can be seen on the…

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Sunday Football Association

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 6

A meeting of the above will be held on Saturday to discuss details of the 1950 season. This meeting will be a double event, firstly, an annual…

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Football Season To Open On April 29

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 2

The 1949 season was reported at last night's annual meeting of the Football League to have established a record. The new season will be commenced on April 29. The league secretary, (Mr. Ron…

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League Football Starts On April 29 Annual Meeting Last Night

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 1

At its annual meeting last night the Football League set the starting date of the football season as April 29. Clubs will participate in fifteen…

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Zinc Athletic Club

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 15 February 1950 · page 6

The initial run of the Zinc Athletic Club was to be held next Sunday, but the North and Zinc Mine teams the oval for a staff cricket match between…

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Intermine Tennis

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 5

Nominations are open to teams to participate in the A and B grade sections of the Inter-mine Tennis Association's 1950 competitions,…

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Inter-mine Tennis

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 February 1950 · page 6

A and. B Grade teams qualified to enter the season's competitions are requested to submit teams to the secretary before 10 a.m. on Saturday,…

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Racing Corrections

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 6

The Kyneton Encourage Handicap, run on Wednesday, was a dead-heat for first place between Thurten and Jovial. The price quoted for Autumn Lass in…

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Interesting Cricket Tomorrow

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 5

Following some unexpected developments last week in the League Cricket matches, the concluding day's play tomorrow should provide…

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Keen Cricket In League Games

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1950 · page 6

Cricket enthusiasts should see interesting finishes to League matches tomorrow, with A.S.C. in line for an outright win against Marist Bros. Two centuries were scored in A Grade last…

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Dog Races Off Again

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 4

The meeting arranged by the Greyhound Racing Club for the Turf Oval tonight has been cancelled because of a faulty driving…

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Stop Press League Cricket

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 February 1950 · page 8

Ex-High, total 91 (Thoma s [?], Crace 38, Orum 14, Casey 1 Warren 13, Johnston 4; Byers 1, Grose 4, Fvie 2, Casey 7, Evitts 0;…

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Rugby Football

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Public Service Rugby Union Football Club will be held at the Fire Station at 8 o'clock tonight…

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Boxing and Wrestling

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

Sydney, February 19.—Pat Meeban 230 lb. was disqualified in his wrestling match with Ted Christy 233 lb. at Leichhardt Stadium last night for…

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New Australian Swimming Record

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

Sydney, February 19.—West Australian' swimmer Garrick Agnew clipped 2.6 sees off the Australian record in finishing first in the N.S.W. 440 yards…

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League Cricket

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 8

As a result of their outright win against Ex-High on Saturday, St. Peters now share too place on the Cricket League's premiership…

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Sunday Cricket

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 8

N.S.W. Railway Crystal Street Club versus Scorpion Sporting Club Menindee. N.S.W. Railway, 284 (S. Fordham 77, J. Robertson…

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Cricket in India

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

Madras. February 19. —India had scored 5/185 at stumps on the second day of play in the Fifth "Test" against the Commonwealth team. Thirty…

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