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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1942

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BOXING Goulburn Contests

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 3

To-morrow night, in the Liedertafel Hall, Goulburn sportsmen will be provided with a liberal programme of boxing contests. There will be seven…

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Tennis Party at Burrawinda

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 5

Burrawinda tennis courts were the scene of a very enable outing on Sunday last, when a tennis party, for the…

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Bowls Singles Championship

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Play in the Singles Championship of the Harden Bowling Club is now in full swing, and some excellent matches have taken place…

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Bowls Notes Championship Singles

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 5

Quite, a number of championship games have now been played, and, ofcourse, the "season's hopes" sere and there have been laid low, write that…

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MURRUMBATEMAN Successful Tennis Tournament

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 2

Although the south-easterly wind made out of doors very unpleasant tennis players turned up well at the annual tennis tournament on the Mur…

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PAPWORTH v BELL To-night's Boxing Bouts

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

Cliff Papworth (Goulburn) and Don Bell (Yass), opponents in five previous encounters, will provide the main attraction at the police boxing…

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Easter Tennis Carnival Starts To-morrow

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 2

The Easter tennis carnival at the Hume Tennis Club will commence to-morrow, Good Friday, at 9 a.m., when play in the women’s doubles…

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Rugby District Welfare Fund

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

A public meeting of the members' of the above will be help in the Rugby Ball on Saturday night next, 4th April. A motion by Mr. Weaver…

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Rugby League Brawl

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 1

Supporters of North Sydney and South Sydney Rugby league football team were involved in a fight at North Sydney Oval on Saturday afternoon…

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Easter Tennis Tournament Boisterous Weather And Few Entries

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 4

Owing to wartime conditions few entries were received for the Goulburn Lawn Tennis Association's Easter tournament held over the…

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Patriotic Races

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 5

Success seems to be assured for the Binda patriotic races and sports to be held on the Funny Hill course next…

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Bowls Singles Championship

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 4

The Singles Championship of the Harden Bowling Club was advanced another stage at the week-end, when some keenly fought games were…

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Tennis Notes Easter Tournament

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 5

The G.D.L.T.A.'s Easter Tournament this year took the form of handicap events. Championships were not played owing to the fact that…

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Gunning News Swimming Pool Council as Trustees

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 4

The swimming pool was again discussed at the Gunning Shire Council meeting recently. A report from the Public Health Department stated that…

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No Football at Dubbo

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 2

The secretary of the Dubbo Rugby League (Mr. M. A. O'Neill) on Monday informed "The Liberal" that arrangements were being made to hold…

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Easter Tennis Hume Club Carnival Limited Programme

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 2

Of a necessity the Easter tennis carnival of the Hume Lawn Tennis Club was limited this year to a series of American…

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Football Group 9 Will Not Function This Season

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 4

In ordinary circumstances the Harden Murrumburrah Rugby League and other clubs in Group Nine would have been well on the way ere this…

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Murrumburrah Golf Club Associates' Annual Meeting Miss Kendall Re-elected President

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 4

The Annual Meeting of the Associates of the Murrumburrah Golf Club was held on the 2nd April. There was a very good attendance…

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Bowls Notes Club Suffers Loss

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 10 April 1942 · page 1

The death of William Newton, a most popular member of the club has cast a gloom over the members generally. Usually referred to in…

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Goulburn Tennis Easter Tourney Concluded

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 13 April 1942 · page 1

Perfect weather prevailed for the final play in the Goulburn Tennis Association's 1942 Easter tournament, concluded yesterday afternoon…

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