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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1945

588 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 18 of 30

School Football

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 3

The semi-finals of the schools, football took place last Saturday, Brothers easily defeating Central 43-0, while St. John's accounted…

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Football Notes

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 3

Matches for the Gilbey Shield have created a keen interest among football fans of Binalong, Burrowa and Yass, and fact that the Shield…

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Rugby League : Notes and Comments by "Forward"

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 3

Saturday's match between Rovers and Crookwell had no bearing on the result of the competition, but it did not prevent these teams…

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Coursing Clubs May Find Ground for Common Action

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 5

SYDNEY: Greyhound owners and trainers who force clubs to cancel meetings because of a boycott arising…

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Tennis : Enthusiasm Defeated Wintry Conditions

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 2

Last Saturday tennis was played under very squally and wintry conditions but fortunately all matches were completed. It speaks well for the enthusiasm of the players when they continued playing during very heavy showers…

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Football Cootamundra Draw with Harden - Murrumburrah

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1945 · page 3

Cootamundra played a 11-all draw with Harden-Murrumtourrah on Roberts' park, on Sunday last. It was a thrilling contest, packed with…

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Bowls : Annual Meeting Notes and Week-End Game Comments

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 August 1945 · page 6

The 37th annual meeting has come and gone and another chapter in the long history of the club closed. An excellent attendance awaited with eagerness the reports on the finances and doings of the club generally,…

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A Bit of Sport Aborigine Sprinter — Race in Meehan Street — Push Bikes in Victoria Park —Cricket and Football

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 August 1945 · page 3

Yass, in the old days was a great town for sport, mostly of the athletic kind. This was largely due to the celebrations held annually by…

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Bathurst Coursing Differences

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 August 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY: An early test of strength between the newly formed western section of greyhound race clubs and the Owners and…

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Football Casualties

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 August 1945 · page 2

Football casualties kept ambulance officials busy over the weekend. While playing soccer, L. Hewitt broke his arm and K. Leccount…

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School Football Christian Brothers Premiers

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 2

By defeating St. John's Orphanage last Saturday morning, Christian Brothers won the 1945 School's…

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Football BY 13 to Nil A.G.H. Wins Final

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 5

In the final of the first grade competition, played at League Park, Goulburn, on Sunday last, 114th A.G.H…

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Tennis Tournament

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 2

A whirlwind tournament will take place at St. Augustine’s tennis courts on Sunday next. Afternoon tea will be provided.—…

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BOOKHAM Tennis Tournament

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 2

A most successful tournament was ’conducted on the local courts on Sunday last. Twelve pairs participated in the fixture which was…

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GOLF Ted Mackie Memorial

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 2

Nest Sunday a Stableford par foursome will be played for the “Ted Mackie Memorial,” a fine trophy presented to the Golf Club…

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Rugby League : Notes and Comments by "Forward"

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 2

The Goulburn League's 1945 competition—one of the most interesting and successful of Goulburn's football history as far as…

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Bowls: Rinks Were Overcrowded on Saturday Last

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 5

Rinks were overcrowded On Saturday for the first time this year, but being winter time and conditions not altogether ideal, it was a definite indication of the difficulty the committee is going to have in the spring and summer months of…

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FOOTBALL Binalong Wins Gilbey Shield

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 1

The match for the Gilbey Shield between Yass and Binalong attracted a good crowd to Victoria Park last Sunday. Mild weather and…

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Football Harden-murrumburrah Defeat Cootamundra

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 3

Harden-Murrumburrah defeated Cootamundra on the latter ground last Sunday by 15 points to 10…

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School Notes Murrumburrah Central School Junee Football Carnival

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 August 1945 · page 2

On Saturday, 4 th August, the Murrumburrah School junior football team journeyed to June to compete in the June Football Carnival…

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