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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1946

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FOOTBALL Taralga Defeated

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 4

On Sunday last a Crookwell team met and easily defeated Taralga, final scores being 249 in Crookwell's favour…

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Rugby Honours Her Warriors Fifty-one Share Cash Gifts Totalling £400

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 6

Friday last was a red-letter day in the history of Rugby, when approximately five hundred packed into the flag-bedecked hall to accord an enthusiastic, welcome to district ex-service men and women, of whom…

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Bowls Singles' Championship

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 3

In defeating Jack Coddington 31 to 28 dn the semi-final of the Singles Championship, Fred Kelly has entered the final in which he will play…

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FOOTBALL Yass Defeats Gunning

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 1

On Sunday last Yass journeyed [?] Gunning to play that team the first match of the season. Several Yass football fans made the trip in…

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Golf Murrumburrah Club Opens the Season

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 2

Murrumburrah Golf Club held a most successful and enjoyable opening day on its picturesque links on Sunday last, Besides a large…

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Football Offer of £150 Refused

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 4

Selected to represent Country against City at the weekend, George Grills, Captain's Flat lock forward and…

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Football Cootamundra Defeats Harden Murrumburrah

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 3

After leading 10-nil at half-timie, Cootamundra defeated Harden-Murrumburrah, on Fisher Park on Sunday, by 15 points to 12…

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Rugby

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 3

Mrs. T. Burns, of Goulburn, accompanied by her grand-daughter, Pauline, was at Rugby for the recent welcome home to ex-Servico personnel, and was the guest…

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Boxing

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 1

Most of the bouts, next Tuesday night in St. Patrick's Hall will be by the boys of St. John's Orphanage, who have been…

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Bigga Races Skibberine Lands Double

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 3

The Binda Race Club's meeting on Easter Monday attracted a large attendance. Weather conditions were idea, and the…

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"Best Yet Staged" This Year's Flower Show at Rugby

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 3

The annual Rugby Flower Show this year was voted of the best yet staged in the district: With high quality entries in all sections, the judges were set no easy task in deciding the winners…

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Canberra and Goulburn to Fight Out Bowls Pennant: Sunday's Big Game

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 6

The curtain on the play for the 1945-46 A Grand Pennants will ring down on Sunday next at Queanbeyan, for there, weather permitting, Goulburn will play Canberra City for the coveted honour…

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What Is Wrong with Rugby League in Goulburn? Some Candid All Round Comment

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

Is football in Goulburn dying? Over the past week I have asked about a dozen or so football enthusiasts in Goulburn this question and in every case have received answers which were obviously promoted by, the belief that…

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Boorowa Takes Cricket Final Wombat Defeated at Young

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

The somewhat drawn-out cricket final came to a finish, at Young on Sunday last, with Boorowa taking the honors by a margin of 139 runs. Wombat, the opposing team, suffered a collapse in…

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Tennis Notes: Inter-Town Match To Be Played In Goulburn Next

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

The recend match in round 1 of the Winter Tennis Competition was played last Saturday afternoon, when Ideal weather prevailed. All matches wer keenly contested, and in several cases the last set played was the…

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Local and General Bowls

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 May 1946 · page 2

The rink competition yesterday afternoon was won by Hickey (s.), Mudge and Coleman, who won the three rounds…

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SIDELIGHTS Easter Tennis Tournament

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 May 1946 · page 4

Post-mortems are generally rather objectionable, but in the rush and bustle of the recent tennis tournament many points which deserve…

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Football Queanbeyan Defeats Yass Addison Outstanding

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 6 May 1946 · page 2

In a very fast open game of football Queanbeyan defeated Yass by 37 points to 8 on Victoria Park Oval yesterday…

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Citizens Tennis Cup Back In Play After 20 Years: Trophy To A.C.T.

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 3

Play for the Citizen Cup a particularly attractive tennis trophy was revived on Sunday after a lapse of 20 lapse of 20 years the opening meter resulting in a win for Canberra over Goulburn by six-rubbers to three…

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Goulburn Golf Club

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 1

Several important matters from [?] golfing point of view were dead with at the meeting of the Goulburn Golf Club committee at its…

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