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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1952

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To-day's Cricket

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 3

Goulburn V Canberra cup cricket matches commenced in Goulburn at 10.30 to-day. The senior match for the…

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Sport News Eric Weissel Shines In Wagga Cricket : Bombshell For Surfers

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 1 January 1952 · page 1

Eric Weissel, former international Rugby League player, has changed his vocation in sport and is now a star for the Wagga cricket team. In a match between Wagga and Cootamundra recently, Welssel played a major part in the Wagga…

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Racing Atlantic Ocean Ten Jump Overboard, But Captain Stays On Ship

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 2 January 1952 · page 3

LONDON: Five women and one boy were among ten passengers who had to jump overboard from the storm-smashed American freighter, Flying Enterprise into the worst Atlantic sea for half a century. Lifeboats from rescue ships…

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Goulburn Golf

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 6

Goulburn Golf Club members will play stroke competition on Saturday, with the usual four ball event on Sunday…

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Deciding Bowls Singles Title

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 6

With the singles championship nearing finality, interest in the event is mounting at Goulburn Bowling Club. In the last matches, cannon…

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Ritz Tennis Films

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 3

Featured at the Ritz Theatre for a full Week, commencing tomorrow will be a newsreel covering the Davis Cup matches,…

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Canberra Move for a New Swimming Pool

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 5

CANBERRA Advisory Council will press for the allocation of funds to construct an olympic sized standard swimming pool on…

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Sport News Cricket Will Benefit From Royal Tour: Americans And M. Rose

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 3 January 1952 · page 6

Goulburn cricketers who had trouble in a Burns Cup match on Sunday, when balls. crashed through a battered boundary fence it the Sportsground into long grass should . be assured of good conditions next season…

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Mid-week Races in February

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 6

Southern Highlands Jockey Club Secretary , Mr. Gordon Millsom, to-day announced details for a…

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Country Week Tennis Delay

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY: Heavy rain yesterday and last night caused the postponement of the first round of Country Week…

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Sport News Country Week Tennis At White City: Local Riders' Inter-Town Visits

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 6

Goulburn will be represented at the Country Week tennis carnival at White City this month by four players under the age of 21 years. It will be Goulburn's first junior representation since pre war years…

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Cricket Visit by Manly Ruled Out

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 6

Goulburn District Cricket Association last night rejected an offer by Manly cricket team, including four players with East or Sheffield Shield experience, to visit Goulburn at Easter…

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BOWLS Pennants Matches Postponed

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 2

The final round of pennants, which were to have been played lust Sunday were, owing to the reavy rain, postponed to a later…

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Thomson Leads in Big Golf

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 9 January 1952 · page 5

JOHANNESBURG: Peter Thomson, Australian and New Zealand open golf champion, led the field with…

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Country Tennis

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 6

The fortune of Goulburn tennis teams at the Country Week carnival fluctuated yesterday. In division A, section 3,…

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Tully Park Golf

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 2

Competition events will be conducted at Tully Park Golf course on Saturday and Sunday. A choice nine event will be held…

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Tennis Titles Soon

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 6

Keen interest is being displayed in this year's Goulburn tennis championships and many players are well on the…

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Final of Bowls on

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 6

The final of the Goulburn Bowling Club singles championship will be played next Saturday. The draw for the coveted honour is Cannon v Duddle…

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Vic. Football in Sydney

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 6

Four Australian capital cities may see Victorian Football League clubs play games for premiership points midway through the…

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Sport News R.S.L. Cricket Team Has A "Reputation" : Tarlo River Prospects

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 10 January 1952 · page 6

R.S.L. first grade cricket team must have established an all-time record for quick collapses. on the Kenmore ground. In the first round match…

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