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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1953

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Diggers’ Races—Best Ever Held

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 3

IN A REPORT to the president (Mr. H. H. Barber) and secretary (Mrs. Barbara Merriman), of last week’s…

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Ceylon Tennis

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 1

COLOMBO, Tuesday: A pakistani and an Indian combined yesterday to win the Ceylon men's doubles tennis title. The…

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Table Tennis

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 7

Railway Blues table tennis team, following its good win over R.S.L. last week, is expected to fully extend Rogers at Rogers…

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Tennis Player Injured

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 3

A 17-year-old carpenter, LesGuihot, of Taralga, yesterday fell down an embankment while playing tennis…

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Rugby News Cricket

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 4

After a very successful season, Rugby was defeated at Boorowa last Saturday by Rye Park in the somi-finals of the competition. The…

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Associate Golf

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 7

An opening day will be Held for associates on Wednesday next and the competition will be a nine-hole…

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Bede Fitzgibbon Again Secretary of Football Club

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 6

Despite his earlier refusals to accept reelection as secretary of the Taralga Football Club, Mr. Bede Fitzgibbon has been prevailed on to re-consider his decision and at the…

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Taralga and District News Myrtleville Mutterings Cricket

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 6

The Myrtleville school hoys played a team from the Taralga Convent school on Saturday afternoon last on the…

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Delegates' Reject Group 8 Instruction to Play Inter-town Football Officials Repeat Threats of Disqualification

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 3

Delegates representing all clubs affiliated with the Crookwell Rugby League rejected on Sunday last a Group 8 instruction that they field "A" grade and reserve grade teams…

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Railway Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 7

There was a good attendance of members last week-end at the Railway Bowling Club, once again taking advantage…

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Goulburn Golf

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 7

Goulburn Golf Club members will play in a stableford competition on Saturday and a fourball on Sunday…

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Tennis Titles

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 8

A host of metropolitan juniors will compete In the Central Southern Tennis Championships to be held here over Easter. It Is…

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Tennis Teams

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

Hume team to play Coolalie next Sunday, is: D. Davis, R. Burke, F. Comins, F. Pattinson, B. Puckett, G. Reid, Misses J…

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Table Tennis

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 7

Rogers' table tennis team, by downing Railway Blues, brought that team's winning sequence to an end on Tuesday night…

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Cherry & Alford Win Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 7

Anyone who wished to see a better game than that put up by Arthur Cherry and John Alford against Ted Acland and Harold Baxter in the minor pairs final on Sunday would definitely be hard to please…

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Season’s Final Swimming Carnival

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 1

Last Saturday night another successful carnival was held at the local baths. A large number attended but not as many as at…

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Dairay's Races

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Champion stay[?]n D[?]y again showed [?] of [?] as he trotted around the track at…

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Racing Man Ill

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 8

Sydney racing enthusiast, Mr. "Bulla" Franklin, who is known to Goulburn sportsmen, is seriously ill in a Sydney Hospital…

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BOWLS Match Against Canberra City

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

LAST SUNDAY President Bill Howe, of the Canberra City Bowling Club, with 23 bowlers, paid a social visit to the Yass Club…

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Rugby League Brian Horne for Goulburn

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 2

Goulburn Rugby League Club has engaged Eastern Suburbs centre as playing coach for the ensuing season at a fee of £14…

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