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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1954

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Tennis Fixtures

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 6

Dates have been set for two important local tennis fixtures. The Church Rec, annual tournament will be held over…

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Local "Sports Gallery" Rugby League Ended Badly

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 5

Perhaps the saddest picture in the Goulburn district's "sports gallery' for the year 1953 was that of the Rugby League competition. What started as one of the…

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World's Oddest Boxing Bouts

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 8

Siam's free swinging, dancing style of boxing, where a crafty kick draws applause and a sharp elbow jolt is better than an upper-cut any day, is high on the list of things we must see" for sports-loving visitors to Thailand…

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Break From Tennis

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Tuesday: Lewis Hoad, who goes into Ingleburn camp for his National Service training next Monday, will give…

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Local "Sports Gallery" New Cricket Landmark Has Been Established

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 8

Concluding the 1953 "Gallery of Sport, " the spotlight in to-day's feature is focussed mainly on cricket. The highlight of the year in local cricket was undoubtedly…

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Railway Bowls Notes

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

Inclement weather and the holiday restricted bowling at the Railway Club last week-end…

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Goulburn Golf Club

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 8

Competitions arranged by Goulburn Golf Club for the week-end include a single par on Saturday and a four ball,…

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Country Tennis Carnival Postponed

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 8

Owing to the Australian tennis championships being played at While City later this month, the 1954 country carnival has…

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Tennis Exhibition Announcement To Be Made Soon

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 8

An announcement will be made before the end of this month regarding the possibility of staging an exhibition in Goulburn featuring Davis Cup stars…

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Safer Swimming

Boorowa News · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 2

Here are some rules which may well be remembered for safer swimming this summer. Don't dive into any…

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Swimming Championships Here

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 8

State women's breast stroke champion, betty sykes, will participate in Goulburn Amateur Swimming Club's…

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Tennis "Giants" Arrive Here

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 11 January 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY Minday: Two of the world's tallest tennis players arrived in Sydney to-day in the mixed South…

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Yass Golf Club Clip Sold

Yass Tribune-Courier · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. wired yesterday: We sold 11,000 bales at auction and privately at our Sydney sale today. Good…

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Arrest at Mollynook Golf House

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 8

MILTON, Monday: Police from No. 21 Division, Sydney, yesterday arrested an man in the Mollynook golf clubhouse, three…

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R.s.l. Cricket Records

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 12 January 1954 · page 8

R.S.L. first grade cricketers created several postwar records for Goulburn cricket in their match…

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Swimming Classes Under Way

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 8

Despite the cold weather, more than 150 Goulburn children have enrolled in the Education Department's…

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Tennis at Taralga

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 2

The newly-formed tennis club from Burra Lake played a match at Taralga on Saturday, and a most enjiyable day was spent…

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GOLF Several Handicaps Reduced

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 6

There were some exceptionally fine card, returned in the stroke handicap competition, played on the local links on Saturday last…

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BOWLS Finals of Singles Championship

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 6

During the past three weeks over the holiday period members took every opportunity to use the green and many visitors…

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Mid-week Races

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 13 January 1954 · page 8

The Sydney Turf Club yesterday announced dates, for Wednesday mid-week meetings ot be held this year…

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