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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1954

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Teachers Win Tennis Division

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

In the final of division two of the summer tennis competition, played on Saturday, St. Nicholas' defeated Teachers, 5 sets, 38…

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Police Guard for Test Cricket in Indies

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 8

GEORGETOWN, Monday (A.A.P): A police riot squad will stand by, and police strength will be doubled, when play is resumed later to-day in the Third Test between England and the West Indies…

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Cricket Gift to Hospital

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 6

Goulburn Cricket Association last night donated £10/10/ to the Kenmore Hospital Patients'. Welfare…

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Group Eight Meeting At Queanbeyan Inter-club Football

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 6

At a meeting of representatives of Group Eight at Queanbeyan on Sunday, it was decided to uphold the decision of a C.R.L. sponsored meeting last year to replace inter-town competition by zonal inter-club competition,…

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Associate Golf

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 2

Seven associates competed in the stableford handicap played over 18 holes on the local links on Wednesday afternoon last and…

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Empire Boxing Board

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday: First meeting of the proposed Empire Boxing Board Committee is expected to be held in London in…

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Taralga Tennis

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

At a meeting of twelve delegates representing the six clubs taking part in the Taralga district tennis competition it was…

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Tennis Improvements

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association last night decided to increase permanent seat accomodation at White City by…

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Myrtleville Mutterings Cricket

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

The local team suffered an outright defeat in their competition match against East Goulburn which was completed on Saturday last…

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Improvement Obvious at Annual School Swimming Carnival

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

The improvement which automatically follows regular training, and coaching was most obvious at the fifth annual swimming carnival promoted by the District Rural School at the…

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Picnic Races To-morrow

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

Visitors from Sydney and many country districts are expected to attend Goulburn Polo and Picnic Race Club's meeting…

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District Tennis Tournament At Week-end

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 6

Entries for the annual district tennis championships which closed lost night are well above the average and if the weather is…

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Keen Tussles In Goulburn Cricket

Goulburn Evening Post · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

A keen tussle is taking place in both grades of Goulburn Cricket Association's 1953-54 competition, with a number of teams fighting for semi-final positions. In first grade, Collector cannot…

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Minor Premiers Defeated In Tennis Semi-Final Grand Final Now Strong Possibility

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 10

The minor premier in the "A" grade section of the district tennis competition, Biala, suffered a surprise…

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Low Scoring Feature of Week-end Cricket Leading Teams Have Easy Wins

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 3

Low scares by the defeated teams and, easy victories for the leading teams of both competitions featured the cricket matches played over the week-end and with the third and…

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Bill Moffat Plays Excellent Golf to Win Summer Competition 5 Points Separates First 5 Players

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 7

Present holder of the local Golf Club's championship, Bill Moffat, turned on some brilliant golf in the second nine holes on Saturday afternoon last to jump from fourth…

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Railway Bowls

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 2

On Sunday last all rinks were occupied when a further series of Pennant matches were decided. Queanbeyan…

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Goulburn Golf

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 7

An open foutball best ball stableford event will be played at Goulburn Golf Club on Sunday. Saturday's event will be…

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Golf Notes

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 2

Competitions were played last Saturday and Sunday afternoons. An individual Stableford event on Saturday resulted in a win for…

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Cricket

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 7

Great interest is being shown in next Sunday’s match between Jesters and Blakney Creek in the grand final of this season’s Triggs…

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