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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Sport

Sport, 1954

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Week-end Tennis

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

Team to represent St. Augustine’s Club against Jerrawa this Sunday on the former’s courts at 9.30 a.m. is: Men: W. Murphy,…

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Marathon Bowls Win To O'Brien

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 6

Perfect weather prevailed over the week-end, in striking contrast to the previous week-end, when A and B pennants travelled to Canberra and were washed out. The highlight of last week…

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Eleven Teams In Table Tennis

Goulburn Evening Post · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 8

Eleven teams have entered for the 1954 Goulburn table tennis competition, which commences next Monday night…

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Bowls Notes

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 7

Goulburn Bowling Club will be represented at the official opening of Canberra City Club on Saturday…

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Rugby Resident's Nasty Accident

Boorowa News · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

Mr. Reg. Gorham, of "Hillview," Rugby, had the misfortune to meet with a nasty accident at his home last…

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Tennis Off

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 8

A tennis exhibition featuring Lewis Hoad, which was to have been played at Goulburn on Sunday, has been…

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Football Notes

Boorowa News · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 6

Another new player to Young is Ted Johnson, a 20-years-old hooker from Port Kembla. His team last year was the South…

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Records Broken at School Swimming Carnival

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 7

Thirteen records were broken at Goulburn High School annual swimming carnival at the City Baths…

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26 Keenly Contested Boxing Bouts £116 Takings For Night

Boorowa News · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 2

Last Friday nights' schoolboys' boxing tournament staged in the Recreation Reserve provided entertainment and thrills equal to the tournament held last year as 26 keenly contested bouts were staged without delay during…

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Local Tennis Players Do Well At Country Week

Boorowa News · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

Four Boorowa players who entered the Country Week Tennis Competitions in Sydney recently did exceptionally well. They were Greg Carmody…

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Governor-general's Visit to Races "Springfield" Meeting

Goulburn Evening Post · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

The Governor-General, Sir William Slim, and Lady Slim, yesterday did an informal visit to Goulburn Polo and Picnic. Race Club's fifth annual meeting at the "Springfield" course. They attended at the…

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Southern Swimming

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 8

Swimming is becoming more and more popular in Australia as each week passes and it certainly is being kept in the news…

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Sporting News Local Round-up Inter-Club Junior Golf: Swimming: Night Trots

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 8

It is likely that inter-club junior pennant competitions will be staged between teams from the Goulburn Golf Club and Sydney's Carnavon Club. Negotiations for the…

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Week-end Tennis

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

Players to represent St. Clement’s in the competition tennis this Saturday are: A grade, M. Croker, K. Burden, Mrs. Styles,…

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Races for Flood Appeal

Goulburn Evening Post · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 6

Representatives of the A.J.C. and S.T.C. will discuss plans this afternoon for a special race meeting at Randwick to aid the…

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Golf Notes (By “Out of Bounds”)

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 3

It is very disappointing that one of our Yass Golf Club stalwarts, Mr. Frank Dabbs will be leaving us shortly. Frank has…

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Blakney Creek Has Win at Cricket

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

In the final of the Triggs’ Shield competition played at Gunning, Blakney Creek defeated Bookham by 245 runs to 163,…

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High Standard of Play in Hume Tennis Tournament Finals

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 2

In ideal weather and with the courts in perfect condition the finals of the Hume Tennis Club’s annual tournament were played yesterday and hundreds of spectators watched both morning and afternoon…

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Fine Football in Opening Game

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 8

Exceptionally good football was turned on under hot conditions at Goulburn on Sunday, when the 1954 season opened with p match between Goulburn Rovers and Moss Vale Group 6 representative side…

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Races to Aid Flood Area

Goulburn Evening Post · Tuesday 9 March 1954 · page 5

A meeting of racing men at the A.J.C. office yesterday decided to hold a race meeting at Randwick on Wednesday, March…

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