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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Sport

Sport, 1936

137 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 7 of 7

Annual "Smoko" Racing Pigeon Societies Richmond and Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 November 1936 · page 5

THE Richmond and Windsor Racing Pigeon Clubs held their annual "smoko" and presentation evening in the Richmond School of Arts on Saturday night, 7th instant. About…

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Cricket Notes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 4

FOR a number of years it has been notice able in district cricket that our captains' tactics rarely, if ever, depart from the strictly orthodox. In placing the field…

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Batsmen Do Best Four Centuries in District Cricket Ron. Brown, Alf. Hession, Mason & Alwyn Tuckerman Oakville Cs Record Opening Partnership of 253

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1936 · page 15

THE fifth series of matches in the first round of the Hawkesbury district cricket competition commenced in fine weather on Saturday, some interesting games being played. In most fixtures, batsmen had the best of the argument, Sackville and Bendigo in the A Grade batting all day against Wilberforce and…

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Cricket

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 4

To represent Don't Worry (B Grade) against Windsor this Saturday:—W. Molloy, M. Molloy, R. Davis, A. Chandler, Jk. Dunn, Jim Dunn, D. Butler, N. Ritchie, D…

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Cricket Notes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 16

AT this stage, of the season an interesting battle is being waged between Fred. Burden, of Oakville, and "Sago" Brown, of Bendigo, for the honor of securing the…

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Cricket Association Management Committee Meeting Manager's Country Week Report

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 6

THE regular monthly meeting of the management committee of the Hawkesbury District Cricket Association was held at the School of Arts, Windsor, on Saturday, 21st…

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Official Switching-on of Lights for Night Tennis in Windsor See Page 14. Important Event Night Tennis Presbyterian Enterprise Switching-on of Lights Mayor Performs Ceremony

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 1

AN important event in the progress and development of Windsor took place on Saturday evening last, November 28, when his Worship the…

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Cricket Notes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 16

AS I've said on many occasions previously, the objective of the Association's controlling officials when arranging fixtures for district sides should be the staging of…

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Slashing Cricket! 160 Runs in Boundaries

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 15

PLAYING for Kurrajong Heights in the A Reserve against Kurrajong on Saturday, A. Poole, in his score of 183, collected 34 fourers and four sixers, a total of 160 runs in boundaries…

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Big Score Sackville Against the R.a.a.f. Batsman Do Best in Hawkesbuy Cricket A. Poole's Century—183—for Kurrajong Heights

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 15

THE sixth series of matches in the first round of the A, B and C Grades, and the first series in the second round of the A Reserve, in the Hawkesbury cricket competitions, was commenced in fine weather on Saturday. In the A Grade, Sackville hit up the big score of 339 against the R.A.A.F., and Wilberforce scored 275…

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Cricket Notes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 16

IF one could judge by the arrangement of the batting order of the district side during the recent Country Week Carnival, it seemed obvious that "Snowy" Smith had…

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Holiday Cricket Hawkesbury Teams Selected

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 16

The following teams have been selected to represent the Hawkesbury District Cricket Association in inter-district matches during the forthcoming holidays…

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Swimming Club (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 3

Sir,—An article appearing in a recent issue of your paper (Safeguarding Swimmers —Local Precautions Necessary) suggests that the local swimming club be reformed…

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Cricket Notes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 12

IT is pleasing to be able to write that as far as the encouragement of youth is concerned the H.D.C.A. selectors' efforts in choosing representative sides for the…

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Pigeon Racing Windsor Society's Activities

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 4

AT the annual meeting of the above club the following officials were elected for the forthcoming season:— Chairman, Mr. R. Hayes; vice-presidents, Major Edwards,…

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Motor Boat Racing Upper Hawkesbury Club

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 2

Rain considerably shortened the day's programme of events on Sunday, December 13, allowing the running of three races, which resulted as follows:— Event No. 1.—No. 2…

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Tennis Trophies Presented at Richmond Association's Annual Social

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 14

FOR the purpose of presenting the silver cups and trophies won by the various clubs in the grade games and by the individual players in the championships and…

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