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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Sport

Sport, 1927

1,222 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 45 of 62

Bowls Jasprizza and Alford Cups

Cowra Free Press · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 5

At Cowra on Sunday test, a conference of representatives from Grenfell, Cowra and Young, met to discuss and arrange the conditions attaching to…

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Golf Some “Dont’s.”

Cowra Free Press · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 7

Don’t let your head move when making a shot. Don’t letter on the fairway. Don’t start counting up your strokes…

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Football Benefit For District Hospital

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 1

A special general meeting of Our Boys Rugby League (Wyalong) to which the public were invited, was held last Tuesday evening, to discuss…

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Our District Page Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed Caragabal Tennis

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 3

Piney Range played Wests on the home courts on Sunday last, the latter being defeated by 30 games. FOOTBALL…

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Are There Tetanus Germs on Our Football Ground? Two Players Suffering From Blood - Poisoning, Dr. Rutherford’s Serious View

Cowra Free Press · Friday 12 August 1927 · page 8

Thus the Burrowa “News”:— At the Council meeting on Thursday evening Dr. Rutherford attended and also forwarded a letter stating…

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Some Golf Dont's

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 1

Don't let your head move when making a shot. Don't loiter 011 the fairway. Don't start counting up your strokes…

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Local News Grenfell Golf Club

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 15 August 1927 · page 2

Apart from the club championship, the most important and interesting event of the season is the King George Cup competition. This…

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Golf

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

This week’s competition will take the form of a choice score, and will be played on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. The trophy is the…

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Coursing Meeting Abandoned

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 5

For the first time during the existing dry season, the Forbes Coursing Club has been forced to abandon its meeting set down for to-morrow. Clubs…

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Tennis

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

The following team will play Back Creek at Back Creek on Sunday, 21st inst. Play to commence at 11 a.m.: Messrs. H. Dunlop, C. Mitchell, W…

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Golf Defined

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 5

Golf is what letter carrying, ditch digging and carpet beating would be if those three tasks had to be performed on the same hot afternoon in…

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Sporting Football

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 3

The Pioneer first and reserve grade teams went hunting for cups on Sunday, but in each instance came home empty handed. Playing for the…

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English Cricket

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 2

In England, the New Zealand cricketers beat Derby by an innings and 240 runs…

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Football Big Matches Coming

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 1

Big football is promised West Wyalong during the ensuing few weeks, which no doubt, be keenly awaited by lovers of the fine healthy sport…

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Tennis News the Hawke Shield

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 August 1927 · page 5

Some time ago a meeting was held to determine whether the Hawke Shield should be abolished, and it was agreed to let the matter stand over…

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Expert Tips on Tennis Making Use of Spin Break

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 9

Lawn tennis can be played in first class style with some half-a-dozen strokes--service, forehand and backhand drives, volley, lob, and…

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Condobolin Races Will Locals Win the Double? Yes!

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 August 1927 · page 2

The horses are at the post, the barrier's down, and some shuffling is taking place to get the starters into their proper positions. In the paddock the…

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Football Items

Western Champion · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 11

The team which will visit Canowindra on Sunday in an effort to wrest the Stag Lager Cup from the Canowindrans will be the same that…

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Cricket Chatter. Railway Cricket Club

Western Champion · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 11

At a meeting of the Railway Cricket Club in the Railway Institute on Sunday morning prospects for the coming season were discussed, and a…

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Motor Racing in Spain

Western Champion · Thursday 18 August 1927 · page 5

Results of the automobile races held in Spain during the Spanish Automobile Week, have just been cabled to the Dunlop Rubber Co., Melbourne,…

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