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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Sport

Sport, 1953

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TENNIS Town Club Notes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 7 July 1953 · page 6

Last Sunday Forbes successfully defended the Flannery Cup against Grenfell by 23 sets to 9. At Cowra a Forbes team was…

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Golf Club Tournament

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 1

The committee of the West Wyalong Golf Club has almost finalised its plans for the club's open…

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Hit Golf Ballinto a Tram!!

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 1

Many Won Wyalong golfers know the difficulty of hitting balls in peculiar places on the local golf course, but the latest…

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Opening of Table Tennis Tournament

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 2

The opening round of the table tennis tournament was held last night at the Bowling Club…

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West Wyalong Tennis Club Maher to Meet Forbes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1953 · page 8

The West Wyalong tennis club will meet two teams from Forbes at West Wyalong on Sunday next. The Knowing players have…

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TENNIS Matches For

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 6

North Bangaroo defeated [?] in the game played at North Bangaroo last Sunday. Manikira visited Engowra and…

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FOOTBALL Double Win For Eugowra

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 6

Last Saturday proved a very enjoyable day for Eugowra both for the great day it was and the large crowd enjoying two exciting…

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School Football: Forbes M.B. College Wins All Shields

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 9

The final round of the Lachlan Valley Schools' Football Competition was played on Spooner Oval Inst Wednesday, resulting in four…

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Bowls

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 6

A competition for club troph es, played yesterday afternoon vas won by A. Ruschen, J. Culen, H. W. Staniforth and R. B…

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Bowls Notes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 6

No. 1 [?] is to be top dressed this week, and will be closed to play next Wednesday. The greens sub-committee has…

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Rugby League Club Elects Officers

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

A special general meeting of the West Wyalong Rugby league Club on Friday night elected office-bearers to fill existing vacancies. The meeting was held in…

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St. Mary's Tennis Club Active

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 6

St. Mary's, tennis club has played Alleena, Clear Ridge and Quandialla. The winners of the last club tournament were:…

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Forbes, West Wyalong Square Tennis Matches

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 6

In the tennis match [?] played [?] the Forbes Tennis Club and the West Wyalong Tennis Club, For bes No. 1 defeated the West Wyalong No. 1 team by 17 sets 161 games to 15 sets 140 games…

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Football Club Has Credit of £750

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 1

It was stated at the last meeting of the Arish ParkMirrool Australian Rules Football Club that the club had a…

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Table Tennis Teams Competition

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 1

The first round of the above competition was completed on Wednesday night, the highlight of this round was the intense…

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News From Naradhan Tennis

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 2

Naradhan tennis team met with defeat on Sunday at the hands of the Lake Seconds captained by our old friend and…

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Golf Day for Travellers' Cot Fund

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 8

The usual annual golf day conducted by the Commercial Travellers for the endowment and maintenance of cots at the…

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Visit of Golf Professional to West Wyalong

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 8

Golf professional Mr [?] Spence will he visiting West Wyalong from July 31 to August 3…

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How Markers At Week-end Golf Tourney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 8

Feature of [?] West Wyalong Golf club's annual tournament this week end will be the number of low…

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TENNIS Town Club Notes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 12

Next Sunday an American mixed tournament will be conducted at the Town courts, commencing at 10 a.m. sharp. All tennis players…

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