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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1952

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CRICKET Mount George Win Cricket Semi-final

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

Minor premiers, Taree, crashed against Mount George's accurate bowling on Peters' wicket last Saturday-nine…

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Bowls Rain Leaves Pairs Matches Unfinished

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 5

Taree Bowling Club's Pairs Championship matches, which were unfinished on Saturday because of rain,…

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Rugby League Centre Three-Quarter Taker Produced Australia's Best

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

Browsing through an Australian magazine recently, I came across a paragraph heading which read, "What's Happened…

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Sporting Round-up Cricket Competition Ends

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 4

Colts completed a successful season in the A grade by winning their last match against South West Rocks, outright…

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Capacity House Again at Boxing Tourney Bell— Sands Return Fight Disappointing. But Thorpe and Stokes Provide Fans with a Fistic Feast

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

The main fight at the Gloucester Stadium on Saturday' night was billed as a 10 3-minute round return bout between Norrie Bell; of Gloucester, and Ritchie Sands, of Newcastle. Sands could not come out at the beginning of the fifth round owing to stomach…

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Swimming

The Northern Champion · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 12

Taree High School swim-ming hopes for the annual inter-school carnival with Kempsey High have been…

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Wham Bowls

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

Rain caused a cessation of play in the early afternoon last Saturday, and competition matches unfinished will be…

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Amateur Boxing Tournament

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 7

Amateur boxing associations in New South Wales and Victoria have given their blessing and their unqualified support…

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Tennis Notes— Park Tennis Club

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

There was a poor attendance at the annual meeting of the Gloucester Park Tennis Club, held on Monday, 3rd March…

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BOWLS Kempsey Club

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

The draw for to-morrow (Saturday) is:-- CHAMPIONSHIP RINKS Purkiss, McBean, Woods,…

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Wingham Tennis

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

Semi-finals in the night competition will commence on Tuesday night. However, in the "B" Grade an elimination…

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TENNIS Night Competition

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

In the A Reserve competition, Night Owls became premiers by decisively defeating the minor premiers, Gladstone…

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Manning Rugby League Record Number at Annual Meeting

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

A record number of over 50 delegates attended the annual meeting of Manning Rugby League held at Taree last week…

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Cricket Rest v PREMIERS

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

The Umpires are P. Mayhew and K. Kesby, and the Rest team is--M. McMeeking, T. Ptolemy, W. Cooper, A. Brown,…

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Rugby League Manning Fails To Regain Group Status

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 4

Manning League failed by one vote to obtain the two-thirds majority of League conference to reform Group 18…

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Sydney Racing Review Dual Acceptors Favoured for Randwick Tomorrow

The Northern Champion · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY, Friday.—Dual acceptors Pesha-war and Bon Rouge—two promising young horses substantially backed for the Dontaster and Sydney Cup—appear the best bets at…

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Associates' Golf

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 3

A 12-hole stroke competition will be played tomorrow Wednesday. The draw will take place at the Club House…

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BOWLS Kempsey Club

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 4

The second round of the bowls championships was conducted at the Kempsey rinks last Saturday…

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BOWLS Week-end Match Result Details

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 4

Match play on the Taree green on Saturday resulted: Championship Pairs: Drary, and Smede 28 d. Peel and A…

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Golf Gossip— Opening Day, Sunday Next, 16th MARCH

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1952 · page 3

The Gloucester Golf Club will open its 1952 season on the 15th and 16th March next. On Saturday, 15th., an 18 hole…

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