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Sport, 1930

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Football Trophies

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

The 1929 football trophies which were to have been publicly presented were, owing to the postponement of the pictures, formally handed over by…

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Corowa Tennis Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 7

We have been requested to state that afternoon teas will not be served at the above club's courts until March. In connection with the recent…

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Tennis Players Collapse

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 31

J. Willard (N.S.W.), who has been selected for the Davis Cup team, was completely exhausted at the end of his strenuous day's play on Thursday, 6th…

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Fatal Boxing Accident. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

While engaged in a boxing bout with a friend at Cranbrook, near Penrith, a sixteen-year-old Barnardo boy George Henderson, was fatally…

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Sport and Sportsmen Big Bowls Meet

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 33

FOr the first time in the history of bowls in this country the Australian Bowling Association carnival to begin in Launceston on the 17th will…

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Cricket Wanderers v. SUBURBANS

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

The first match of the second round in the Wednesday competition was begun on the 5th, between the above-mentioned clubs. The Suburban…

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Boxing in America Sharkey Too Rough for Cook

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 47

George Cook, who has been serving at Miami as sparring partner to Jack Sharkey, who will shortly meet Phil Scott, the English heavy-weight, has…

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Balldale Tennis Balldale a v. COREEN

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 4

BALLDALE A team were at home to Coreen on Saturday last, and scored another victory. Coreen were one lady short and had to forfeit two sets…

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Early Riverina Racing Old Hay Resident's Recollections

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 5

When Jack Williams, a present-day Melbourne trainer won the Caulfield Cup of 1885 on Grace Darling, 16 horses fell, and Donald Nicholson, the…

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Cricket South Defeat Mathoura on First Innings

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

The match between South Deniliquin and Mathoura was concluded on Wednesday afternoon and resulted in a victory for South by 79 runs on…

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Secretary Resigns When Corowa Cricket Club Decides to Play Sunday Cricket Motion Carried by 12 Votes to 8

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 7

"Well, gentleman, it is not possible for me to carry on now that the club has definitely decided to play Sunday cricket, and…

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Paid Swimming Patrol? Council Asked by Club for £30 Referred to the Finance Committee

The Independent · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 1

At the last meeting of the Municipal Council the Deniliquin Swimming and Life-Saving Club, by letter, asked for a subsidy of [?] a patrolman to safeguard bathers [?] £30 towards the cost of paying [?] in the river baths against the danger of drowning. The [?] was referred to the Finance Committee. [?] Stock.—Since [?]…

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Gerogery Wins Tennis Match Walla Walla Defeated by Three Sets

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 5

After a hard-fought contest on the Gerogery courts on Saturday, the home team defeated Walla Walla by three sots…

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Country Cricket Week. The Riverina Team Defeated. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 3

At the country week cricket carnival, the Riverina team scored 165 in the first innings (Russell four for 35) in the game with Marrickville-St…

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News by Cable Dangerous Driving Wife of Cricket Captain London, February 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 34

Cricketers appeared at Marlborough street police court when Mrs. Chapman, wife of Mr. A. P. F. Chapman, the English Test captain and sister of…

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Corowa Delegates' Report of Meeting of Rutherglen Cricket Association Nominations for Country Week Team

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 7

At the general meeting of the Corowa Cricket Club on Tuesday night the delegates' submitted the following report on the…

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Corowa and District Football Association Brocklesby Club Admitted Mr. A. G. Roberts Offers Cup for Competition

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 1

A further meeting of the newly formed Corowa District Football Association was held at Balldale on Tuesday night, when it was…

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Corowa's Fight to Get in Four in Rutherglen Cricket Competition Depends on Two Matches to Be Played

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 7

The Corowa cricket team which participates in the Rutherglen and District cricket competition will have a hard fight to gain…

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Liabilities Reduced 50 Per Cent. Corowa Football Club's Position Mr. J. Munro Appointed Secretary Applications for Coach to Be Called

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 7

When the balance-sheet of the Corowa Football Club was read at the club's general meeting on Tuesday evening last, which was…

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