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Sport, 1934

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New Swimming Record At Sydney Baths. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

Vic. Besomo set a new Australian record for 150 yards, backstroke, at the Domain baths, to-night, when he covered the distance in 1.45 3/5th…

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Boxing at Melbourne. a Knock-Out. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

At the Stadium, last night, Son Tealey (N.S.W.) knocked out Jack Macdonald, also of N.S.W., in the third round…

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Boxing at Sydney. Kelso Defeats Townsend. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

Kelso was given the decision over Townsend on a foul in the eighth round, at Rushcutters' Bay Stadium, last night…

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Cricket “B” Team Defeat Country

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 4

In the local cricket competition on Saturday “B” met and defeated Country Combined. “B” complied 93 runs (F. Langshaw 19 H. Wolfgang, 17 A…

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Big Tennis. Australian Championships. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 2

Some fine tennis was witnessed at the Australian championships to-day. The only seeded players to meet with defeat were Lee and Wilde (Britain)…

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Football Costs £575 Club’s Financial Statement

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 1

IT cost Deniliquin Football club £575/18/7 to finance the 1933 season. Deniliquin won the premiership…

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Football Club Meeting Loss on Last Season £15/9/5

The Independent · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 1

Showing a debit balance of £15/9/5 on last season's operations the statement of receipts and expenditure of Deniliquin Football Club was…

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Yarrawonga Races Carpus Wins Picnic Cup Azra Scores at Odds-on in Yarrawonga Handicap

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 January 1934 · page 3

The Yarrawonga Turf Club hold its summer meeting on Saturday afternoon Results of the various events decided were as follows:--…

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Championship Tennis

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

Crawford will meet Quist and McGrath will meet Perry in the semifinals of the Australian men's singles tennis championship, to be played at…

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Girls Cricket Match

The Independent · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

In the second last match of the rounds in the girls cricket competition match at North Deniliquin on Wednesday, Flappers defeated Country by…

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Team for Fifth Tennis Test

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

The team for the fifth tennis test against Great Britain, at Perth, was announced on Wednesday as follows:--H. Hopman (Victoria), captain, E…

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The Game of Bowls "Repeatedly Hugging Kitty"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 4

A lady living not a hundred miles from Corowa has written to a friend in the city to ascertain something about what he described as the…

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Football Club Set of Rules Adopted

The Independent · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

In introducing to the general meeting of Deniliquin Football Club on Friday night a new draft of rules to govern the club, the President(Mr…

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Tennis Corowa and District Association Saturday's Matches

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 6

Matches in the Corowa and District Tennis Association will be resumed on Saturday, when the following have been set down for decision:--…

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Championship Tennis. Semi-Finalists in Sydney. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 3

Crawford, Quist, Perry and McGrata have reached the semi-finals in the Australian singles championship…

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Cricket Town Club Teams for Week-end

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 6

The following team has been selected to represent Corowa Town A grade team against Corowa, at the R. T. Hall Park wicket, on Saturday:--…

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Swimming Notes

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 4

It was a great struggle to erect a new diving platform in the fork of the tree at the bend, but with the aid of a couple of blocks and [?]kle and the…

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Balranald Swimming Club Postponed Owing to High River

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 27 January 1934 · page 1

The present high state of the river was the reason for postponing the Balranald Aquatic and Sports Club Swimming Carnival in aid of the Balranald…

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Bowls at Hay Home Team’s Easy Win

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

A dozen Deniliquin bowlers motored to Hay on Friday. The competition against the local team resulted in an easy win for Hay by 77 points to 57…

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Bowls. Deniliquin v. HAY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 2

Though only a few hours' run across the Old Man Plain some time has elapsed since we have had the pleasure of meeting Deniliquin…

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