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Sport, 1939

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Coursing Hancox Trophy Owners Keenly Interested Love Lorn May Atone Nine Races at Albury To-night

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 9

If the form shown by Betty’s Last can be taken as a criterion, then Love Lorn, kennel companion of the former, should be very hard to beat in the…

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Tennis Wodonga Night Tourney Ends

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 2

The Wodonga tournament was concluded on Wednesday when the A and B. L.T.A. president (Mr. R. H. Carter) presented trophies to the successful…

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Country Week Cricket in Melbourne Team From Albury Wodonga Good Record in the Past

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 2

Naturally, local cricket interest will be diverted to the city for a few days. Although never able to take its strongest side, the Albury-Wodonga…

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Albury Benefit Races Should Outstanding Success C. Star in Line for a Double Gay Friar May Win Handicap To-day

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 March 1939 · page 8

The bountiful rains which have fallen in Albury and surrounding districts augur well for the success of Albury Racing Club’s benefit meeting this afternoon. The club’s financial position, although greatly improved now. is still far from satisfactory, but now that rain has come at…

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Victorious Tangambalanga Tennis Team

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 6

Tangambalanga’s team which comfortably defeated Glenly I in the final of the B grade tennis competition at Albury on Saturday: Left to right, back row; W. West, C. Rootsey, J. West and G. Ballard; front row, Miss L. Nevin, Mrs. W. Dalgleish, Miss E. West and Mrs. A. Ahearn. WON C GRADE TENNIS FINAL…

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Interested in the Racing at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 2

On the lawn at the Albury races on Saturday. Left to right Mrs. W. (Albury), Mr. J. Cottrell, owner of Copper King, and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Baillie…

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Finishes of Benefit Races at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 4

(1) Copper King defeating Can’t Wait in the Maiden Plate. (2) Plasma, 10/1, caused a surprise by defeating the favorite, Bulawayo, in the Encourage Handicap. Cursive is third, followed by Saroubra outside, and Lord Carmen. (3) David John passing the post well clear of Walla Sub and Weir in the Corinthian Handicap…

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Arab Shot at Football Match Jerusalem, March 4

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 2

Adnan Nashabibi, a cousin of a delegate to the Palestine conference, was [?] and seriously injured while watching a football match at Herod’s Gate…

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Record Tote and Record Tote Wagering Film Notables at Races Santa Anita Handicap Decided Arcadia (California), March 5

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 1

Before a record crowd of 65,000 persons, including many cinema notables, Kayek II yesterday won the Santa Anita Handicap, of £65,000, by one and…

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Athletic Carnival Closing Date For Entries an Extension Made

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 March 1939 · page 3

With still three weeks to go before the second carnival of Albury Athletic Club is staged, on March 25, the committee at a meeting on Saturday night…

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Denial of Breakaway in N.S.W. Rugby League Football Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 5

Although he admitted that in regard to certain matters appertaining to the administration of Rugby League football in N.S.W., there was not unanimity,…

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Internationalism Swimming Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 3

Commenting on a. statement. that the. Hawaiian Swimming Association had asked that Robin Biddulph accompany the Australian surf…

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Tennis Lecture

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon, Mr. Allan Kendall gave a most interesting and instructive lecture on stroke production to a large gallery of players. The…

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Diggers' Cricket

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 2

The following teams have ep selected to play a cricket match in the Hay park on Sunday next: Town Diggers.—G. Walker, C. Game…

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Holbrook Picnic Races

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 5

The Holbrook picnic race meeting is now to be held on Friday, April 28. All horses have to go into the paddock for three weeks from March 17…

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Bowls Rochester “Greens” Win Challenge Match

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

The challenge match played by Rochester Greens and Deniliquin on Moama bowling green on Saturday resulted in a win for Rochester by a…

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Saturday's Races. at Flemington

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 3

The attendance at Flemington on Saturday was the best for 12 years, on a Newmarket Day. The tote takings showed an improvement of…

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Play for Glenly Tennis Club

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 6

Glenly. I tennis team, which was beaten on Saturday in the finals of pennant tournament by Tangambalanga. Back row (left to right), L. James, C. Frauneufelder, R. Mitchell,; W. Vickers; front row, Mesdames W. Pearsall C Griffith, W. McColm and Miss D. Boundy…

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“ Rain-maker” Tennis Club Rarely Fails

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 3

The Leeton Tennis Club is positive now that it should be subsidised for its efforts as a “rain-making” element (states the “Irrigator”)…

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Tennis Benalla Defeats Corowa Ladies Deciding Factor

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1939 · page 4

The long-awaited return Corowa-Benalla match took place on Saturday when these two teams, lenders in the N.E.D.L.T.A., met at Corowa…

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