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Sport, 1940

1,760 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 88

Cricket Team for Hay on Easter

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 2

On Easter Sunday a team of cricketers from Balranald will visit Hay to try conclusions with a team from that centre. Will these anxious to join the…

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FOOTBALL May Train Coaches in City For Country Clubs MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 9

Preliminary details of a proposal to establish a class tor training coaches for country football clubs affiliated with the Country League were placed…

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Coursing Flying Major Box To Measure Strides With Final Burst Charlie Again-master Wit Should Win at Albury To-night

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 8

Major Box showed a lot of promise by his win at Wodonga recently, and although drawn in No. 8 box, I am selecting him as the likely winner of…

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Comforts Fund Coursing Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 5

The Australian Comforts Fund met on Friday night in Wodonga to decide to held a coursing meeting on March 23, at Wodonga. Tickets will…

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GOLF Furrier Beaten

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 5

ST. AUGUSTINE (Fla.). March 1[?] Jim Ferrier, the Australian amateur golfer partnering Jimmy Hines, a former winner, was beaten one up in the…

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Nine Races—five Winners !

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 5

Les Jabara, the “Mail” coursing writer, was on the mark at Albury on Saturday night when he selected five winners out of the nine races…

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Rugby League R. Blencowe (Tumbarumba) Group 13 President

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 5

At the annual meeting of Group 13 Rugby League delegates at Wagga yesterday, Mr. R. Blencowe (Tumbarumba) was elected president, and Mr. W…

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Tennis Players Make a Capture MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 4

Thinking that he was unnoticed by a crowd playing tennis yesterday afternoon, a man straddled a parked motor cycle, and without…

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Boxing Westbury Scores Over Bishop in Newcastle Bout Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 5

In a hard-fought contest, Alan West bury. 10.6, beat Herb Bishop, 10.7. on a technical knock-out in the seventh round at the stadium last night. Bishop…

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Coursing Charlie Again Stalls Off Fast-finishing Brindle Flyer Mr. Goldie-Rex Felt Dead Heat at Albury on

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 March 1940 · page 5

The champion greyhound Charlie Again won the Lavington Stake at Albury on Saturday night by two lengths from The Brindle Flyer…

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Annual Coreen Tennis Dance

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 2

The attention of readers is directed to the announcement that the Buraja District Tennis Association's annual dance and presentation of trophies…

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Boxing Richards Defeats Sabatino. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 5

Ron Richards 11.7, defeated A[?]ilio Sabatino, 11.2 in the third round of a scheduled 12 rounds bout at the Sydney Stadium to-night. Richards…

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Cricket Rutherglen District Association Semi-final Games

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 4

On Saturday the R.D. competition reached the semi-final stage, the competing teams being Corowa Town v. Lake Moodemere, at Rutherglen,…

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Cricket St. Michael’s (197) and the Juniors (1/48) Commence Final Match

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 3

An interesting contest seems assured in the final match of the Edward Cricket Association’s competition between St. Michael’s and…

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TENNIS Great Drop in Entries For Easter Tourney [?] More Expected To-day Only Three in Men’s Open Singles

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 5

A comparison of the present entries for the Easter tournament with those for corresponding events last year provides an almost startling…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 3

At the conclusion of the three rounds in connection with Saturdays spoon competition, it was found that Dr. Roberts and R. Snell, and R…

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Tennis Players Transferred Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 6

Adrian [?] Australia’s number two tennis player, is to be transferred from Melbourne to Sydney to manage the sports department of the Sydney…

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Lack of Interest in Wodonga Football Club

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 7

Because of the paucity of the attendance, the annual general meeting of Wodonga Football Club, which was to have been held last night,…

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COURSING Kuttabul’s Class Should Count in Straight Six Test Velvetred Fancied Over Hurdles at Wodonga To-night

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 7

The form displayed by Lights [?] London last week was food enough to give her a chance to win again at Wodonga [?]o-night. She [?]…

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Tennis Albury to Have 18 Grass Courts Work To Commence On 12 Immediately MR. A. Kendall’s Initiative

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 March 1940 · page 6

Albury tennis players will welcome the news that their ambitions in regard to a central playing area on which a number of grass courts will…

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