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Sport, 1944

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Bowls Chant Retains Championship

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 1

A. J. Chant retained club championship honors when he defeated N. Macaulay In the final of the singles championship on Saturday. Macaulay…

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Juvenile Tennis Tournament

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 1

Commencing at 10 a.m. next Thursday, the juvenile tennis tournament organised by the West Deniliquin Hospital Auxiliary will be held. Events, are…

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Rugby League Last Night’s Enthusiastic Meeting

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

The largest meeting in the history of the Albury Rugby League Club was held at Freeman’s Care last night, when numbers had as their guests Mr D. F, lock, a…

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Week-end Golf at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 5

There was an excellent attendance of members and associates on Albury golf Jinks at the week-end. Good weather prevailed. Condition of the links is…

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Army Rugby League Players in Action at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 6

Rugby league players in action at W[?]onga racecourse on Sunday last when they played a game for Red Cross funds…

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Football Mathoura Wins Low-scoring Game

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 2

More purposeful play enabled Mathoura (4 goals 9 behinds) to defeat Deniliquin (1 goal 7 behinds) at Mathoura on Sunday. A bitterly cold cross wind, favoring the town goal, made the fight of the…

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Football First Match at Mulwala Win for Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 May 1944 · page 1

The first matches in the Murray Valley Patriotic Football League's competition were played on Sunday, last…

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Army Rugby League Teams

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 4

Top: 1 AASC Rugby League team which selected 1 BOD 10 to 8 at Wodonga on Sunday. Back low left to right. Wegg (coach) McKay. Dell. McCarthy, Lt Alex Davidson. Keep. Jones, W. Franklin: front…

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At Rugby Match at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 4

At the rugby football match at Wodonga on Sunday, left to right Mrs Espie and Lt. Espic, Mrs McLean and Lt. H. McLean…

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Interested in Sunday’s Football

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 4

Interested spectators at the army football matches played on the Albury sports ground last) Sunday. The gate takings were £43 1/9, which will go to the Soldiers’ Memorial Hall Fund…

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Murray Valley Patriotic Football Win For Border United

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 5

The first match In the Murray [?] Patriotic Football League competition was played at Mulwala on Sunday, when Corowa, playing under the name…

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Racing Lull When Invasion Begins New York, May 17

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 5

Mr Herbert Bayard Swape. chairman of the New York Stale Racing Commission, has suggested that a day’s horse-racing programme be cancelled…

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Football

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon, the opening match of what is hoped to be Hay's first soccer season, was played between "A.A.M.C. and" "Supply." As…

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Golf Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 4

A draw for Saturday competitions on the corowa town golf links is in the process of being worked on and will be published in later…

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Coursing Albury Draw for

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 5

Albury coursing draw for Saturday is as follows: (2.30 p.m.) Albury Slake. 10th div., 460 yards: Molly Hurst. Irish Wirilda. Ellery…

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Boxing in Sydney Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 5

Ken Petersen, 11.0. of Queensland, outpointed “Red” Green, 11.2, over 12 rounds at Leichhardt Stadium tonight. the contest was uneventful except in the fifth…

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Rugby League Sunday’s Game At Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 5

The Army Rugby League competition will be returned on Sunday and his game of the day will be played on the Wodonga racecourse between 1/AASC…

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Sunday Football Rutherglen shire protests

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 1

In connection with the murray valley patriotic Football League decision to hold football matches on Sunday in application was made by the…

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News of the Week Tennis Tourney

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 5

An American tennis tournament, arranged by Miss M. Diffey, for the benefit of the town zone, of the P.O.W. Fund, and held last Saturday…

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Rugby League Competition Big Game At Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 May 1944 · page 6

The army Rugby League competition offers Rugby followers the choice of two games tomorrow—one at Bonegllla and the other on Wodonga racecourse. In both…

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