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Sport, 1944

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Plumpton Coursing Opening Meeting for Season £80 Prize Money on

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 5

The Albury District Plumpton Coursing Club will conduct their opening meeting of the season on Saturday afternoon on the Albury racecourse, when an interesting…

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Football Can Deni Down Air Force Again?

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 3

Members of Tatt’s team are confident they can defeat Air Force for the second time next Sunday. The game has been the topic of…

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Inter-school Football Premiers v. Combined Team

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 5

The final matches of the football competition were played on Wednesday, when High School (premiers in the senior and [?]st 7 grades) met the combined teams…

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Athletics Cup Presented Yesterday

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1944 · page 2

The Hoyts Cup which will be awarded annually to the Albury secondary school gaining most points in athlete events at the inter-school sports…

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Plumpton Coursing Today An Attractive Programme

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 July 1944 · page 5

On the Albury racecourse enclosure today, the Albury Plumpton Coursing Club will conduct a programme of four eight-dog stakes. The events were all…

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Rugby League Big Game in Albury Tomorrow

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 July 1944 · page 5

Playing senior Rugby League in Albury for the first time since 1931, the Albury Rugby League team faces a stern task tomorrow when it clashes with [?]…

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Junior Rugby League Albury v. South at Albury Today

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 July 1944 · page 5

Today [?] of the Junior [?] League competition, with four teams.—Albury, South Albury D[?], Lavington and [?]—competing for the…

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Rugby League Bonegilla Sigs Defeat Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 4

By excelling in pace, more than holding their own in the scrums and making mort of an undoubted superiority across the ¾ line, Bonegilla Sigs defeated…

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Junior Rugby League Albury And Kiwis Win

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 4

On Saturday the opening rounds of the Harrison-McBeatty Junior Rugby League Cup competition produced clever and exciting football, with both games in doubt…

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Boxing No Fight Between Miller and Fuller a Disappointing Display. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 July 1944 · page 4

Within 20 seconds of the conclusion of the 12 rounds bout at the Melbourne stadium tonight between Eddie Miller (9.[?]) and Babby Fuller (9.9) (NSW),…

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Country Football

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 3

On Saturday last Rennie visited Coreen for a further match in the above competition, and won by 5.15 to 3.12…

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Corowa Town Golf

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 4

The second round of the Les Harper trophy on Saturday resulted in another win for [?] Harris, with Percy Smith runner-up [?] now won…

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New Swimming Record. San Francisco. July 30

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 5

Ann Curtis, aged 18 of San Francisco, broke the women’s world record for 880 yards free-style swimming with 11 min. 3-5 seconds, at the Pacific Association…

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Tennis Courts to Re-open

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 3

The annual meeting at the Corowa Tennis Club was held on Thursday evening last the main question for discussion being the re-opening of the…

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Willing Bouts at R.a.a.f. Boxing

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 3

Spirited boxing which brought the crowd to its feet was witnessed last night at the R.A.A.F. gym., which was as tightly packed as the…

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Football Among the Teams With Observer

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 2

With a quick hook to the forwards “Killer” Cordova dropped “Chopper” Sims for a point... Whoa there,I‘m getting a hit…

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Football D.u. Defeat Combined Team

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 3

The combined team from Rennie Coreen and Hopefield which met the Border United team at the Recreation Ground on Sunday, was defeated after…

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Rugby League Army and R.A.A.F. in Thrilling Draw

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 5

The return Rugby league game between the combined [?] team and RAAF, which was played over the week-end, fully bore out earlier…

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Profit Of £93 From Albury July Races

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 5

A profit of £93 16/ from the July race meeting was reported to last evening’s meeting of Albury Race Club. Taxes had amounted to £54 9/11…

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Football High-flying Airmen Too Fast for Deni

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 August 1944 · page 1

On Sunday the Air Force least combined to give one of the best displays of Australian rules football yet seen on the local oval when they avenged their defeat by Deniliquin at their previous meeting. With Alan Phillips getting 9 goals in true Phillips’ style…

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