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Sport, 1949

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Football Notes [?]Big Crowd Thrilled and Astounded by Deni’s Play [?] and Golds too Fast and Cohesive for ’48 Premiers

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 3

DENILIQUIN (15.19) produced football fire works and [?] amazed a big crowd here on Saturday to record a [?]win over Cobram (6.8), Murray League premiers [?] past two seasons…

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Albury Rugby League Players in Limelight

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 16

(By “Tounch Judge.”) Rugby League affairs by the announcement that two players, Dave Hodgson land Clem Mullarvery, have won selection in the final Country Week trial to be played at Oranges…

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Henty Table Tennis Association

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 16

Henty Golds defeated Henty Whites by a set at table tennis. Scores: MEN’S SINGLES (Henty Golds named first): A. Schuster v B. Noske 16-21…

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Football Culcairn Junior League

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 16

The first match of the season In the Culcairn Junior League was played when Stars met Trojans, the-premier team last year…

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Three Wangaratta and Benalla Coursing Men Sent Out for Life Cootamundra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 16

THE Murrumburrah Coursing Club has been instructed by the Greyhound Board of Control to impound greyhounds Carbon King and Phylbur. This action followed the…

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Record Profit From St. Patrick’s Races

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 15

WANGARATTA, Tues.: Mr. R Milne, secretary of St. Patrick’s! Race Club, said today that profit of the last meeting would be £550,…

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Golf

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

There was a large gathering at the local golf links on Snday afternoon last when the official opening for the seaeson took place…

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Football

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 1

Matches in the Murray League on Saturday resulted:— Berrigan, 7.11, d. Tocumwal, 8.4; Deniliquin, 15:9, d. Cobram, 6.8…

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Brocklesby Golf Club

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 12

The club’s opening day was a great success. Visitors from .Walla and Howlong were present The weather was perfect and the course satisfactory…

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Three Rugby Team Share Top Position

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 12

WITH Albury “Blues” and Lockhart winning at the expense of Henty and Culcairn respectively, and Roos gaining the “gift” points as a result of the bye, the completion of the second round of games in…

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Football Jerilderie Defeats Berrigan

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 3

The local eighteen visited Berrigan on Sunday last and scored an easy win by 15.7 to 3.5. The game was not so one-sided as the scores…

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Table Tennis Albury Association Notes

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 12

Many, nominations have been received for teams, but as a few are still undecided the draw will appear in Monday’s paper. Sufficient tables…

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Boxing Famechon May Be Re-turned to Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 12

MELBOURNE. Wed.. Andre Famechon would be brought back to Melbourne if there were any more delays in his fight with Jack Hassen,…

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Bowls Fairs Handicap to J. Roe and D. Prosser

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 May 1949 · page 3

The final of the pairs' handicap was played on the local green on Saturday afternoon last between J. Roe D. Prosser and F. W…

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FOOTBALL Rugby League

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

On Sunday last Hay journeyed to Carrathool, where four teams from the Western Zone competed in a knock-out competition…

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Fancy Dress Football—Rules and Rugby

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 8

Henty Australian Rules and Rugby League players will take part in a fancy dress football match at the Henty Rugby Oval next Sunday, 22nd May. play commencing at 2.30 p.m. The match will be played on a fifty-fifty basis of half Rules and half Rugby, Proceeds…

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Swimming Baths at Lockhart

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

At the last meeting of Lockhart Urban Committee, it was agreed to call a public meeting on June 2nd with a view to forming a deputation to wait…

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Oxley Tennis Club

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

The public meeting called at Oxley on Sunday, 15th May, by Messrs. J. McKeon, C. Mack, and G. Bunyan, with the object of forming a tennis…

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Mathoura News TENNIS

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Personnel of the teams in the intra club tennis competition is as follows: Willows: J. Snell (handicap 8),…

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Deniliquin Football Team

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 4

The team to represent Deniliquin against Berrigan tomorrow is: Backs, Rourke, Jackson, Connell; half-backs, McMillan, Cockayne,…

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