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Murray · Sport

Sport, 1949

2,211 stories in Murray's papers · page 55 of 111

Football the Rock Player Cautioned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 15

A report by goal umpire Taskers, Wagga, against E. Smeaton, of The Rock, for disputing his decision in The Rock v. Wagga match played at…

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Football in Hume League To-day

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 June 1949 · page 15

Delegates of the Hume Football League met at Walbundrie last night to consider alleged incidents…

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Albury Easily Retains Second Rugby Position

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 7

IN the [?]ial game.at Holbrook, Albury retained second position in the Group 13 Rugby League competition, by easily toppling the home team by 19 points to two. The result does not alter the composition of the four, but Henty, In disposing of Culcairn,…

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Played Balts Table Tennis

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 12

..A party of table: tennis' players from Albury, W. Rutter, R. Hartwig,. K. Ovington, W. Mackay and R. Kendall visited Bonegilla and played a match…

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Second Cricket Test England Declares 9 FOR 31

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 12

LONDON, Sunday: . Profiting from lessons learned at Ledds, England adopted three day tactics in the scond Test at Lords,…

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Mathoura News Tennis

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 5

[?]second round of the intra[?]urnament was advanced a [?] stage on Sunday, when [?]s and Wattles played the…

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Nyora Cricket Club

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 4

"A meeting of the Nyora Cricket Club was held recently to make arrangements for the laying of a concrete pitch. This would ensure…

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Boxing Dave Sands to Fight Frenchman

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 12

LONDON, Mon: Dave Sands will meet Robert Villeman, a leading French middleweight, in a 10 rounds fight at the Olympia tomorrow week…

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Diggers Races Tote Story

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 3

While most punters were lamenting their nobility to get Set with bookmakers on the “good thing”, Regal Comet,…

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GOLF Woodhouse - Kirby Take Saturdays Canadian Foursomes

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 3

Counter attractions In the form of races and football resulted sulted in only eight pairs contesting the Deniliquin Golf…

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Football Rand v. BROCKLESBY (To the Editor)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 12

Sir,—I have been instructed by my committee to strongly protest against, the report published in Tuesday's issue (June 21) of the' "Mail" concerning…

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Rugby League Hard Game Won by Hay Defeats Carrathool 12—6

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 2

Last Sunday saw the final game in the first round of the Western Zone Sub-Group Competition, when Hay, on its own…

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Football All Teams Down in Black Week-end

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 4

Last week-end was a black one for football followers in Corowa, all local teams going [?]own to their adversaries. Corowa's slump…

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Table Tennis Wahgunyah a Down Riverina to Lead in Corowa Association

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 4

The seventh round of matches, the last of the first half of the draw, was completed in the Corowa competition on Thursday night last…

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Football Notes Unpredictable Deniliquin Shines in 115 Point Win Strathmerton Restricted to Scoreless Last Half

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 6

DENILIQUIN astounded the critics by the businesslike fashion m which they accounted for Strathmerton at the sport ground on Saturday. Deniliquin 7.7 8.9 12.18 19.23…

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High Mark and Regency “Steal” Main Events at Diggers' Races Valaria Adds Another to her Credit

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 1

SMART horsemanship by J. Adams and C. Cerchi respectively spectively enabled High Mark and Regency, both Melbourne visitors, to win the main events at die Diggers” race meeting on Saturday…

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Golf

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 5

Both the members and associates event s provided “dead-heats ” on Saturday last. In the men’s event, v. par, J .Smith, D. Bailey and A. Chapman…

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Does Coursing Involve Crnelty?

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 16

SYDNEY, Tuesday :-Tlie Full Court today reserved judgment on the question whether coursing [?]ares is punishable as cruelty…

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Football Culcairn Juniors

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 16

An interesting trial game was played over the week-end at Culcairn in which three league teams took part I[?] is intended to stage a series of…

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Saw Exciting Football.—

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 8

A section of the large crowed that witnessed an exciting…

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