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Sport, 1951

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Swimming Water Polo Team Here Tonight (By “Touch Judge”)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 23

On tour in an effort to boost water polo popularity in country districts, Victorian representative water polo team will appear at a…

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Bernbrook Races Today in U.s

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 22

LOS ANGELES, Fri: Bernbrook was named yesterday as a definite starter for the 100,000 dollars (£44,643) Santa Anita Handicap tomorrow. The…

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Night Tennis J. Matthews in Sigles Title Win

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 March 1951 · page 23

Finals of the Albury Tennis Club’s night championships last night attracted a large gallery of spectators who a owed their appreciation of…

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BOXING Charles Selected to Beat Walcott

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 12

DETROIT, Sun.: Ezzard Charles is favorite to retain his heavyweight title when he meets Jersey Joe Walcott in a 15-round bout here on…

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Swimming Victoria’s Superb Water Polo Play (By “Touch Judge”)

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 March 1951 · page 11

Displaying superlative exactness in positional play and utilising polished technique in the art of ball-throwing, Victoria defeated Albury by 16…

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Football

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 3

Hay Rovers Australian Rules Football Club is trying to join the Deniliquin competition this year. The club has a good chance of being accepted…

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COURSING Wagga Meeting Tonight

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 15

The following entries, omitted from the nominations supplied to the “Ma[?]l,” have been, received for the open hurdle race, timed to start at…

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Tennis Easter Tournament

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 4

Entries for the main tennis event of the year, the club's annual tournament are now coming in rapidly and provided fine weather [?]…

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Wahgunyah Football Club Annual Meeting

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 4

Attendance at the annual meeting of the Wahgunyah Football Club, held on Tuesday night, February 27, was only moderate. It was decided…

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Swimming Notes Hospital Wins Special Relay — Protest Lodged

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 2

After three postponements due to bad weather, the Swimming Club was given a perfect night for the weekly carnival…

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Cricket A&w Association First XI Semi-Finals

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 15

Semi-finals of Albury and Wodonga Association First XI. competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday. Kiwis (first on premiership list) will…

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Cricket Semi-finals to Commence Next Week-end

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 March 1951 · page 8

Sunday saw the conclusion of the home and home matches of the final round, of the Deniliquin District Cricket…

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Bowls

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 9

The pairs’ competition on Saturday returned in a tie between Arch Ednie and Harold Webb and Alan Ednie and Bert Cox. In the playoff the former…

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Tennis

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 9

The competition match between Methodists and Green Swa[?] on Saturday was a keen and interesting contest, from which the latter emerged…

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CRICKET Tattersall, Wright Rout New Zeslanders

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 March 1951 · page 15

CHRISTCHURCH (NZ), Tues.: MCC bowlers Tattersall and Wright between them dismissed Auckland for 146 runs in the opening of the NZ tour at…

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Bowls

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 3

The Club's four events have almost all reached the final stages and some interesting matches should take place during the next…

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COURSING Corowa Draw

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 15

The draw for the Corowa Coursing Club’s meeting on Friday night will be published in the “Mail” on Friday morning. Further [?] will be…

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Football Umpires

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 1

APPLICATIONS are invited for the positions of Central Umpires for the 1951 football season. Fee: £2 per match, with 1/3 per mile…

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BOXING Welterweights to Clash

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 16

SYDNEY, Wed: Welter weights Bernie Hall and George Kapeen will fight at Sydney Stadium on March 26 to decide which of the boxers will be…

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Pretty Girls At Swimming Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 March 1951 · page 1

These two pretty girls were interested in the swimming carnival held yesterday at the Olympic Pool in which Albury and Wagga High Schools took part. They are, left, Pat Ryan, wearing a pom pom beret (Wagga), and Robin Moorhouse,…

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