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Sport, 1952

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World open tennis championship suggested

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

LONDON, Thurs.: The widely—read “Evening News” sports columnist, Bill McGowran yesterday suggested that a world open…

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TENNIS Summer pennant resumed to-morrow

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 15

Continuing after three weeks’ break, renewed interest has been added to the A. and B. L.T.A. summer pennant tennis competition. The last round prior to Christmas was almost completely abandoned due to rain…

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Bowls A. & D. Pennants to Resume on

The Observer · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 5

Pennant matches in the Albury and District Association will be resumed on Saturday after a break of three weeks…

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Cricket Henty District Association Competition

The Observer · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

Home-and-hom games in the Henty and District Cricket Association competition will resume on Sunday after the…

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Sidwell in N.Z. tennis semi-final

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 16

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thurs.: Calculated manoeuvring and cool placements marked Australian Bill Sidwell’s victory over…

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Bus races sick man to hospital

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A tramway bus ran non-stop from Clifton Hill to St. Vincent’s Hospital with a sick passenger early today…

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Big Cricket at Corowa This

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 3

The following will represent Richmond against a strong Corowa district team at the official opening of Corowa's turf…

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Yackandandah parents meant well, but Swimming pool will be useless--council

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 10

When they found that this summer Yackandandah school-children were still without a swimming pool, the local State School Mothers’ Club decided to do something about it…

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Shield Cricket Miller to lead N.S.W.

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 15

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Kei[?] Miller will lead NSW against Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield match which begins at Sydney…

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Henty and District Tennis Competition to Resume On 26th January

The Observer · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 6

Home-and-home matches in the Henty and District Tennis Association competition will be resumed on Saturday, January 26, after being in recess for the past several weeks. Matches in all grades will conclude on Saturday, March 15. The semi-finals will be played on March 22; finals on March 29, and the grand-finals on April 5…

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Boxing Sands Trains Solidly

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 19

NEW CASTLE, Fri.: Dave Sands today denied that he had not had sufficient training for his fight against [?]…

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SWIMMING Forecasts Second by Barry Darke

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 19

SYDNEY, Fri.: Coach Tom Penny forecast today that outstanding 16-year-old swimmer Barry Darke would break a…

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Myrtleford Sporting Fixtures for Today Tennis

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 18

Fixtures in the lawn tennis association competition re-commence today and the draw is: North v East; South v City; West v Central…

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Country Week Tennis Semi-finals to be played today

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 January 1952 · page 19

SYDNEY, Fri.: Wollongong and Newcastle No. 1 teams will meet tomorrow [?] White City in a semi-final of the men’s A division championship in the Country Week tennis carnival…

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World Rugby Cup deferred

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 8

LONDON, Sun.: Rugby League International Board at Lyons yesterday decided to refer back to their respective organisations…

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SWIMMING Barry Darke smashes record

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY, Sun.: A crowd of 4000 last night saw Barry Darke smash the Australian 110 yards freestyle record by more than a second when he won the N.S.W. title in 59.9 seconds at North Sydney Olympic Pool…

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Tennis Corowa Results

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 8

First matches after the Christmas break in the Corowa District Tennis Association were played on Saturday in perfect weather. Two close games…

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Win for S.a. Rugby Team

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 8

LONDON, Sun.: The South African Rugby Union team scored the 23rd win of their tour yesterday by [?] Western Counties…

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Boxing Sands-toohey Match February 1

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Sun.: British Empire middleweight champion Dave Sands will make his return to the Australian ring at Melbourne Stadium on…

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Two die while swimming at week-end

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 1

Two men died while swimming in the border district on Saturday afternoon. One was a young Rutherglen man, and the other a Melbourne visitor…

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