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Sport, 1952

2,300 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 115

Golf Thompson Ties with Locke

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 9

JOHANNESBURGH, Sunday: Australian golfer Peter Thompson and South African Bobby Locke finished all square at the end of…

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Cricket Visitors Please at Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 12

The visiting Richmond team defeated Corowa district by three runs yesterday. Before the game the Mayor of…

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Tennis A. Grade Leaders Toppled by S. Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 8

Leaders in the A. and B. L.T.A.’s summer pennant competition, West Albury, went down to South by four sets in the greatest upset of the competition. Unbeaten until Saturday,…

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Country Week Tennis Wollongong No. 1 Win Men’s Championship

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sun.: Wollongong No. 1 team gave a splendid performance to held the Country Week men’s teams’ championship at White City yesterday. Wollongong defeated the powerful Newcastle No 1…

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Swimming Success

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

Further laurels have fallen to the crown of Judy Joy Davies, Olympic representative who is to visit Deniliquin to assist in…

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Tennis Notes

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 4

The N.E.D. Junior championship Behallaon, Sunday proved rather disappointing as laras' Corowa players were…

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Swimming Another Record to Darke

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 12

SYDNEY, Mon.: Seventeen-year-old Barry Darke, of Manly, broke his Australian 440 yards junior freestyle record at the North…

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Maude Cricket Special Trophy Rules

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 3

Rules to govern a competition for a special trophy presented to the Maude Cricket Club by Messrs P. Murphy and S. Murdoch, of…

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Country Tennis Championships All Seeded Players Win

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon.: All seeded men players reached the quarter finals of the country tennis championships at White City…

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Unusual Cricket Match Win By 10 Wickets

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

An unusual match in which Wanganella defeated Mundiwa by 10 wickets and seven runs, has been concluded with the match…

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Mathoura News Residents Perturbed at Lack of Swimming Water Pool A “White Elephant”

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 2

With only five feet of waterr in the deepest part of the Gulp River at Mathoura, local residents are somewhat perturbed at…

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Wagga coursing meeting abandoned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 16

Wagga greyhound meeting for Thursday has been abandoned. Next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 22. Nominations close…

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Swimming Thursday Night’s Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 15

Several features will be presented on Thursday night starting at 8 p.m. when Albury Swimming Club will stage another…

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Boxing Dittmar Is O.k

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 15

SYDNEY, Tues.: A spokesman for Sydney Stadiums Ltd. today gave an assurance that there was “nothing wrong” with national…

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Bowls Albury Women’s Club

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 15

A spoon competition was conducted on Monday night by Albury Women’s Bowling Club, the winning rink being Me[?] McKenzie, Potter, McLean and…

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Shepparton Cup Races

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 16

Entries for Shepparton Jockey Club’s Cup meeting on Saturday, February 2, will close at 3 p.m. next Wednesday with the secretary (Mr Frank Devine)…

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FOOTBALL Mulwala club meets

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 16

At the annual meeting of the Mulwala Football Club, Mr Jack (“Digger”) Brown was re-elected president for a further period…

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Kiewa-Wodonga Country Week cricket team

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 10

The joint Wodonga-Kiewa Association team to play in Victorian Country Week C group, commencing on February 11, was…

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Sheffield Shield cricket Queensland beats W.A.

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 16

BRISBANE, Tues.: Queensland recorded their first win in the Sheffield Shield this season when they defeated WA by an innings…

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Jerilderie Golf Club

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 3

At a meeting of Members of the above Club an Wednesday of last week, the resignation of Mr. C. R. Pleydell, as Hon. Secretary was…

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