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Sport, 1953

2,231 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 112

TENNIS Preparing for autumn pennant

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 15

Most Albury teams clubs have commenced to prepare for the forthcoming autumn pennant conducted by the A. and B…

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Boxing Welter Title Fight on March 8

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 15

SYDNEY, Wed.: Stadiums Ltd. have fixed March 8 as the date for the Australian welterweight title fight between Newcastle…

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FOOTBALL Move for O. and M. second 18 competition ?

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1953 · page 12

A move for the formation of an Ovens and Murray Football League second eighteen competition seems certain to be made at…

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Cricket

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 4

Concluding fixtures of the R.D.C.A. competition will start on Saturday next, after which the semi-finals and finals will be…

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Championship Bowls at Culcairn

The Observer · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 8

Playing in the A division of the Culcairn Club championship, G. Blanis d. P. Holmes, 25-17, and L. G. Smith d…

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Corowa Tennis Club

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 4

The annual Association tournament will be held at the courts this Saturday and will be run in both A and B grades. Eighty…

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Match Rules Discussed by Bowls Committee

The Observer · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 6

Rules governing the playing of matches in major club competitions were fully dealt with at Monday night's committee…

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Group 13 Rugby Comp. Begins on April 26

The Observer · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 7

The Group 13 Rugby League competition will commence on Sunday, 26th April, and the draw will be made at the next meeting of the executive. This was decided at the annual meeting of the Group, held at…

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Border Cricket North Need Win

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 12

North Albury will have to put up a good performance tomorrow if they are to have any chance of retaining a chance to…

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Bowls Henty Whites d. ALBURY D. Blues in Pennant

The Observer · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 8

Henty Whites defeated Albury Dark Blues in the A. & D. pennant competition at Henty on Saturday by 74 points to 68…

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Rochfort appeals at the Wodonga races

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 15

Rochfort appeals as the likely winner of the St. Patrick’s Handicap at Wodonga tomorrow. Lepidus beat him at Mooroopna at his second start since coming to the border district, but he was reported to have been unlucky…

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Tennis Lyric Challenge Cup Won by Henty a Reserve

The Observer · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 7

Henty A Reserve Grade defeated Hickory Hill by two games to win the Lyric Pictures Challenge Cup last…

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Our first big cricket set-back since the war

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1953 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: For the first time since World War II Australia failed today to win an international cricket rubber. South Africa won the fifth Test by six wickets and two runs, and the rubber ended with two wins each and one drawn game…

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Albury coursing meeting to-night

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 22

An interesting nine-event programme has been set down for decision for the Albury Greyhound Coursing Club’s meeting tonight, Among visiting dogs who…

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Golf Links Fire

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 2

Several acres of grass were destroyed last night, when a fire broke eat on the western side of Albury golf links. The flames…

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RUGBY Lavingfon prospects are bright

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 19

At the general meeting of the newly formed Lavington Rugby Club, Mr J. Freeman was elected the first president…

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FOOTBALL Tungomah holds annual meeting

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 22

Annual meeting of the Tungamah Football Club was held in the supper room of the Memorial Hall on Monday night, when a…

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RUTHERGLEN Memorial Swimming Pool

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 6

The opening of the Rutherglen War Memorial Swimming pool has been delayed pending the testing of the filtration and…

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Tennis Secretaries !

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

Secretaries of Albury and district tennis clubs are once again reminded that results of matches played on Saturday will…

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Wangaratta News Cricket Finals

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 14

Semi-finals and finals of the Wangaratta District Cricket Association will be played on turf wickets of which there are three,…

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