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Sport, 1954

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Annual bowls tourney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

Wodonga Bowling Club will hold its annual tournament next Sunday and Monday. A pairs’ competition will be played on Sunday,…

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Football Club

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 9

Mr Jack Williams presided over a good attendance at a general meeting of the local Football Club on Wednesday…

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‘Diggers’ Races

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

The Berrigan Diggers’ races, held on Saturday, resulted very satisfactory from every point of view, the attendance being…

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Mrs M. Hore wins bowls title

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 8

Mrs. M. Hore defeated Mrs. McEachern in the final of the Wodonga ladies’ bowling championship. Mrs. Harvie defeated Mrs…

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District News Holbrook Football Club

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 20

Change in, club guernseys was made at a committee meeting of the Holbrook Australian Rules Football Club. Green socks with…

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Opinions differ on reasons for falling of support of coursing

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

Following a statement at the half yearly meeting of the Albury Coursing Club on Monday night, that nominations and attendances had fallen off considerably, an effort to find the…

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Cricket

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 3

Finley cricketers visited Jerilderie last Sunday and were soundly defeated by 124 to 66. The first four Finley wickets…

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Albury coursing from another angle

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 15

A number of critics of the fewer nominations being reecived for coursing at the present day, compared to the past, lose sight of the fact that litter registrations were 457 fewer in 1952 than in 1951—a big decline…

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TENNIS Hume Association

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 15

A grade in Hume Tennis Association will complete their second round of matches on Saturday. Semi-finals will be played the…

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BOWLS Albury Women’s Club

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 15

Albury Women’s Bowling Club weekly night bowls competition was won by Miss Black. Mesd Eliott, Heriot and Axtens…

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Big season ahead for Rugby League

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 15

SYDNEY, Wed.: Rugby League would have the biggest season in its history this year, chairman of the Australian Board of Control…

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Rugby League Riverina Association becomes Group 20

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 15

After [?]-three-year deadlock the break-sway claos forming the Riverina Ruby League Association have gained the official…

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No Saturday Football For Jerilderie

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 4

The Secretary of the Jerilderie Football Club advises that he has received notification to the effect that the…

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Inter School Cricket Grammar Defeats High

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 15

Grammar defeated High in all divisions of the inter-school cricket competition games played yesterday…

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Football “Dud” Probyn to Coach Brocklesby

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 15

Annual meeting of Brocklesby Football Club endorsed the committee’s action in appointing “Dud” Probyn as captain and coach for…

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Jerilderie Golf Club Annual Meeting — Season Opens April 4

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Opening Day of the 1954 Season will be on Sunday, 4th April. This was decided at the Annual Meeting of the…

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Pennant Tennis First matches in autumn competition on

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 14

Opening matches in the A. and B.L.T.A. autumn pennant competition will be played on Saturday afternoon in all grades. A total of 45 teams have been entered in the…

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Ex-boxing Champion Gaoled

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: John Eric Twist, 29, of Park street, North Carlton, a former light heavyweight boxing champion…

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Cricket Rutherglen District Cricket Association

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 4

Corowa put up a very poor baiting performance against Howlong last Saturday, and were soundly beaten. Howlong batted…

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Social Cricket

The Observer · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 1

In a social cricket match at Henty on Sunday between the Henty C.W.A. Younger Set and Henty Cricket Club, the…

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