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Sport, 1954

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Football Club Jerilderie Bid to Join Murray League Firsts

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 3

Jerilderie Football Club has applied to the Murray League for promotion from Leagues seconds to the Firsts…

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CRICKET Says Rutherglen did not refuse to bal (By “Keeper”)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 15

A spokesman for the Rutherglen Cricket Association said yesterday that the team had not refused to bat a second…

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Round-up of Australian and World Sporting Items U.S. Davis Cup captain involved incident during big tennis

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 15

SYDNEY Wed.: American Davis Cup captain, Vic Seixas, was involved in an incident during an Australian doubles semi-final match at White City today. During the last minute of the match, Seixas invited a spectator down…

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Bowls

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 2

Trial pennant matches will be played to-morrow, Saturday, between the following teams:—E Milliken, H. Keys, B…

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Cricket North East Cricket Cup Final

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 4

Rutherglen Association met Albury and were easily defeated. Saimon, after winning the loss for Rutherglen, had to option…

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SWIMMING Albury sending strong team to Wagga(Contributed)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 14

The Albury Amateur Swimming Club is sending a strong team to the NSW Country Championships at Wagga this…

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Tennis, Bowling Tournaments at Week-end

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 5

Sporting fixtures in Deniliquin for the Australian Day week-end include a club championship tournament to…

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Rose puts Seixas out of tennis title match

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 14

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Former Davis Cup player, Mervyn Rose, eliminated Wimbledon chai Vic Seixas, from the Australian singles championship at White City today after a gruelling…

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Border Cricket Murray South have a chance to make four(By “Keeper.”)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 12

Murray South, last season’s runners-up chance fro make the four of the A. and B.C.A. first grade tomorrow as a result of their dismissal of East Albury last week…

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FOOTBALL North to start P.T. classes

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 15

North Albury Football Club swings into action next Tuesday evening with the commencement of physical training classes at…

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O’farrell Cup Cricket County cricketer in Temora’s team

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 15

Included in the Temora team to play Holbrook at Culcairn tomorrow for the O’Farrell Cup is G. Keighley, who has opened…

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Shield Cricket First innings collapse by N.S.W.: all out for 182

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 15

SYDNEY, Fri.: Victorian fast medium left-hander Harry Lambert caused a N.S.W. first innings collapse when he took 6/55 in the Sheffield Shield match at Sydney Cricket Ground…

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North-east Cricket Trial Five young Albury players at Benalla on Monday (By “Keeper.”)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 15

Five of Albury’s youngest first grace cricketers will play in the North-Eastern cricket trial match at Benalla on Monday. A team to play a Victorian XI at Benalla on March 13 will be chosen from them…

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No tennis, so golf will do!

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 12

Bain made it impossible for tennis on Saturday, but the caretaker of the Albury and Border Lawn Tennis Association courts (Mr. Wal Butter) did not lose his afternoon’s sport. He is shown here putting out on the 18th green at the Albury…

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Benalla Races on

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 8

Benalla races will definitely be held today. an official of the club said last night. He said the heavy rains for two days and part of…

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Coursing Pasha Chief Wins the Hobart Thousand

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 5

HOBART, Sun.: Tasmanian dogs filled the first three places in the final of the Hobart Thousand, Australia’s richest…

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Win for N.z. Rugby Union Team

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 8

LONDON, Sun.: N.Z, beat England by 5-0 before a capacity crowd of 70,000 at Twickenham yesterday in a Rugby Union…

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Express Races Through Crowd

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 8

CAIRO, Sun.: Twenty-eight people, including three policemen, were killed and five injured at Kafr El Zayat, in the Nile…

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Trabert will “report” our tennis fans

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 8

NEW YORK, Sun.: U.S. Davis Cup player, Tony Trabert, who returned home last night said he would report to the U.S…

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TENNIS Hartwig probable Australian champion (From Allan Kendall)

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sun.: In yesterday’s national singles semi-finals Rex Hartwig revealed himself as the probable Australian…

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