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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1936

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Boxing News Big Bouts in the Offing Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

Bep Van Klaveren, the Dutch boxer, secured his bail of £600, and has been liberated. He now says that he will train on and terminate his contract…

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SWIMMING Records Go

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 3

Owing to the heavy rain during the week, the Narromine swimming club's annual carnival which was set down for…

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TENNIS Town Club News

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 2

The usual club afternoon will be conducted on the Wellington Public Tennis Club courts on Wednesday, Saturday and the week-end…

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Country Tennis No Play To-day Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 1

There was no play to-day in the country week tennis championships, on account of the courts having been flooded as a result of the…

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Athletic Sports

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 2

Athletic sports at Temora on Boxing Day attracted a crowd of 7,000, who paid £500 gate money. A special train…

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Sporting Notes Cricket

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

Secretary Walter Bell advises that as a result of the stoppage of play in Saturday's competition matches owing to the rain, he was asked what was…

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Loves Cricket Dubbo's Police Chief

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 3

Acting-Superintendent Hamilton, Dubbo's new police chief, loves cricket. He has played the game for 35 years and, in "keeping"…

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Amateur Athletics Dubbo Club Meeting Anti-Professionalism

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1936 · page 6

During a discussion at a general meeting of the Dubbo and District Amateur Athletic Club at the Town Hall last night, it was indicated…

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Swimming Notes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 9

Rain, one would think, would not greatly interfere with swimming. It is the actual cool weather which…

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Swimming Match

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

The water will be flying at the Olympic swimming pool at 5.30 this afternoon, when a challenge match between Paris House and the Commercial Hotel…

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Ladies' Swimming Club

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 2

An important meeting of the Wellington Ladies' Amateur Swimming Club will be held at the Golden Key on Monday night next at 8 p.m…

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BOWLS Local Competitions

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

The Dubbo A team was to have visited Wellington yesterday, but Word was received that the team could not make the trip…

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Novelty Cricket

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 10

Saturday last proved to be the day when man was victor over the weaker sex, though only by a small degree, when the novelty cricket…

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Cricket Teams

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 4

The following teams have been selected for Sunday next: To [?]y Hillside, at Hillside, for the Warnock Cup: H. Williams (captain),…

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TENNIS Town Club News

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

Wellington Public Tennis Club is being represented by three teams, two of men and one of women, at the annual…

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Sporting Notes Cricket

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

Detail of the scores of the The Border second innings arrived too late for inclusion in Tuesday's "Liberal." Phillips, who opened with White, made…

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SWIMMING Wellington Successes at Parkes Close Finishes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 3

A number of swimmers from Wellington journeyed over to Parkes yesterday to attend the annual carnival under the…

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Lacked Courage Lawn Tennis Assn. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

Allegations that the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association lacked courage, and that the country tennis carnival is at…

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Lawn Tennis Association Slated on Country Week Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

Allegations that the N.S.W. Lawn Tennis Association lacked courage, and that the Country Tennis Carnival is at present farcical, were made last…

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District Cricket Second Round of Competition Two Five Point Victories

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 1

The second round of the Gilgandra and District Second Grade Competition was commenced on Sunday last, when…

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