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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1937

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Swimming Carnival This Afternoon and To-night Big Crowd of Visitors

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 2

The 18th annual swimming carnival will be held to-day The committee has received a big entry from swimmers…

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Racing at Mudgee Protest to W.D.R.A.

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 6

Regret that racing met with such poor support in Mudgee and that the local club did not receive better treatment at the hands…

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Swimming

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 1

A relay race was the only event held in the Dubbo swimming club's point score competition on Sunday. The winning team comprised P. Wand, A…

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Paman Shines Again As a Bowler Bell Cup Cricket

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

Bell Patman again shone in the Bell Cup competition on Saturday, this time with the ball. Playing for juniors No. 1, he skittled seven…

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Bowls

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2
Also in Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh

In between the showers yesterday afternoon the local bowlers managed to get a game or two, although towards the end of the game the…

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Swimming Notes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 11

Another milestone has been passed in the history of the Wellington Swimming Club, by the holding of their…

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SWIMMING Point Score Events

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

Despite the fact that the Wellington swimmers had a surfeit of swimming on Monday, the usual point score events…

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Bowls, Yes Bowls! Ideal Pastime During Hot Summer Months

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 11

In view of past proposals to lay a bowling green in Coonabarabran, the views of “Kitty Greensward” as expressed in a recent issue of a…

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Cricket Notes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 9

The fourth test match is being fought out keenly at Adelaide, with the result still in doubt at the time of…

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Cricket-minded

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

In the possession of a young man, arrested at Stockinbingal for "jumping the rattler," was a wireless set, built into a suitcase, 10in. long and 8in…

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Correspondence Swimming Baths To The Editor)

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

Sir.—May I once again remind our Civic Fathers that the Dubbo Olympic Swimming Pool is proving more popular than ever…

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Disqualifications at Baradine Races

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

On the first day of the Baradine Members’ Race Club meeting, held on Monday last, an inquiry was held into the running of the…

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Cricket Wellington v. YEOVAL

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 5

Yeoval cricketers visited Wellington on Monday and played a friendly match, the visitors winning by 73 runs…

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MENDOORAN Preparing for Show Holiday Cricket

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

On Monday, the Anniversary Day holiday, a match was played on the local ground between married and single men. Victory went to the married…

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Dinner Extended to Visiting Tennis Players. at Imperial Hotel

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

Prior to the tennis exhibition by the Australian stars, which took place at the Coonabarabran Railway Tennis Courts, last night, a…

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Show Committee Discusses “Tin Hares” At Monthly Meeting Coursing May Be Held on Showground

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

The Castlereagh Coursing Club is taking steps to commence “tin hare” racing in Coonabarabran at an early date, and the trustees of the Coonabarabran Showground have received an application from that body to build a coursing track…

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Entertainments Galore Fashions at the Races Archibald Art Prize

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

It was hard to make a decision of one's entertainment on Saturday last. The tennis championship finals promised to be so thrilling after all the…

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Visiting Tennis Stars Give Splendid Demonstration of Skill. Large Crowd Watches Players in Action

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

Despite the prevailing wet conditions a large crowd thronged the Railway Tennis Courts last night, when the Australian stars, Viv…

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Racing Form Huge Confab Coup Randwick 33/1 Winner Originally Set For Moorefield Corinthian. Lough Neagh All Washed Up

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 10

Confab's sensational Paddington victory, at Randwick last Saturday was the first I've backed at that price since Lough Neagh took…

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