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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1948

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Move to Improve Football Inter-town Comp. Suggested

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 1

A move to introduce intertown competition football into Group 14 this season has been by the Gilgandra…

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WIELDING the WILLOW Mixed Results For Castlereagh Week-end Cricket

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 11

Castlereagh teams played in three matches during the weekend with mixed results. On Sunday a representative…

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[?] Diggers Play Cricket

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 5

A combined team of blinded and partially blinded ex-servicemen cricketers has been making country tours and is looking for more sport…

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[?] Bowls Notes Coonamme Beaten in "A" Pennants

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 1

Narromine "A" Pennant team again [?] horne on Sunday last defeating Coonamble by the narrow margin of points…

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Cricket News Gulargambone Cricketers Easily Defeat Bourke. Two Cricket Matches to Be Flayed Next Week-end

The Western Herald · Friday 30 January 1948 · page 8

The Gulargambone cricketers arrived in Bourke on Saturday evening last. They travelled from lunch-time 250 miles…

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Bowls Pennant Match Today

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 3

Today, Saturday, the Dubbo Bowling Club plays two "B" Pennant games, the No 1 team playing Narromine at Dubbo and the No. 2 team playing…

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Cricket Rain Prevents Play Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 6

Owing to heavy rain this morning there was no play before tea in the Sheffield Shield match between N.S.W. and Western Australia…

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SWIMMING McGILL WINS 50 Yds. Club Championship

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 8

Doug McGill easily won the Wellington Amateur Swimming Club's Junior 50 yards championship at the…

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Swimming Club Stages Beginners Race

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 6

The Dubbo Amateur Swimming Club included in its Sunday morning programme a race for beginners. Distance for the event was approximately…

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GREYHOUNDS Tomorrow's Racing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 3

Seven races have been programmed for tomorrow night's meeting of Dubbo Diggers Greyhound Racing Club. Three are over 345 yards…

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Competition Cricket

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 1

The Buffaloes defeated the Colts II outright on Saturday by an innings and 127 runs. Colts II second innings netted 33 runs. Arnold Mann…

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Peak Hill Cricket

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 7

Peak Hill District Cricket Competition will resume on Sunday, after the harvest recess, when the second round of the competition will…

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BOWLS Pennant Matches Played At Weekend

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 4

Dubbo Club played four pennant matches over the week-end, three at Dubbo and one away. On Saturday at Gilgandra, Gilgandra beat Dubbo No. 2 team in the "B" Pennants by 121 to 74…

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Tennis Town Courts Mixed Tourney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 4

Eleven couples took part in the Mixed Tournament conducted at the Town Courts last Sunday, E. Powderly and Miss J. Page being the winners…

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GOLF Soaring Temperatures Do Not Deter Golfers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 2

Despite the weekend rise in the thermometer to near the century mark golfers pursued their sport on Saturday and Sunday. More players participated than returned cards. Many felt the effects of the heat and considered discretion the…

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Narromine May Have Football Coach This Year

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 1

Amongst the matters to be discussed by the Marromine football club when a meeting takes place at the and of the month will be a…

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Rugby Union Football

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 10

In the advertisement column of this issue, attention is drawn to the fact that the inaugural meeting of the Wellington Rugby…

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Swimming at Two Mile

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 14

The rains of the last few months have scoured out and replenished the swimming hole at the two mile peg on the Timor Road,…

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Bowls COONABARABRAN v. DUNEDOO

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 2

A party, of Coonabarabran bowlers Journeyed to Dunedoo at the week-end. The visitors were welcomed by…

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TENNIS Paramount Tournament

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

Last Sunday the Paramount Tennis Club held their usual Sunday open tournament, the winners being Mr. and Mrs. H. Jones with 39 games…

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