LOUTH 6768 Premier Cricket Rod Luffman seals victory with two mighty sixes Premiership Shield Presented Louth Gets on Top
The Western Herald · Friday 22 March 1968 · page 1
Sundays Cricket Grand Final finished on a sensational note when Louth batsman Rod Luffman clouted two glorious sixes to take the Louth score past the Enngonia total of 141. Luffman's The big crowd, which paid $35 admittance (a record gate for cricket) were tense as Ron Luff man and Dan…
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The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 4
Of the eleven players selected for Sundays trials Bourke will have strong claims for representation in…
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The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 4
In the Cowderoy Singles S. Hayman def. N. Fry 159-51, J. Hanns def. H. Buchanan 157-53 and S…
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The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 10
The night tennis competition is to start again on Tuesday night, 9th April. Teams will consist…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Golf Associates Picnic Day
The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 9
How pleasing to see so many golfers taking part in the opening day of the 1968 season. Twenty-four Associates played a nine hole competition. The results were as…
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The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 4
Sixteen Bourke players travelled to Trangie last Sunday for a series of trial matches that enabled Far West selectors to select four Possible, Probables teams to compete in further trials at Tottenham next week…
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The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 1
Well, the Annual General Meeting of the Club held last Sunday was attended by 23 members…
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The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 3
On the 15th March the Annual General meeting of the Hungerford Tennis Club was well attended at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Football News Bourke Win League Knockout
The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 2
Playing sustained football under trying conditions Bourke hung on tenaciously to win the final of last Sundays Group 15 Knockout Competition played at the Davidson Oval Bourke…
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The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 2
The group selectors met at the ground to select two teams for a further trial to be held at Goodooga on…
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The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 6
The announcement this week by the Bourke Diggers Club that they will stage a one-day race meeting on 29th June, offering $2,600 prize-money will mean that Bourke will stage two of the biggest prize-money country race…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sporting Scene Rugby League Group Selections Just what do you have to do to gain selections in the Group 15 Rugby League team?
The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 6
Group selectors considered that only two Bourke players were good enough to be among the 26 selected (excluding reserves) for next weeks Possibles v. Probables clash at Goodooga. From this game the Group 15 team…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Best Performers Last Saturday Bourke Junior Sporting Association Boys Cricket
The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1968 · page 4
The results of Round 4 played on Saturday, March 23rd are as follows:— Group 1…
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The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 6
In the Cowderoy Singles Marg Honeyman def. M. Roberts 108-102. Quarter finals of this competition to…
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The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 8
The start of the night tennis competition has been postponed for one week and will now…
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The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 6
Last week-end's opening programme included a Mixed Foursomes and some fourteen couples assaulted…
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The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 1
One of Australia's leading race commentators, Mr. Geoff Mahoney, of Sydney, has accepted an invitation from the Darling River Picnic Race Club to attend and call the racing at this…
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The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 1
Well known western districts race caller Mr. Bob Foran has accepted the invitation of the Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rodeo Huge Success Street Procession showing Highland Piper leading entrants in Cowgirl Competition Pat Pearce Breaks Australian Barrel Racing Record
The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1968 · page 1
A feature of last Saturday's State Championship Rodeo at the Bourke Showground was the breaking of the Australian Barrel Racing record by local rider Pat Pearce and his mount "Powder Horn."…
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The Western Herald · Friday 12 April 1968 · page 10
On Sunday, 31st March, a nine hole Competition was played. The winner was Miss Robyn Davis…
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