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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Sport

Sport, 1969

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Cricket Teams for Sunday Final

The Western Herald · Friday 7 March 1969 · page 1

Louth v. Dry Lake at the Davidson Oval. LOUTH: J. McGuire, D. LeLievre, Ron Luffman,…

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Top Performers in Junior Cricket

The Western Herald · Friday 7 March 1969 · page 1

Photographed are some of the best performers in last weeks round of Junior Cricket. They are, from left to right: JOHN WALTON, STEVEN VOMVELLIS, RAY LONG and STEVEN WHEELHOUSE. In Group 3 matches, Wheelhouse scored 48 not out and Vomvellis took 2/0. In Group 2 matches Walton scored 30 retired and Long took 3/0…

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Bourke Junior Sporting Association Junior Boys Cricket

The Western Herald · Friday 7 March 1969 · page 5

Results of matches played on 1st March were as follows:GROUP 3 R. Mackellar's team 77…

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CRICKET Enngonia Top Team Louth to meet Dry Lake in Final

The Western Herald · Friday 7 March 1969 · page 1

Enngonia have emerged strong contenders to win this year's Bourke and District Cricket Association Competition, following their second consecutive win over Louth last Sunday…

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Rugby League

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 1

The trial match against Nyngan had to be abandoned at the last minute as Nyngan were unable to…

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Convent Swimming Carnival

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 1

Pictured are placegetters in two of the Girls 33 l/3rd metres Breaststroke events at last weeks Annual St. Ignatius Parish School Swimming Carnival. In the above photo are BARBARA LANGLEY (left) 3rd, NICKY JONES (centre) 1st, and PATRICIA McCOUAT (right) 2nd. The bottom picture shows, from left to right: SALLY KNIGHT…

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Rugby Union Knock-out This Week

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 1

Well, Rugby Union is off to its usual early start this week with a Knockout competition at…

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Womens Bowls Cowderoy Singles Semi-final

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 10

S. Honeyman def. J. Hanns 136-114 in the Semi-Final of the Cowderoy Singles. The game…

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Bowls Notes Challenge Night won by Carriers

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 10

Ted Rooney, Ron Thorne, George Walton and Bob Reynolds comprised the winning "Carriers" team at last weeks Challenge Night. Ten teams played off to a…

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5 Races for $1,500 at Picnics

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 10

A recent Committee Meeting of the Darling River Picnic Race Club decided on a five race programme offering $1,500 prizemoney. The Annual Picnic Race…

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Bourke Junior Sporting Association Junior Boys Cricket

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 9

Results of matches played on 8th March were as follows:GROUP 3 O. Graham's team 52 def…

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Cricket Louth Wins Final Grand Final This

The Western Herald · Friday 14 March 1969 · page 1

Last Sunday, Louth battled their way out of the batting doldrums, to record victory over Dry Lake in the final of this season's Cricket Competition…

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Associates Golf Notes

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 9

Tomorrow, Saturday, March 22nd, is our annual Bowlers v. Golfers afternoon. The match is to be…

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Rugby Union Knock-out Washed Out

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 4

After great preparations here early on Sunday morning last, Nyngan decided to call off the…

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Womens Bowls Semi Final Cowderoy Singles

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 6

P. Rice defeated G. Dawson in the Semi Final of the Cowderoy Singles. Peg went off to an early…

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Golf Season Commences Sat., March 29

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 4

Clean your grips, clean your clubs, rub down your bag, and probably rub down yourselves, for on…

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Bowls Notes Rain Interferes with Week-end Play

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 4

There were no bowls played over the week-end due to rain. Only Men's Bowls played was Challenge Night on Thursday, 13th March. Surprisingly, the Andy…

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CRICKET Grand Final This

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 1

The Grand Final of the Bourke and District Cricket Association Competition between Enngonia and Louth will now be played on Sunday at the M.A. Davidson Oval…

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Group 15 Rugby League Knock-out at Walgett on

The Western Herald · Friday 21 March 1969 · page 10

Rugby League in Group 15 opens with the Knockout Competitions at Walgett on Sunday. There will be two separate Competitions, one for Senior…

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Womens Bowls

The Western Herald · Friday 28 March 1969 · page 6

Last Saturday the Golf Club Associates entertained our bowlers. A happy afternoon of golf…

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