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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1928

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Queanbeyan Heights Golf Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 1

A fair attendance of members and associates were on the links on Sunday, but the boisterous weather undoubtedly had its effects on the minds…

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Australian Tennis Players Beaten by Transvaal JOHANNESBURG

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 2

Transvaal beat, the Australian tennis players four matches to one. Winslow beat Cummings, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, and…

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A Golfer’s Lamest a Psalm of Golf Life

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 5

A golfer sends the following, with apologies to Longfellow: — Tell it in most mornful measures Golf is but an empty dream,…

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Queanbeyan Golf Club

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 1

Members and Associates experienced a very cold day on the links on Sunday when a Foursome was uninviting weather conditions those…

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Broadcasting Racing Results

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 1

The director of the Radio Broadcast Bureau(Mr. C. C. Faulkner) stated this week that since his protests on behalf of the radio industry…

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Tennis Local Players Visit Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 1

Over the week-end two teams of local tennis players visited Goulburn where they met a strong district combination. The teams were: —…

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Football Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 4

Five country players—or six, if Treweake the ex-Tumut player is regarded as a countryman—have been selected to play against Queensland to-morrow…

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Queanbeyan Golf Club ?

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 1

A very interesting one club stroke handicap competition was played on Wednesday afternoon and some choice scores were handed in, and caddies…

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Football

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 6

In a match of many thrills, New South Wales Rugby League representatives on Saturday afternoon at the Sydney Cricket Ground turned the…

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Football

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

The match between Braidwood and what was apparently a combined Queanbeyan team, in aid of Geo. Bennett, who was injured while playing…

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Football Dance

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 7

Braidwood Football Club "kicked off" with a social in the Institute on Thursday night last, which was a thoroughly enjoyable and successful…

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Queanbeyan Golf Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

Competition for the Hammond Gold Shield, was concluded on Sunday last. This event, a 36 hole stroke handicap, was won by Captain Holloway by the…

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Queanbeyan Heights Golf Club

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

There was an excellent roll up of members and associates on the links on Sunday. Glorious sunshine invited good golf in the first round for the…

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Is Tennis Sport or Amusement ?

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 3

The question whether lawn tennis is a sport or an amusement will be argued in the law courts shortly (says a message from Paris). The Treasury…

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Queanbeyan Golf Club the Kerr Vase

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

The Associates continued the Kerr Vase competition on Sunday last. The first round was won by Mrs. Holloway and she had to…

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Football Richardson Cup — Warrigals Win

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 1

In a very even, unspectacular game at Manuka Oval on Saturday last, the local Warrigals defeated the Federal Rovers by a single point in a match…

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Football Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 1

“Yic” Yorke’s inclusion in the Australian thirteen against the Englishmen seems assured. Group 8 decided that the Tully…

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Golf the Game Described

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 4

What is golf? Golf is a form of work made expensive enough for a man to enjoy it. It is physical and mental exertion…

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Tennis Championships Australian Players Defeated Paris

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 1

The Australian women tennis players were eliminated from the finals. Crawford and Hopman (AusFrench championships in the quarter…

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Football Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 2

In their match with Waratahs for the Hospital Cup in the Park on Sunday, the Warrigals will be represented by: Back, White; three-quarters,…

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