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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1928

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Cricket and Radio Broadcasting the Matches

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 5

Members of the English cricket team are delighted with the efficiency of the Australian broadcasting stations their enthusiasm being partly…

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Country Week Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 November 1928 · page 2

The Southern District team played their first match on Tuesday against Far West and declared their innings closed with seven wickets down for…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 2

The following players have been elected to represent the Queanbeyan Cricket Club in its various features for the coming week-end…

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Tennis Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 2

The selectors, Messrs. Paul, J. Ridley and Freebody met yesterday and selected the teams to represent the Canberra Tennis Association for…

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Big Cricket

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 3

England completed their first innings against Queensland for 293, thanks to a lucky 114 by Leyland, who had four lives in making them…

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Cricket Match Won in One Hit a Ball Which Travelled

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 2

In Mr. S. J. Looker's "Cricket," a book dealing with play in the early years, some interesting incidents are related The chapter "Lords in 1902"…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 3

Queanbeyan “A” Grade placed themselves in a strong position against Action on the latter’s wicket on Saturday when they scored 281 for…

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Cricket Braidwood v. NOWRA

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 2

A fair number of spectotars witnessed the meeting of the above teams on the Rec. on Sunday. The visitors fielded a remarkably strong…

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Fashion Forecasts Parisian Designs Cheated paramount picture Stars Excusive to “The Queanbeyan Age” The Tennis Frock

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 6 December 1928 · page 2

No modern woman’s wardrobe is complete these days without at least one sports dress. White is always smart wear, no matter what the…

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Cycle Road Racing Under Which System? Australian or French?

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 December 1928 · page 6

Road racing conditions in Australia and France are almost as wide apart as the two countries are geographically. The comments made by…

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Cricket

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 6

Tyldesley aud Hammond were the most successful English batsmen in the match against Combined Country at Slade Park, Warwick (Q.) on…

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Sutton TENNIS

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 3

A team of players from Hall came over on Saturday and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent. The play was fairly even. Sets were equal,…

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Cricket District Competition

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 7

Braid wood and Nerriga met in the third round of the above on Saturday on the latter's wicket. The visitors batted first. Chapman and L. Irwin…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 December 1928 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon on the new Wicket on the Queanbeyan Show ground a match was played between representatives of the P. and A…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 December 1928 · page 1

Queanbeyan visited Northbourne on Saturday, last in the second round of the Federal Territory Cricket Association’s competition A. Grade. The…

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Big Cricket

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1928 · page 6

Remarkable bowling by the two Victorian colts, Ebeling and a'Beckett was responsible for Queensland's collapse on Saturday for 97 runs…

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Racing by Radio

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 20 December 1928 · page 4

Probably no feature of the broadcasting programmes from Sydney is casting programmes from Sydney is enjoyed more than the description…

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Couldn’t See Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 20 December 1928 · page 4

An indication of the part played by radio in disseminating news of the test matches is given by the experience of a number of cricketing…

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Big Cricket

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 December 1928 · page 2

The match between Newcastle and Hunter River and England was played at Newcastle on Friday. Batting first, the former made 350 for the…

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Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 December 1928 · page 2

In the Queanbeyan Park on Boxing Day, W. Tickner’s eleven defeated a Queanbeyan team by 79 runs. The locals battled first and scored 163,…

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