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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1939

359 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 11 of 18

Road Racing K. Koorey First and Fastest

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 July 1939 · page 2

Interesting racing was provided by cyclists on Sunday last when seniors competed for the Bookmakers” Purse, and juniors had their first race in…

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Associates Golf

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 2

Playing in an 18-hole stroke competion for the Monthly Spoon on Wednesday last Mrs. Evans returned the winning card and reduced her handicap…

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Rugby League Queanbeyan v. Canberra Carr Cup Match

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 1

Final arrangements were made last night for the clash between Queanbeyan and Canberra for the Carr Cup on Sunday next…

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Tournament Tennis Crawford’s Success BOSTON

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 1

Crawford defeated Mulloy, 7-5. 6-1, 3-6, 8-6, in the quarter final of the Longwood Bowl tournament…

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Football Canberra Snatches Win Right on Time

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 3

The reserve grade competition math between Braid wood and Canberra, played at Queanleyan on Sunday as a curtain-raiser to what…

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Farcical Football Queer Way of Running Competition

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 2

If Sunday's game between Canberra and Braidwood can be accepted as a criterion, then the reserve grade football competition promoted by…

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Australian Tennis Player's Success

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 7

BOSTON.—Adrian Quist convincingly defeated C. G. Mako, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the Longwood Bowl tournament. Quist and…

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Telegraphic News Sydney, 2 p.m. GOLF

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 7

Norman Von Nida defeated W. Bolger in the play-off for the Lakes open golf championship yesterday. The former had a stroke round of…

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Road Racing Esmond Cup to B. KELLY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 1

With a well timed “jump” on Sparrows’ Hall, that left his co-markers standing, B. Kelly, of Canberra, rode unpaced for almost 20 miles to cross…

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Big Tennis

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 2

NEW YORK.—Playing in the Sea bright tournament, Grant (U.S.A.) defeated Crawford (Aust.), 6-3, 4-l, 6-4. The Australian's tennis was…

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Notes and News Football

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 2

Following is the team to play a competition match against Canberra on the recreation ground on Sunday next, the match commencing at 3…

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Rugby League Reserves to Play Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 3

Queanbeyan Reserves will play Captain’s Flat at the showground on Sunday, in the Group League competition. Both teams are level in the point…

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Football

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 2

When we expressed the opinion recently that the reserve grade football competition was rapidly developing into a farce it seems we were not…

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Golf Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 1

D. Moffat was successful in winning the Saturday afternoon stroke competition with 84-19-65. Best cards were: R. McElray, 88-20-68: D. Butler…

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Road Racing Long Race to F. BENTLEY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1939 · page 2

Frank Bentley scored a popular and well-deserved win on Sunday, when he outstripped R. McCrorey to win the Hamburger Cup…

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Tennis

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

Gundaroo tennis team will visit Queanbeyan on Sunday next to contest a match for the Hammond Cup. These two teams are evenly matched, and as…

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Football

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2

The following team has been selected to visit Captain's Flat for the reserve grade competition match next Sunday, cars leaving at 12.30 p.m…

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Gundaroo Football

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 3

On Sunday Gundaroo footballers played a Queanbeyan team and after a fast and spectacular game won by 30 points to 5. All the Gundaroo players…

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Gosford Races Abandoned

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2

The Gosford race meeting, fixed for to-day, was abandoned owing to heavy rain…

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Not Signed Yet Showground Lease Coursing Club’s Objections

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 August 1939 · page 2

It was announced at the meeting of the committee of the P. and A. Association on Tuesday night that the lease drawn up in the…

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