Football Queanbeyan Again Misses
After having twice failed to win the B-Grade Cup from Braidwood, Queanbeyan made its third attempt on Sunday. This time, with a reorganised…
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Sport, 1940
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Road Racing Final of Road Season
Sunday, September 8th, Goulburn ' will visit Queanbeyan to compete for the Tully Cup, a teams’ race of five, over a distance of 24 miles, with three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greyhound Racing Nominations for To-morrow Afternoon
The following are the nominations for the Queanbeyan and District Coursing Club’s meeting to be held tomorrow (Saturday), September…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Football Semi-final Game Queanbeyan v. Manuka
To-morrow (Saturday) the Tigers will meet Manuka in the second semi-final for the 1940 premiership, at the Manuk[?] Oval, at 2.45 p.m. sharp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby League Queanbeyan Retains Massy Cup
Sunday’s game, in which Queanbeyan successfully defended the, Massy Cup against Yass, marked the conclusion of pup games .for the season…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Football Queanbeyan Wins Second Semi-Final
On Saturday the Tigers, met Manuka on the Manuka Oval in the second semi-final. The game was played in glorious weather, before a large crowd…
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Local League fans will have the opportunity to see the famous Maher Cup team, Harden-Murrumburrah, in action at the Queanbeyan Showground…
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This Sunday will mark the end of the consistency points score, the leaders at the moment being: Senior, B. Robinson; and Junior, Pat Burn…
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Following is the Braidwood team to play at Captain's Flat on Sunday in the benefit match for L. Fletcher, who had his leg broken earlier in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rugby League Harden-Murrumburrah’s One Point Win
Harden-Murrumburrah League team, who held the Maher Cup for a long period this season and recently lost it to Cootamundra, paid a visit to Queanbeyan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Football Eastlake Beats Manuka in Final
The biggest crowd of the season witnessed, the final of the National Football pennant on Saturday when the youthful Eastlake team defeated the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.I.F. Men Visit Famous Racing Stable Derby Winners Live in Luxury
(From Kenneth .Slessor, Official Correspondent with the A.I.F. in England) The love of Australians for a good horse is is traditional. No doubt Mr…
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It has been decided to open the green for practice to-morrow (Saturday). Notwithstanding the dry spell the…
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Having formed again as a cricket club the following players will represent East Queanbeyan on Sunday at Molonglo: N. hayden, L. Clarke, H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Golf Queanbeyan Associates
Miss Phyl McInnes returned the winning card on Wednesday last when playing in an 18 hole stroke competition, which was played in conjunction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Football Grand Final Match
To-morrow the grand final match of the season will be played between Queanbeyan and Eastlake, at the Manuka Oval, the game commencing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A.i.f. Despatches A.i.f. Men Visit Famous Racing Stable Derby Winners Live in Luxury
The love of Australians for a good horse is traditional. No doubt Mr. J. V. Rank, English flour millionaire, had this in mind when he issued on…
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The rain on Saturday caused the greyhound races set down for that day to be abandoned, and the committee have decided that the races will be held…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →National Football Queanbeyan Wins Premiership
Queanbeyan won the 1940 premiership of the Canberra National Football League by a runaway victory over Eastlake at Manuka Oval last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricket Queanbeyan Club’s Annual Meeting
The Queanbeyan Cricket Club held their general meeting at the Royal Hotel last Thursday evening, and a good number of members and…
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