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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1940

355 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 18

Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 2

The following three rinks have been selected to meet Canberra City at Queanbeyan on Sunday next in the Rose Bay trophy competition:…

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Cricket

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 2

A spectacular exhibition of cricket should be witnessed on the local ground on Sunday, when a Bungendore team is to try conclusions with…

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Bungendore Cricket

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 2

Turalla played a team from Molonglo (Canberra) on Sunday last, ana were defeated By 79 runs. Batting first, Turalla struck trouble early,…

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Football Queanbeyan Junior Club

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 2

The first meeting of the above club was held at the Tourist Hotel, on Thursday night last. There was great competition as to the…

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Cricket

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 5

Araluen cricketers sprang a sur prise on Braidwood on Sunday week, when they looked like snatching a well-deserved victory. Though they…

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Cricket Bright Batting by Braidwood and Bungendore

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 2

Apparently tired of suffering continuous defeats at the bands of the local team, Bungendore came across on Sunday with a team fully capable…

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Rugby League Football

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 1

Seven members of the Goulburn League committee will attend the annual meeting of Group 8, which is being held at Queanbeyan on Sunday…

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Coursing Club Benefit Meeting for Sports Queen

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 3

The Queanbeyan Coursing Club last evening gave consideration to a request that a greyhound racing meeting be conducted for the sports Queen,…

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BOXING Amateur Tourney for Sports Queen

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

In an effort to swell-the funds of Miss Joan Bale, the Queen of Sport, a boxing tournament has been arranged for Friday, April 12th, and will be…

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Tennis Tournament Queanbeyan Players Do Well at Young

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 2

At the annual Easter tennis tournament at Young Kevin Luff of Harden proved too strong for Lloyd Ellerman, of Grenfell in the final of the Southern…

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Cricket

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 2

The following have been selected to play Bungendore next Sunday:— P. Coffey, R. Coffey, W. Whittaker, A. Webb, E. French, R. McGrath,…

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National Football

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 2

Queanbeyan National footballers will commence their preparation for 1940 on Sunday morning in the Queanbeyan Park with a players’ meeting and…

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Golf Notes Queanbeyan Associates

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

That the 1940 championships will be played under match play conditions was one of the decisions arrived at by the Associates’ Committee at their…

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Swimming Baths May Yet Materialise in Queanbeyan

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 2

At the meeting of the Municipal Council last week, Alderman Williams’ inquiry whether anything was going to be done about draining the river, drew…

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Football League Season Opens Blues to Play Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

Next Sunday will mark. the official opening of the football season when Queanbeyan Blues will play Canberra. Followers of the code should be…

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Rugby League Football

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

The first inter-town match of the 1940 season will be staged on the showground next Sunday, when Canberra and Queanbeyan will try [?]…

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Cricket

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

Anembo cricketers, in their visit to Major's Creek on Sunday last, were about an hour late in arriving, and that alone prevented them from…

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National Football

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 1

Queanbeyan National footballers will hold their first trial match to-morrow week against Eastlake, on the Queanbeyan Park. Many members of last…

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Cricket Drawn Game at Bungendore

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 1

Winning the toss against Braidwood on Sunday, Bungendore set out to give the visitors a taste of their own medicine. They did it to such…

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Racing Cars a Foot Long Speed Motoring in U.S.A.

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 3

A new phase of speed motoring is reported, to have become popular in U.S.A. Exact models of racing cars about a foot long, equipped with small…

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