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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1958

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Social Cricket Rovers loss Gundaroo In The Wet

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 December 1958 · page 4

The Rovers and Gundaroo braved the rainy and miserable conditions on Sunday when they met in a social…

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Sporting Section Cricket Fielding Lapses Cost Firsts Certain Win Draw Leaves Locals and Ainslie Level

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 December 1958 · page 4

Fielding lapses at vital stages cost Queanbeyan a certain win in the first-grade cricket match against Kingston, compleed at Kingston Oval on Saturday[?] The locals had to be…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 December 1958 · page 6

Last Tuesday, the attendance at the Women’s Bowling Club’s [?] was most encouraging…

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Leaders Score Good Win in “A” Division Tennis

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 December 1958 · page 6

In the “A” division of the Night Pennant Tennis Competition last week, the leaders, East 1, defeated Park 1 by seven sets to one…

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CRICKET All One-day Matches For Fifth Round

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 December 1958 · page 6

The fifth round of A.C.T. cricket will be played tomorrow as one day fixtures, with play commencing in…

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Athletic Club Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 5 December 1958 · page 2

Queanbeyan sub-juniors [?] years and under), juniors and seniors will be journeying to Yass this…

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Cricket Commentator

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 December 1958 · page 1

JOHN ARLOTT, well-known to Australian listeners as a cricket commentator, is question-master in witty and informative panel game series My Word, broadcast at 7.15 pm. on Tuesdays from 2CY…

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Pennant Tennis Results

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 December 1958 · page 3

In the eighth round of the Night Tennis Competiton Park I defeated Thornleigh five sets to…

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Queanbeyan’s Early Success in Pennant Bowls Competitions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 December 1958 · page 6

Queanbeyan bowlers got away to a good start at the weekend when the season’s pennant play began. The locals had four teams competing and each recorded…

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GOLF R. McINNES WINS R. & R. TROPHY

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 December 1958 · page 6

A beautiful trophy donated by Mr. Allan Ryan on [?] of the R. & R. Drycleaners was won by D[?]…

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Social Cricket Royals Down Eastlake F.C. In Hard Came

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 December 1958 · page 6

ON [?] Hotel cricket team defeated the [?] Football…

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Sporting Section leading teams Beaten In 5th Round of Cricket

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 December 1958 · page 6

There were a number of upsets in Saturday’s one-day round of A.C.T. cricket and leading teams. were defeated in every grade. Former undefeated teams…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 December 1958 · page 8

Two rinks from the Queanbeyan Women’s Bowling Club went to Captain’s Flat for the President’s…

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TENNIS Easts Defeat Hume In Return Match

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 December 1958 · page 3

In their return match against Hume Tennis Club, form Yass, East Queanbeyan evened the score at one match all when…

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Surprise Results in Pennant Tennis

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 December 1958 · page 6

Thornleigh, wooden-spooners of the “B” Division, turned giant-killers on Wednesday night when they recorded a convincing win against previously undefeated…

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CRICKET Wheeler’s Bad Luck: Misses Trial Match

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 December 1958 · page 6

Queanbeyan’s 18 year old fast bowler, John Wheeler, was unfortunate to miss out on the Southern N.S.W. trial,…

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Sporting Section Cricket All Queanbeyan Tams In Winning Positions

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 December 1958 · page 6

All Queanbeyan teams are in winning positions in the sixth round of A.C.T. cricket, which commenced on Saturday. All matches were interrupted by rain late in the…

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Records Go at Athletic Meeting

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 December 1958 · page 6

Saturday saw a good representation from Queanbeyan at the A.C.T. athletics meeting where the…

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TENNIS Easts Defeat Yass Junction

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 December 1958 · page 8

East Queanbeyan proved too strong in their match against Yass Junction Club last Sunday and ran out…

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Canberra Races New Year’s Day

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 December 1958 · page 2

The A.C.T. Jockey Club is organising a race meeting to be held at Canberra on New Year’s Day. It is…

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