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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Sport

Sport, 1968

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’Fiat bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 6

Captain’s Flat pennant bowlers had an off day on Sunday at Kingston but they…

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Bowls Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan bowlers finished the first half of the home-and-away series in good style on Sunday. Queanbeyan won three matches and lost two…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 6

Due to holidays there was only six players available to play on Tuesday. It was decided to play…

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Women’s Bowls

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 5

The Federal Districts triples title has been won by a Queanbeyan trio. Flo Kaye, Lil Sydes and…

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Cricket Century to Bray

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 5

Queanbeyan third grade cricket XI has set competition leaders Kingston a mammoth task in the…

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Cricket Award November 30

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 8

Three points: Errol Austin came to the crease when Queanbeyan thirds were in real strife and with…

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GOLF Record field in novelty event

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 8

A record field of 81 players took part in the annual Christmas golf competition at the Queanbeyan Golf Club on Sunday morning…

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CRICKET Fight back by seconds

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 5

Splendid fowling by openers Ray Kelly and Winston McDonald has placed Queanbeyan…

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Outsiders won last two greyhound races

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 8

The success of Come on Smiler and Son of Trutol in the last two events gave bookmakers some relief at Queanbeyan greyhounds on Saturday after well-backed dogs had won earlier races…

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Sporting Section Kingston fights back after two dismissals CRICKET

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 8

The match between Kingston end Queanbeyan which began at the Park Oval on Saturday is at an interesting stage, with Kingston 2-56 in reply to Queanbeyan’s score of 202. In an afternoon of…

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Athletic Notes

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 December 1968 · page 5

Queanbeyan junior Gordon Windle, retained his pentathlon title and broke his last year’s…

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Swimming notes

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 December 1968 · page 8

Wednesday night competition swimming will resume after the Christmas break on January 8,…

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Cricket Prospect

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 December 1968 · page 8

Queanbeyan cricketers have a good chance of completing the grand slam again tomorrow for the second round in succession and the third time this season…

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Cricket Award December 14

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 December 1968 · page 8

Three points: Not much doubt about the award on this occasion. Tony Bray spearheaded a big score by…

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Cricket teams for January 4

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 December 1968 · page 5

Queanbeyan cricket selectors have named teams for the first round after the Christmas…

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