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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1928

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Football Rugby League Competitions

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 6

Last year's delegates and the delegates of clubs intending to take part in he Rugby League competitions are asked to attend a meeting…

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Swimming. High School Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 4

The Wagga High School will hold its annual swimming carnival on Wednesday afternoon, the first event starting at 2.30 o'clock. There will be races…

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Melbourne Sporting Interesting Racing News

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 7

Backers fond of getting in early for the sake of the odds will not be troubled by Trivalve in the Sydney Cup, for the colt was withdrawn from…

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Boxing General Ring Gossip Lawson v BUTLER

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 8

Keith Lawson will be faced with his most formidable task to date when he meats Herb Butler, of Sydney at the Wonderland open air stadium on…

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Golf

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Cootamundra club will be held next Monday night, and the official opening on the Saturday following…

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Boxing Week-end Bouts

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

At the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night Charlie Purdy, lightweight champion of New Zealand, defeated Billy Jones, lightweight champion of…

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Tennis Opening Day

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

Judging by the big crowd which attended the opening day of the Cootamundra Tennis Club on Saturday, prospects of a successful season are…

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Football Soccer Notes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

The prospects for the Wagga soccer football season are now very bright indeed. Six clubs have affiliated with the Wagga District Soccer Football…

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Football McMAHON DECLINES

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

J. K. McMahon, who was last week appointed coach to the Cootamundra Football Club, on Saturday wired the secretary:…

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Tennis South Wagga Club Season Officially Opened

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

There was a good attendance of players and the general public at the official opening of the 1928 season of the South Wagga Tennis Club at the…

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Athletics Macdonald Wins Horsham Gift Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 March 1928 · page 4

The Horsham Gift of £130, over a distance of 130 yards, was won yesterday by W. A. Macdonald, of Deniliquin, with C. H. Brown (Chines)…

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Football Wagga Rugby League 1928 Plans

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 6

A meeting of the Wagga Rugby League was held last night, Mr. T. O'Farrell presiding. There wag a full attendance of officials and delegates…

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Rugby League Football Enthusiastic Opening Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 2

If enthusiasm and attendance count for anything, the 1928 Rugby League season promises to be a record one for tho Leeton Club. The…

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Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

The Methodist Tennis Club is holding its opening day next Saturday. The courts have been cleaned up, and are now in very good order…

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Football

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

A meeting of the executive of the Wagga Rugby League was held last night. Mr. T. O'Farrell president. Five teams sign[?]ed their intention of…

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Golf Associates

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 2

Sixty card players gathered on the balcony of the Globe Theatre on Friday evening last to enjoy an evening arranged by the Associates of the Golf…

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Sporting Notes Boxing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 3

"Dusty" Evans, Narandera's lightweight pugilist, added another victory to his record by knocking out Bill Hill the Hay champion…

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Bowls Wagga Singles Championship

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the Wagga Bowling Club's green yesterday afternoon when two matches in the singles championship were…

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FOOTBALL Proposed [?] Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 4

The necessitly for affiliation with the New South Wales Football Council has for some years been unsatisfactory to the leagues in the Riverina…

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Sport and Pastime Football

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 March 1928 · page 5

The Cootamundra Rugby League Club has appointed J. McMahon, the Glebe five-eighth, as coach for the coining season, at £7/10/- a week…

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