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Sport, 1930

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Night Tennis

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 5

The Lockhart Presbyterian Fellowship Club had a pleasant evening on the Night Tennis Courts this (Tuesday) evening…

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Swimming Carnival Remarkably Fast Trials

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

On Sunday morning a large number of swimmers gathered at the swimming pool behind St. John's Church to witness the trial swims…

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Sport & Pastime Cricket

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 6

The following will represent a combined Tumut-Gundagai team in a two days' match against the Grenfell Juniors, at Grenfell, on…

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Swimming the Coming Carnival Remarkably Past Trials Paddy Dean Nominates

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

On Sunday morning a large number of swimmers attended at the swimming pool behind St.John's Church to see the trial swims of candidates for entry…

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Cricket Bob Smith Cup Tarcutta Beats Council

The Daily Express · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 4

The cricket match between Tarcutta and the Council Wagga, for the Bob Smith Cup, took place at Tarcutta on Sunday, and resulted in a win…

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Cricket Ross-reid Knock-out Competition Welfare Farm's Big Start Brown Hits Out

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 2

In the first innings of the Ross-Reid Knock-out Competition on the Associated Sports Ground at Leeton on Saturday, Welfare Farm gave…

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Allsopp Utility Man Will He Catch the Selectors' Eye? Meteoric Rise to First Class Cricket

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

The "Daily Telegraph Pictorial's" cricket writer says that possibily the most intricate problem that the Australian selectors have to solve is the…

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Narandera Athletic Association Cycle Trace to Be Laid Down

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1930 · page 1

A general meeting of the Narandera Athletic Association was held at the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday evening last for the purpose of…

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Swimming Monday's Carnival Big Nominations

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 3

The carnival to be held on Monday prountses to be greater than any of its kind. held, in Wagga previously. Nominations, for all swimming, and diving…

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Wagga Holiday Racing

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

Wagga and district racegoers will be catered for by the Murumbidgee Turf Club this week-end holiday. The club has received splendid nominations for…

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Swimming Carnival Eig Nominations for Anniversary Day

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

The carnival being held on Monday promises to eclipse in magnitude any such function held before in Wagga. Nominations for all swimming…

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Football Meeting Next Week

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 4

The annual meeting of members of the Cootamundra Rugby League Football Club will be held at the Assembly room next Tuesday night…

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Melbourne Sporting Interesting Racing News

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

By the end of the present month. Amounis will be on another visit to Melbourne. It would be difficult to say how many times the gallant old…

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Stanley Wootton Returns Racing Outlook in England Good

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

Stanley Wootton, the Australian trainer, who has been very successful in English racing, passed through Townsville (Q.), as a passenger by the…

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Onlookers Ducked at Swimming Carnival Staging Collapses with Fifty People Geelong

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

During a swimming carnival at the Women's Baths, Queencliff, about 50 spectators on a wooden platform were thrown into several feet of…

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Cricket Casualties and Medical Views Melbourne

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 1

The statement made at the N.S.W. cricket meeting last night that there was a possibility of Ponsford breaking down in England is ridiculed by…

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Cricket O'farrell Cup Wagga v. HOLBROOK

The Daily Express · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 2

Holbrook got the draw in the Challenge for the O'Farrell Cup, and will meet Wagga on the Cricket Ground on Sunday next. Two seasons ago…

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Athletics Fast Half-mile J. Pitt's World's Record Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1930 · page 6

News has been received that J. D. Pitt, the professional runner, won the half-mile handicap from scratch at Christchurch (N.Z.) in 1.53. This is a…

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Bowls Wednesday Competition

The Daily Express · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 4

Following are the results of the rink competitions yesterday: -- Perry, Bellair, McDonough, beat Baylis, Dobney, Oates, 27 to 29…

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Cricket

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 23 January 1930 · page 2

On Sunday next the Blank Cup competition will advance another step forward. Mundarlo has practically got to…

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