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Sport, 1930

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Tennis South Wagga Club Successful New Year Social

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 6

The South Wagga Tennis Club held a successful function at the courts on New Year's Eve. The club house was tastefully decorated and during the…

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Cricket Murray Galvin Cup Wagga v TARCUTTA

The Daily Express · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 4

The Tarcutta Cricket Club has submitted a challenge to play Wagga, holders of the challenge Cup, and the match will take place to-morrow…

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CORRESPONDENCE (We do sot necessarily endorse the views of our correspondents). Country Week Cricket

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

Sir,—At this juncture in the cricket history of Australia, two facts are continually making themselves more and more evident. The first of these…

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Cricket N.S.W. v. QUEENSLAND Home Team Out For 235 Queensland Six for 126 Batsmen Go Cheaply SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 3

The Sheffield Shield match "between New South Wales and Queensland began at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. New South Wales failed badly,…

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Boxing Sydney

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

At the stadium last night Bill Tyson B.7. [?]W outpointed jack Harris s.s.victoria over fifteen rounds…

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Bowls Wagga Club

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

The draw for the Wagga Club championship singles and championship pairs has been made, and the first rounds must be played on or…

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Boxing Tyson Defeats Harris Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

At the Sydney Stadium last night Bill Tyson, 8.7, outpoined Jack Harris, 8.6, in a 15 round contest. The biggest cheque ever drawn is…

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Tennis Hopman Wins Cumberlandtitle Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

H. Hopman won the county of Cumberland singles title at Pratten Park yesterday by defeating G. Sproule in the final, 6-4, 3-6, 8-6…

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Orange Races Red Bin's Handicap ORANGE,Saturday

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

Before and after the running of the I.O.O.F. Handicap at the Orange Races to-day a swab was taken from Red Bin by a veterinary surgeon,…

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Swimming Noel Ryan's Record Fast Half-mile Swim Wellington (N.z)

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

Noel Ryan, the New South Wales middle distance swimmer, swam half a mile at Fielding last night in 11 min. 32 2.5 sec., beating the previous New…

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Golf the Levy Question to Finance Team for New Zealand

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

The question of the 2- to be imposed on all golfers throughout New South Wales will soon become a question for the individual clubs and…

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The Rugby Ashes Drawn Game Retains Them to England No Score Recorded by Either Side London, Jan. 4

The Daily Express · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

The third test match, played at Swinton to-day, resulted in a scoreless draw, and England, therefore, retains the ashes…

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Cricket Queensland Fails to Reach N.S.W. TOTAL M'Cabe's Fine Bowling Bradman Scores 205 SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 4

Queensland made a gallant effort to equal the New South Wales score of 235 when play was resumed in the Sheffield Shield match between Queensland and…

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Swimming Classes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

Mr. V. Haberecht, of Marrar, and Miss L. Hopkins, of Sydney, the teachers in charge of the vacation swimming school on the Wagga beach, started…

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"Tennis."

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 5

The popular season for tennis has again come round, and a good wearing, comfortable fitting shoe is necessary for good play. You can…

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Football

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 2

The third and final Test match of the Australian Rugby League tour was played at Swinton on Saturday. The game, which was…

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

What price Don Bradman? Local fans were very much excited yesterday, as the Cootamundra born boy proceeded to smash all existing…

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Big Boxing Bout Mooted

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 4

The promoters of the forthcoming big provincial contest between Alf. Nimmo (Lockhart) and Bert Smith (Boree Creek), for £200 aside, met…

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Cricket Junee Notes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

The draw for second round of the Junee and District cricket competition, which begins next Sunday, is:—Junee Town v. Illabo, at Junee Park;…

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Melbourne Sporting Interesting Racing News

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1930 · page 6

With the holiday meetings behind us, there will now be a locating forward to the autumn with all its gig things, at Flemington, Randwick and…

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