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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1931

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Shooting Affray Boxing Day Tragedy Charge of Murder Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 1

At the Redfern Court to-day Cecil Reginald Bell, aged 20 years, a dealer, was remanded on a charge of having maliciously and feloniously murdered…

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Country Week Tennis South Wagga Team to Go

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 21

The Country Week Tennis Carnival to commence at the White City courts on Tuesday next has attracted only about half the number of…

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Hill End Races Jockeys Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

At the Hill End races yesterday three horses came down in the last race George Toohey, the rider of Hope away, suffered a fractures skull and…

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Fewer Bookmakers at Orange Races Orange

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

Only 19, bookmakers operated at the Orange races yesterday, compared with 30 who usually stand an at all meetings. The betting business decreased by…

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Southern Cross Golf Links

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

The management of the Southern Cross golf links announces that a team of golfers from Junee will play a team to be selected from Wagga players at…

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Boxing Breasley v Cribb at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 3

The management of the new Dixieland at Junee is endeavoring to keep up public interest by presenting at tractive programmes. On Saturday…

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Tumbarumba Races Programme for Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

The programme for the annual meeting of the Tumbarumba Turf Club, to be held on Thursday and Friday, January 29, and 30, appears in this issue…

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Golf

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

Last season Junee Golf Club chattered a special train to visit other towns and play matches, this being unique in golfing history, but…

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Cricket

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

Next Sunday's games in the Blank Cup competition ; Gundagai v.Tumblong, at Tumblon, Brungle v, Nangus, at Nangus. Coolac a…

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Boxing Breasley v. CRIBB

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

Great interest is bring displayed in the coming contest between Snowy Breasley (Junee) and Tommy Cribb (Western Australia) which is to take…

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Darlington Point Races

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

The Darlington Point Race Club held its annual meeting on New years Day. Although the attendance was not as large usual, it was…

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Swimming Classes Big Attendances on Opening Day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

The boys and girls of Wagga assembled in considerable numbers at the Wagga bathing beach yesterday to enrol in the annual vacation swimming…

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Melbourne Sporting Interesting Racing News

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

It may be no exaggeration to say that one thousand horses competed at the holiday meetings throughout the Commonwealth. How few of the…

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C.w.a. Younger Set Tennis Tournament

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

The following members of the C.W.A. Younger Set (Leeton), have been drawn to play in a match on the night court on the 14th January,…

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Benefit for Community Chest From 'Ibis' Minnie Golf

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

On Saturday last Messrs Fairweather and Clay, proprietors of the Ibis Minnie Golf Links, placed them at disposal of the Community Chest for…

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Cricket West Indies Test Australia's Easy Win An Innings And 172 Runs SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 6

Australia secured an easy victory over West Indies in the second Test match, which was concluded at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day. There…

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Tom Thumb Golf

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 7

Tom Thumb golf, courses are surviving in the United States, while other very different variations of miniature golf are going out of favor…

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Cricket South African Test Drawn Game England's Dogged Batsmen Cape Town

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

The second Test between England South Africa ended in a draw after South Africa looked to be to a winning position. The dogged batting…

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S.P. Bookmakers to Be Licensed Heavy Fees to Be Imposed Mid-Week Racing To Be Curtailed SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

Although an official announcement is yet to be made, it was learned in Sydney to-day that the State Government has decided to license starting price…

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Boxing

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 6

On New Year's Eve the Hillston Stadium was well filled with spectators to witness the boxing events arranged for that evening. Each event…

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