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Sport, 1935

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Gandagai Races Heyday-sarsign Likely Winners for To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1935 · page 8

The Gundagai Racing Club will open its annual race meeting to-morrow, when a well balanced programme of five events will be decided. As…

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FOOTBALL Rugby League GROUP 9 Shield Competition Abandoned

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 6

At a meeting of Group 9 football' delegates, held in Cootamundra last week, it was decided not to continue with the Gleeson shield…

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Tennis Trail Street Club

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 6

There was a large, attendance at the annual meeting of the Trail Street Tennis Club held on Monday at the Home Hotel, Mr. F. Raye presiding…

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Greyhound Racing To-Night's Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 3

There are seven races on the programme for the Cootamundra Coursing Club's greyhound race meeting on Fisher Park to-night, and the…

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Golf Walter Hagen's Success Tampa (Florida)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 6

Walter Hagen won his first major golf event for two years with an aggregate of 280 in the Gasparilla open tournament here. Clark was second…

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Swimming Charlton Champion Defeats Byan in Thrilling Finish Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 5

Andrew Charlton staged a comeback at the Domain Baths to-night when he won the New Strath Wales 880 yards championship by half a yard from Noel…

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Boxing Kid Berg Outpointed by French Lightweight Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 6

In a 10 round bout, today Gustav Humery, French lightweight champion, outpointed Kid Berg. The Frenchman attacked vigorously. He sent an…

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Cricket Australian Team May Visit India £10,000 Guarantee Offered Fremantle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 3

In an endeavor to organise an Australian cricket team for a private tour of India, Mr. Frank Tarrant, the former Victorian and international…

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Ladies at Cricket

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 4

On Sunday next the Hillston Lady Cricketers will make the trip to Hay and play a return match against the Hay ladies?. Cars will leave Hillston…

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Bowls Notes From the Wagga Club

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 4

Rink competitions at the Wagga Club's green were continued yesterday, when the following games were played: Johnston, Glenn, Reidell (22) d…

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Boxing Palmer Beats Georgi American's Reputation Suffers Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 6

Ambrose Palmer (12,6) scored a comfortable win over the American Pietro Georgi (12.7) in a 15-round about at Leichhardt Stadium to-night…

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North Gundagai Foot-ball Club In Annual Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 4

Auguring well for a successful season, 16 members of above club met in enthusiastic annual meeting on Tuesday evening last. Much…

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Sarsign Wins G.R.C. Cup. Good Crowd Witnesses Splendid Racing

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 5

The committee of the Gundagai Racing Club smiled yesterday, for their enterprise in placing a tip-top meeting at the disposal of the public proved well worth while, for the big crowd (much more than the £70 gate showed) witnessed a splendid…

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Our Racing Letter Dark Sky and Latrobe Look a Likely Newmarket—Cup Double

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 6

When Winooka was younger he always did best "first up." Apparently some people think he is still that way. As a rules horse does not…

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Tennis Australians Praised by Mr. Wallis Myers "Calm in a Crisis." London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 6

Mr. Wallis Myers, reviewing this Australian four in stre "Daily Telegraph" to-day, expressed the opinion that Australia had more young tennis…

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Cricket Direct-attack Bowling Advisory Committee Meets Awaits Action by Nottinghamshire London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 8

The Nottinghamshire Country Cricket Club was given a further opportunity to-day to clarify the position regarding direct attack…

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Athletics World's Professional Sprint Austin Robertson Favorite Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 4

Austin Robertson is the nominal favorite for the world's professional sprint championship, to be decided at the Melbourne Exhibition Ground on…

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FOOTBALL Rugby League Lockhart Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 8

The Lockhart Rugby Club has been re-formed, and the season promises to be a good one. Election of officers resulted: Presidents, Mr. H. W…

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Football

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 7

Starting the 1924 season with a deficit of £61/7/6 left over from 1933, the Temora Football Club finished with a debit of about £52, but seven of…

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Coursing Narandera Club Reformed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 1 March 1935 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Narandera Coursing Club was held last week-end and was attended by the following. Messrs. E. J. Hunt (chair…

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