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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1936

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Football Rugby Union Drastic Alteration of Rules to Be Discussed by International Board London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

The "Daily Mail" say that as a result of the recent Rugby Union conference, attended by delegates from New Zealand, New South Wales and South…

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Epsom Races Selections for

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

Flinders Handicap: Remittent or Gay Lot. Trial Handicap, first division: Somerset or Bonfire…

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Bowls Riverina Team's Tour to Federal Capital Territory

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 4

Three rinks of bowlers representing the Riverina Bowling Association, have been visiting clubs affiliated with the Federal Capital Territory…

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Golf Holed in One for Second Time

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

Playing a practice round at the Victorian Golf Club links on Monday, Mrs. T. Scheps, an associate of the club, holed out in one at the 105 yards…

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Boxing Carroll and Van Klaveran to Meet Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 2

Mr. Charles Lucas, promoter of boxing at the Sydney Sports Ground, said that Jack Carroll and Bep van Klaveren lad been matched to meet again on…

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Greyhound Racing Wagga Meeting To-night Champions Clash

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

Greyhound racing appears to have taken something of a permanent place in sporting attractions in Wagga and the meeting set down for to-night…

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Cricket Third Test Match Nourse's Poisoned Finger Capetown

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

On the eve of the third Test match South Africa has received an unpleasant surprise in the announcement that Nourse may be unable to play. Nourse…

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Bradman's Aim 5000 Runs in Shield Cricket Chasing Clem Hill's Record

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

Don Bradman needs only 16 runs to join the select band of batsmen who have scored more than 5000 runs in Shield cricket. His phenomenal Shield…

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Swimming Two New Records

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 6

CORAL CABLES (Florida), Tuesday.—Two more world swimming records were broken to-day. Adolph Keifer covered 100 metres, backstroke,…

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Bowls New Year's Day at Bolton Park

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 6

Members of the Bolton Park Bowling Club and visitors, including Mr. M. Bailey, of Katoomba, who is on a holiday visit to his son and…

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Boxing Palmer's Return "For Urgent Reasons" Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 6

The reason for Ambrose Palmer having to return from England is still a mystery. He said to-day that he could not yet reveal the reason for his wife's…

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Sheffield Shield Cricket N.S.W.V. Queensland Home Side Bat All Day Good Start Mudge Misses Century SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 2

New south Wales batted all day at the Sydney Cricket Ground in the Sheffield Shield match against Queensland, and the last…

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Swimming Classes

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

The instructors of the vacation swimming classes at present in progress at the Wagga beach report splendid progress by the pupils. Mr. M'Kenzie, in…

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Swimming School

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Mr. Vic. Haberecht, swimming instructor in the Education Department, come to Cootamundra last Saturday, and will be here will next Friday, giving…

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Tumut Turf Club Boxing Day Meeting Good Acceptances for All Events Huge Crowd Witness Interesting Racing

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 3

Although the weather was dull and at times threatening, it did not stop a big crowd of both locals and visitors from attending the opening…

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Bowls Christmas Carnival at Wagga

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

The Christmas bowls carnival was held at the Wagga and Bolton Park greons, members of the Wagga, Bolton Park and several district clubs…

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CRICKET Turf Wicker

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 4

On Saturday, last, at the invitation of the Cootamundra Cricket Association, Mr. Hudson, from Wagga, visited Cootamundra, and conferred…

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Melbourne Sporting Notes Are There Too Many Meetings ? 33 Races in Five days A Feast of Racing

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

For the last week, Tuesday was me only day in and around Melbourne free from racing. There were 33 races decided in five days and many…

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Boxing Palmer's Return Popular in England Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Further light was thrown to-day on Ambrose Palmer's hurried return from England. His manager (Mr. W. Ahearn) said that Mrs, Palmer's cable…

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Greyhound Racing Cootamundra Nominations for To-night

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

The following are the nominations for the Cootamundra Coursing Club's mechanical hare. meeting at Fisher Park to-night. There are nine races…

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