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Sport, 1936

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Cricket Bald Hill and District Competition

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 2

After being in recess during the harvest, games in the Bald Hill and District Cricket Competition will be resumed on Saturday next, 11th…

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TENNIS Australian Seedlings Quist Displaces McGrath MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 1

Seedings for the Australian tennis championships to begin at Adelaide next week were mode available yesterday…

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Tennis Australian Seedings Quist Displaces M'grath Miss Coyne Number One Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 7

Seedings for the Australian tennis championships to begin at Adelaide next week were made available to-day. In the men's singles Quist has been…

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Swimming

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 4

The heats of the N.S.W. swimming championships were decided at the Domain baths yesterday. J. Williams (Lecton) qualified for the final of the…

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Swimming Notes

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 3

Arrangements are being made for the erection at the local swimming Pool of a standard three-metre springboard. This will be of the…

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SWIMMING State Junior Championship

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 5

After swimming second in the first heat of the 110 yards junior championship of New South Wales, to the phenomenal young sprint swimmer…

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Corowa Coursing Club Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

At the annual meeting of members of the Corowa Mechanical Hare Coursing Club held recently, the annual report and balance-sheet were read and…

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Bowls a Successful Tour

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

THREE rinks of bowler affiliated with the Riverina Bowling Association, visited and played clubs belonging to the…

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Ex-yanco Student Astonishes Swimming World

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

A remarkable performance was established by an ex-pupil of Yanco Agricultural High School, at the State Championship swimming…

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Skill in Sport Pars About Players Golf Loses a Generous Supporter Prime Minister Plays Cricket

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 8

Jim Ferrier, Australia's outstanding amateur golfer, is to leave next month for England where he will compete in the British amateur championship…

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Cricket Great Bowling

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

Ron Hutchins, whose fine bowling of seven wickets for 49 on Sunday was responsible for pinning Junee down to a small score in the…

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Football Group Nine Jottings

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 3

The annual general meeting of delegates in connection with Group 9 will be held in Cootamundra early in February, and it is quite likely that…

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Greyhound Racing Albury Meeting Postponed

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

Owing to the rain yesterday and last night, the mechanical hare meeting of the Albury Coursing Club set down for last night was postponed until…

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Cricket O'farrell Cup

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

Junee visited Narandera last Sunday In quest of the O'Favrell Cup. but were vanquished easily by the holders. Next in turn to try and…

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Bowls Death of A.b.c. President

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 5

Advice has been received from Western Australia of the sudden death of Mr. Joshua Hammill, who was president of the Australian Bowling…

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Tennis Crawford Trains Hard Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

Jack Crawford said to-day that, despite everything that the critics were saying about him, the fact was that if he was defeated at Adelaide it…

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Our Racing Letter Whipping Sprinters How Speedsters Beat One Another in Early Stages of Races. Jack King's Bad Trot

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 4

Racegoers seldom look behind race-form to see even the most obvious traps. One that I've mentioned, season in and season out, is that…

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Leeton-yanco Golf Club the Annual Meeting

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Leeton-Yanco Golf Club will be held on Monday, February 3rd., at the club house at 8 p.m. sharp, and there will…

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Albury Racing Club Loss on Year's Operations

Daily Advertiser · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

At a recent committee meeting of the Albury Racing Club the draft report and financial statements for the last year for presentation to the…

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Greyhound Racing Albury Meeting Postponed ALBURY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 4

Owing to the rain yesterday and last night, the mechanical hare meeting of the Albury Coursing Club set down for last night was postponed until…

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