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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1939

3,974 stories in Riverina's papers · page 30 of 199

Athletics Wagga Association

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 8

The Wagga Amateur Athletic Association conducted a 75 yards and 100 yards handicap at the Bolton Park arena on Sunday morning…

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Leeton Jubilee Arrangements for Regatta Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 2

One of the big attractions during the Silver Jubilee celebrati[?] Leeton at Easter will be a rowing regatta on the main irrigation canel between…

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Cootamundra Swimming Carnival To be Held Tonight

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 4

The Cootamundra Swimming Club's carnival will be held at the Olympic pool tonight, as scheduled. Arrangements have been made for a private…

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Hampstead Races Postponed Until March 8

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

The Hampstead picnic races which were to be held to-day have been [?] until Wednesday next. [?] 8. owing to heavy rain in the…

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Rugby League Revival of Code at Junee Meeting To-morrow Night

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 7

Since the close of the last football season, many keen supporters of the Rugby League code have arrived to live in Junee. Several of these have…

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Boxing World Heavtweight Title Joe Louis to Meet Galento Detroit

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 7

The manager of Joe Louis, world heavyweight boxing champion, has announced that Louis will meet Tony Galento in a title bout over 15 rounds…

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Tennis Davis Cup Fifth-players Suggestion Rejected Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

The council of the Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria has rejected the suggestion that a fifth player should be added to the 1939 Australian Davis…

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Tumut Races Diggers' Meeting to Be Held To-day

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

The Tumut District Diggers' Race Club's inagural race meeting is to be definitely held to-day as originally arranged…

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Cricket Sheffield Shield Won by South Australia Adelaide Match Abandoned ADELAIDE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 March 1939 · page 8

After four inspections of the wicket to-day the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and Victoria was abandoned. As was the case…

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Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 4

For a juniors' tourney on Cootamundra's new courts trophies have been donated, by way of bringing along the young players…

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Greyhound Racing

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 4

The Cootamundra dog, King Cash, owned by Mr. Dud, Doidge, won the fourth heat and final of the £50 handicap (300 yards) at Rocklet,…

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Boxing Loder Defeats Ellis Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 4

Tom Loder (9.8[?]), of Sydney, defeated Ian Ellis (9.13), former Australian amateur champion, in a 12-round bout at the west Melbourne Stadium…

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Hillston Golf Club Annual Meeting

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Hillston Golf Club held in the Council Chambers on Monday night last, a large and enthusiastic body of…

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Football a Good Milch Cow

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 5

Group Nine is a good milch cow for the Country Rugby League which exacts £60 by way of levy this being the second highest in the State,…

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Getting Ready for Football Season Group Nine Marathon Meeting Practically New Executive Elected Over £500 Turnover for the Year

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 8

FIVE AFFILIATED clubs were represented at the Annual Meeting of Group Nine at Young on Sunday, in a session that laster nearly ten hours, when the past year’s work was reviewed, and the decks cleared for action to meet the coming 1939 season, which it is…

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Hillston Athletic Club Annual Meeting Club Re-formed

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1939 · page 2

At a meeting held in the Roxy Theatre on Sunday morning last, and attended by Messrs. R. H. Regan, J. R. Teagrue. H. Cameron, R…

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Rugby Group 17 to Play Cup Football

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 8

At the annual meeting of League Group 17, at Yenda on [?] day, it was decided to [?] competition and play [?]…

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Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 5

The tennis section of the Golf Club announces an American mixed doubles tourney starting at 9.30 on Sunday, March 12…

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Greyhound Racing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 3

The Cootamundra Coursing Club will meet tonight, to decide important matters…

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Bowls Bolton Park Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1939 · page 8

Matches [?]ployed on Wednesday on the Bolton Park Bowling Club's green resulted: Patterson. Paull, Glenn 27 d. C. Westman. Livingstone, Graham 18…

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