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Sport, 1941

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Tennis Bromwich at Albury

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 7

Australia's No. 1 amateur player, John Bromwich, starred in an exhibition on the Albury tennis courts last evening with Jack Harper, of Victoria…

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Boxing Ron Richards Retires Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 8

Ron Richards, holder of the Australian boxing title and British Empire middleweight championship, to-day announced his retirement from…

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Boxing M'namee Disqualified Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 7

Jack M'Namee (11.7) was ahead of Les Brander (12.4) on points at Rushcutler's Bay Stadium to-night but was disqualified for a low punch in…

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Swimming Club Out to Make Up Loss

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 3

The Leeton Amateur Swimming Club sustained a loss of £30 on the Country State Swimming Championships which were held at the Leeton…

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Cricket No Matches at Junee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 8

There was no cricket at Junee on Sunday. Had the weather been fine, three of the four clubs competing in the A grade competition would have been weakened…

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SWIMMING Learn-to-Swim Campaign. Coach Visiting Tumut, Adelong and Batlow

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 1

As a result of the "Learn-to-Swim Campaign" conducted by the New South Wales Amateur Swimming Association, a…

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Swimming Carnival Postponed Batlow Strikes Very Bad Weather Date May Now Be 16th

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 February 1941 · page 2

Batlow Swimming Club were unlucky with their swimming carnival fixture which had been set down for Sunday last. It…

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Bowls Wagga Club

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 6

The usual monthly meeting of the committee of the Wagga club was held on Monday, February 3. Among other business the resignations of Messrs. Austin Jones and…

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Swimming Record Singleton Boy's Feat Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 2

The 14-year-old Singleton swimmer Kenneth Sever, to-night won the Northern District 800 metres title in record time and became the sixt[?]…

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"Oh, I Couldn't Play Tennis"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 3

Sa[?] Mary to me this afternoon Dumb that's what that girl is staying in a hot kitchen cookint Says she has to—can't keep food—can't…

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Sporting Greyhound Racing Tonight's Meeting Heavy Nominations

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 4

Heavy nominations for tonight's meeting of the Cootamundra Coursing Club on Fisher Park have resulted in a programme of…

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Boxing Empire Flyweight Title Retained by Peterson London, Monday (A A.p.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 6

Hackie Peterson retained the British Empire flyweight title, defeating Paddy Ryan. The referee stopped the fight in the eighth round…

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Newmarket and Oakleigh Cushla Machree Out of Both Races Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 February 1941 · page 6

Gallant, Cushla Machree, and Much To Say were to-day withdrawn from the V.R.C. Newmarket Handicap. From the V.A.T.C. Oakleigh Plate the…

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Bowls

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 5

On Tuesday night the first challenge for the Cock o’ the Walk badge was played off. Leary, who has held the honor since…

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Golf Wartime Rules in Britain

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 8

The rules of golf, those awesome things with penalties and decisions scattered over innumerable printed pages, are guaranteed to begin an argument wherever the Royal…

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Inter-district Cricket Match Hillston Defeats Ivanhoe

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 6 February 1941 · page 1

If any further proof of the keenness of local cricketers was needed it was given on Sunday last when a band of willing workers, players and non-players alike…

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Rugby League Football Successful Season

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 3

In a discussion on the draft annual report of the New South Wales Rugby League by the general committee of the League it was staled that a high…

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Boxing

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 5

If you use a modern mechanical refrigerator, you know how necessary it is to have the foods conveniently boxed, and in boxes too that do not…

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Bowls

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 4

The fourth round of the sectional fours, which were to have been played last Sunday, will now be played on Sunday week. As many competition…

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Boxing SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1941 · page 5

Georges Champion (ll.0), of France, outpointed Joe Delancy (11.0), of Newcastle, at the Leichhardt Stadium tonight over 12 rounds…

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