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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1941

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Swimming Youthful Performer Highly Praised Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 6

Sixteen-year-old Rodney Button, from Singleton, won the 110 yards freestyle title and later the 440 yards intermediate freestyle championship at the State…

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Tennis Country Carnival Postponed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

Owing to wet weather, play in the 1941 Country tennis carnival which was to have started at White City courts to-day, was postponed until to-morrow…

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SWIMMING Riverina Championship Carnival Junior Title Won by Aubrey Dalton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

ON New Year's Day, Aubrey Dalton was the only Leeton swimmer to collect a. title at the Riverina Championship Carnival held at Deniliquin. He came back with the 110 yards junior men's trophy, which last year was. won by another Leeton swimmer, Norman…

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Tumut Turf Club Boxing Day Meeting Profit Over £316

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Tumut Turf Club was held at the Tattersall's Hotel. Tumut last night. An appeal was received from Polish war victims requesting…

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Cricket Griffith Diggers Versus Narandera Diggers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

The Narandera and Griffith Diggers will engage in a cricket match on Sunday next, 12th January, on the Ferriertown ground, Members…

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Bowls Players and Where They Play Form in Pennant Matches

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 4

The first pennant matches of the season were played on Saturday, when Wagga met South Wagga, the A sections playing on the Wagga green and the B's at Bolton…

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£216 PROFIT Tumut Xmas Races Tumut Club Pleased

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 2

The Tumut Turf Club has reason to be pleased and proud of the financial result of the Xmas racing carnival, which discloses a…

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Cricket Competition To Be Restricted to Financial Clubs

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 2

A meeting of delegates is to be held to-night to finalise the draw for the second round. Any clubs not financial will not be included in the…

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Greyhound Racing Seven-race Programme for Wednesday Night Good Class Sprinters Engaged

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 3

The Narandera Greyhound Racing Club has been favoured with good entries for its meeting to-morrow (Wednesday) night…

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Greyhound Racing Tonight's Meeting Yacht Regatta Again

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

At the cootamundra Coursing Club's meeting on Fisher Park tonight the field for the Novice Stake, third grade, is exactly the same as that…

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Swimming

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

The nip in the air on Sunday morning kept most of the good folk, away from the pool. However, it takes more than that to deter the hardy lads of…

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Bowls

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

Night bowls in Cootamundra will be resumed tomorrow (Thursday) night, when a good roll-up of members is hoped for…

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Bowls Wagga Club Practice for Pennant Teams

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 8

The monthly meeting of the Wagga Bowling Club was held on Monday night. In connection with Country Week, the president (Mr. T. H. Brunskill) was appointed…

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"Oh, I Couldn't Play Tennis"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 8

Said Mary to me this afternoon Dumb, that's what that girl is . . . staying in a hot kitchen cooking Says she has to—can't keep food—can't…

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Tumbarumba Races Nominations Close To-night

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 8

Nominations for the Tumbarumba Turf Club's Cup meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, January 15 and 16, close at 9…

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Diggers' Boxing Day Sports Small Attendance Effort Realises £60

Tumbarumba Times · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 8

The particularly hot weather and the incidence of petrol rationing was no doubt, responsible for the small attendance at the annual spoils of…

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COURSING Racing on Saturday Night

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

The Gundagai Coursing Club will run a meeting on Anzac Park next Saturday night. Entries have been good and an outstanding meeting is…

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Bowls

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

Practice was indulged in on Monday night. On Tuesday night pairs play was the order, eight pairs competing…

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Boxing SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 6

The conetst between the Australian welterweight, Hockey Bennell, and the West Australian, Bill Hebberd, at the Carlton Stadium to-night was ended…

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Swimming Carnival Big Day at the Pool

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

The Carnival conducted by the Hillston Swimming Club on New Year's Day and night was the outstanding feature of the…

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