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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1941

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Boxing Richards and Barth Draw Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 5

Ron Richards (11.7½), the Australian middleweight champion, drew with the American Carmen Barth (11.11½) in a 12 rounds bout at the Sydney Stadium…

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Australian Rules Football Exhibition at Singapore

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

A big crowd, including prominent service officials and civilians, saw the R.A.A.F. give an exhibition of Australian rules football at Singapore…

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Greyhound Racing Griffith Nominations Close To-day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

Nominations close at noon to-day for the meeting at Griffith on Friday night. Included in the programme for this meeting is a Perseverance Stake, for the eight…

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Bowls Players and Where They Play Vale Harry Mitchelmore

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

The passing of one of the most esteemed members of the Wagga Bowling Club cast quite a gloom over the fellows assembled on the green at the week-end…

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Wagga Races M.T.C. Anniversary Day Meeting Special Attractions

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 1

The Murrumbidgee Turb Club will hold its Anniversary Day meeting on Monday, January 27, and has arranged a programme…

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Tennis Wagga Association Competitions Men's Night Play Reverses in a and Bl GRADES

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 6

As South Wagga have such a commanding points lead in A grade, the main interest in this competition has centred in the race between Copland's and United…

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CRICKET Leeton's Bid For O'Farrell Cup Practice to Select Representative Team

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 3

HAVING the O'Farrell Cup in view, the Leeton selectors have chosen a number of players to practice for representation in a…

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Swimming

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 4

Club members who had apparently been "swinging the lead" for past Sundays must have had a twinge of conscience, for this week's roll up at…

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Bowls

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 4

The field in the pairs' handicap has now been reduced to six pairs. W. Thomas and R. Gibson meet F. Draper and H. Pinkstone in the semi-final…

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Bowls Henty v South Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 6

Following are the rinks (slightly revised) to represent South Wagga Bowling Club at Henty to-day in the A pennant competition: Riedell. Laity. Paull…

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Cowra Races Nominations Close To-morrow Two Days Anniversary Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 6

The Cowra Jockey Club Will stage a two days Anniversary meeting this month. The first day is to be held on Monday, January 27. which is a public holiday…

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Swimming

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

The Gundagai Swimming Carnival will be held On Sunday, February 16th. Many delegates attended a meeting…

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Bowls

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

On Monday night a match in the first round of the Club Championship pairs was played between Hanlon and H. B. Robertson and Boyton and…

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Wagga Races Nominations Close To-night

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 8

Owners and trainers are finally reminded that nominations for the Murrumbidgee Turf Club's Anniversary Day meeting on…

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Football Cootamundra Star Footballer Transferred to Darwin

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 5

Alan Rogers, of the Cootamundra No. 1 Air Observers’ School, and star forward in Cootamundra’s victorious Maher Cup team, has been…

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The C.O. Tops the Score Sergeants Defeat Officers Cricket in Heat at Wagga Military Camp

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 8

The officers, warrant officers and sergeants of the Wagga A.I.F. camp spent an enjoyable afternoon on Tuesday, January 14, when the sergeants after a surprisingly…

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Greyhound Racing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

At the Wagga meeting last night, Mickey Milanor and Royal Bob, Cootamundra dogs, both ran second. The Cootamundra Coursing Club has…

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Bowls South Wagga v CULCAIRN

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 8

In the Riverina B pennant competition (section 1) South Wagga will visit the Culcairn Bowling Club to-morrow. The South Wagga rinks will be: Hodges, I. W. Webb…

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Tennis Albury Garl's Success

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1941 · page 4

In the country week tennis competitions in Sydney Miss Jeanette Gill, of Albury, won for the third year in succession, the junior country week girls'…

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