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Sport, 1942

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Bowls Junee Club

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 8

The following club games were played at Junee this week: Blackwell, Hiscock. Eager 25 d Seymour, Kelly, Locke (Wagga) 8; Goodsir, Miller 13 d Arden, Leahy 7…

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Tennis Kildare Club

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 8

The annual meeting of the Kildare Tennis Club will be held at the residence of Mr. W. Smith, 5 Norman-street. Wagga, next Friday. All…

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Greyhound Racing Wagga Meeting on

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 8

The Wagga Diggers' Greyhound Racing Club will conduct a meeting next Wednesday afternoon, the first race commencing at 3 p.m. There will be races over 500,…

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Cricket Wagga Competitions Finish of Eighth Rounds Lake Albert in Danger

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 21 February 1942 · page 8

The eighth rounds of matches in the Wagga competitions will be concluded this week-end. In the Saturday competition only one match was commenced last week…

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Bowls

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

On Sunday there was a fair number of members on the green. The day was pleasant and the green good with a wide draw. although at times…

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Tennis Annual Meeting

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Gundagai Tennis Club was held last week. The Present (Mr. Holland) submitted the following report:—…

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Boxing Robinson Defeats Berger Technical Knockout

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday (A.A.P.).—Ray Robinson scored a technical knockout in the second round over Maxie Berger, of Montreal, former Canadian lightweight and…

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Cootamundra Racing Committee Awaiting Government Move

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Cootamundra Turf Club on Friday night last it was decided to do nothing in regard to near future racing and to be guided largely…

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Greyhound Racing Albury Happy Sheila Wins From Boy Brian and Brown Ace

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 4

Confirming her good form of recent months, the Griffith representative Happy Sheila won the top grade race at Albury on Saturday. Brown Ace was all the rage…

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Youth Drowned at Swimming Carnival Competed In Long Dive and Disappeared Tragic Death of Norman Livermore

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 2

THE TRAGIC DEATH of young Norman Livermore at the Gundagai Swimming Carnival yesterday caused astonishment to the hundreds of people who lined the banks of the river, as the fatality occurred in the most amazing circumstances Livermore, who…

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CRICKET Wagga Competitions End of Eighth Rounds Postal Make Big Advance Lake Albert's Lead Reduced

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1942 · page 4

The eighth rounds of matches in the Saturday and Sunday competitions conducted by the Wagga Association were completed at the week-end…

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Sporting Notes Boxing

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 3

Les Fitzgerald, regarded as one of the most promising young lightweight boxers in Sydney at present, is a native of Grong Grong, where he was…

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BOWLS Tumut Bowling Club

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 3

The following are the results of last Sunday's play:— SOCIAL GAMES: Jones, Forster, Jepsen (26) defeated McCausland…

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Boxing Alabama Kid Defeats Britt

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY Monday.—Alsbama Kid (12.2) soared bis found successive win on a technical Knockout when at the Sydney Stadium to-night he forces…

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Swimming Instructors Impressed With Leeton Some Talented Juniors

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 4

IN connection with the N.S.W. Amateur Swimming Association Learn-to-Swim Campaign, two of their instructors visited…

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Narandera Tennis Club Decides to go into Recess

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 1

The adjourned annual meeting of the Narandera Tennis Club was held in the C.W.A. room on Friday evening last, there being present Messrs…

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Clash Again Wagga and Albury Races on Easter

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1942 · page 6

At a large and enthusiastic meeting of members of the Albury St. Patrick's Day Race Club last Sunday night it was decided to hold the annual races, in aid of…

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Youth Drowned at Gundagai Swimming Carnival

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 2

Norman Livermore at the Gundagai swimming carnival on Sunday. was competing in the long dive, disappeared and, despite that over a hundred…

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Tennis Trail-street Club

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 6

The annual meeting of the Trail-street Tennis Club will be held on Tuesday night at the club house, beginning at 8 o'clock. All members and…

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Municipality of Junee. Olympic Swimming Pool Commencing on Wednesday, 25th

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 25 February 1942 · page 1

February 1842, the afternoon session will close at 8.15 p.m. The Pool will be closed to the public on Friday afternoon next, 27th. February, till 5 p.m to enable a…

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