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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1944

1,766 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 89

[?]Sed Petrol to Attend Parkes Races Forbes Man Fined

The Gundagai Independent · Saturday 29 January 1944 · page 5

Charged in the Forbes Police Court last week with having used [?]etrol allowed him for business [?]nly, to attend Parkes races on…

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World Swimming Record

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 3

NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP):—Alan Ford, of Yale University, has established a world's swimming record of 100 yards freestyle…

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Yaralla May Have Finished Racing

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sat.: Yaralla, who bled again this morning after sprinting, probably has finished racing. His stake earnings amounted to…

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Used Petrol to Attend Races

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 3

Charged in Forbes police court with having used petrol, allowed him for business only, to attend parkes races, Elwyn Hugo, a Forbes carrier, was…

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Greyhound Racing Cootamundra Nominations for To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1944 · page 4

Novice Stake, seventh grade, 500 yards: Real Cinbon Ola Rose, Missouri King. Carswell Moore. Priority Lass, Grand Court, Tiny Ruche…

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Boxing Les M'nabb Disqualified

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The fight between Les M'Nabb, 20 stone, and the Alabama Kid, 12 stone 3 lbs, last night had an unsatisfactory…

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Bowls Junee Club Holiday Tournament

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 2

Thirty players, using three bowls each, participated in a bowls tournament at Junee on Anniversary Day. There were 10 rinks, and…

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Greyhound Racing Wagga Diggers' Club

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1944 · page 4

Nominations for the greyhound meeting to be conducted by the Wagga Diggers' Club on Saturday afternoon close to-day at 1 p.m…

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BOWLS ’Grade Singles Championship—

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 5

On Saturday night Koch and Jam[?] on played off their match, which [?]ch won 31/11. On Sunday afternoon V. Carberry…

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Murrumburrah Racing on Wednesday Next

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

Nominations for the greyhound racing events to take place on Wednesday next at Murrumburrah, close on Saturday at 11 p.m.. There will be six…

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Greyhound Racing Owners and Trainers' Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 3

A meeting of the Wagga Owners and Trainers' Association will be held at the Wagga Trades Hall to-morrow night at 8 o'clock. The business to be…

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Over £300 Profit From Leeton Trots Record Crowd and Splendid Racing

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1944 · page 4

The Leeton Patriotic Trotting Club was favored with bright sunny weather for its Derby meeting on the Leeton show Ground…

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Bowls

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

Association championship games between Junee and Gundagai were played on the local green last Sunday. In the singles match, played on Sunday…

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Bowls Junee Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

In the Heffernan Cup, the B grade championship event of the Junee Bowling Club, two new players in Wilson and Golding won their…

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BOWLS Progressive Fours Competition

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 3

On Monday last a progressive fours competition was held in which 40 players took part. The competition was played in two sections, the…

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Bowls Tumut Bowling Club

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 3

On Wednesday last H. Hoad met and defeated S. H. Nicholls in the 2nd round of the Singles Championship, the scores being:…

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Boxing M'NAMEE d MITCHELL

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Jack M'Names (11.8) defeated Jack Mitchell (12.9) on a technical knockout at the Leichhardt Stadium to-night, the referee…

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Greyhound Racing Wagga Fields for To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

For the meeting to be conducted by the Wagga Diggers' Greyhound Racing Club to-morrow, a programme of six races has been arranged. The first…

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Greyhound Racing Nigger Flats Defeats Grain Trader

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 4

Backers at odds on of Grain Trader, in the main race at the Cootamundra Coursing Club's meeting at Fisher Park on Wednesday, received a bad…

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Swimming Pool Opened at Uranquinty By Sir Donald Cameron, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D.

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1944 · page 2

The new swimming pool recently constructed at Uranquinty was officially opened last night by Sir Donald Cameron, KCMG, DSO, VD, in…

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