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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1944

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Cricket

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 4

The Cootamundra cricket team was unable to get a match for this week-end. The following team challenges any…

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Boxing Police Stop Contest

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY. Thurs.—The police stopped the main fight at the Leichhardt Stadium to-night towards the end of the fifth round, after Ken…

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Bowls South Wagga Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 6

Matches played on the South Wa[?] Bowling Club's green on Wednesday resulted: Hale, Laity, Graham, 23 M'Pherson, Chessell, Paull 23; D[?]…

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Greyhound Racing Another Flats Wins

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 4

At the previous cootamundra meeting Another Flats won a division of the Flying Stake in time that two-fifths of a second faster than that…

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Greyhound Racing Wagga No Meeting To-morrow

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 6

Owing to insufficient nomin[?] having been received the meeting the Wagga Diggers' Greyhound Racing Club, which was ret down for…

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No Races at Flemington on

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thurs.—The Caulfield meeting set down for Flemington on Saturday will not be held. This was decided this afternoon by…

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Wagga Bathing Beach Swimming Facilities Council Officers to Confer with Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 6

At last night's meeting ol the Wagga Municipal Council the health committee reported that a letter bad been received from the secretary of…

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Melbourne Races No Decision Yet on Abandonment

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: It was stated to-night that it had not been finally decided whether Saturday's race meeting at…

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Bowls Junee Club

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 6

Evening games on the Junee Bowling Club's green resulted as follow: Hiscock. Stevenson. Bell. cameron 22 d Wilson. Blackwell, Seymour. A…

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£100 For Dozen Golf Balls

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 6

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Cr. Nettlefold) has been able to make a quick response to a South African man from whom he…

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Futurity Stakes Racing Association's Offer

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday: The Victorian Trotting and Racing Association is prepared to sacrifice Its meeting on March 25, in order to allow the…

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Bowls

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 6

On Friday night there were eight players on the green and on Saturday night, about ten. Club Championship Singles 'A' Grade…

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Swimming Junior 220 Title Country Girl's Win

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday: Miss Uvon Crittenden, of West Maitland, won the 220 yards junior championship for the second wear in succession at the…

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Boxing Big Match Ends in First Round

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK Saturday: In the biggest fistic upset in the year Bob Montgomery (9.7), former lightweight champion, was…

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General Items No Import of Tennis Balls—

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 2

Application for a license to import tennis balls from America has been rejected by the Commonwealth Government, it was learned. A leading…

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British Football Royalty at International Match Big Sum for Charity

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday. (A.A.P.).—About 80,000 people saw England defeat Scotland by 6 goals to 2 in the international Soccer match…

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Golf Notes

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

A GOOD start was made last Sunday morning on cleaning up the local golf course in readiness for opening day on 2nd April. All…

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Bowls Tumut Bowling Club

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 2

The final of the Pairs Championship was played off on Sunday last, and resulted in a win for C. Jepsen and C. Taylor over C. Emery and…

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Swimming Triangular Carnival at Cootamundra

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

The Cootamundra Olympic pool will be the venue, next Friday, of what promises to be a most interesting day's sport, when Cootamundra…

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Greyhound Racing Special Club Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

A full attendance of members is requested at the special half-yearly meeting to be held at the Balmoral on Thursday night. March 2, at 8…

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