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Sport, 1945

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Bowls Wagga Club Week-end Games

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 4

A feature of the weekend play at the Wagga Club for the Riverina championships ws& the excellent showing by Oates" link against a rink…

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Benefit Race Meeting In Aid of Tumut District Hospital Wednesday, Feb. 28 Five Races Prize Money £100

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Monday 29 January 1945 · page 2

A well-attended meeting of the members of committee of Tumut Turf Club and Directors of the Tumut District Hospital was held…

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Bowls

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 4

The match on Sunday last for the Richards trophies resulted in a win for Bill Lindsay's team. The holders (Herb. Kinsey's rink) received a…

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Cricket Services Defeat N.s.w. Hurricane Batting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—In almost semidarkness and drizzling rain, Services batsmen detested N.S.W., by two tickets after a hurricane innings, in…

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Cricket Notes Leeton Defeats Narandera First Time in Eight Years

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

WINNING the toss, Leeton batted first on a wicket somewhat bare of turf and which fulfilled its promise of breaking up…

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Racing Times Proposed Federal Regulation

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The New South Wales Premier (Mr. M'K[?]) said to day that it had been intimated to him that the…

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Bowls

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 8

An invitation has been received from the West Wyalong Club for its opening on Wednesday 7th February next. Any member who can…

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Adelong Swimming Carnival

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

The Adelong annual swimming carnival held on Sunday last was a great success in every way—perfect weather, large crowd and numerous…

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Bowls South Wagga Club

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

Several matches were played during the week in the Riverina championships and there were again some surprises…

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Plunged To Death From Railway Bridge Sunday’s Tragedy at Gundagai Swimming Pool Young Man Killed On Impact With Water

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 2

Diving from the Railway bridge, fifty feet above the Gundagai Swimming Pool, a well known Gundagai man plunged to his doom on Sunday. He hit the water flat on his stomach, and after rising to the surface of the Murrumbidgee River, disappeared in the stream. It was…

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Unique Happening at Gundagai Cricket Match Umpire Ruled Player Out; But Batsman Objected; Remained at Wickets

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

There was a unique incident in the cricket match Back Station Creek v. Gundagai, played on Anzac Park on Sunday last…

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Bowls on the Gundagai Green The Turf Former Gundagai Boy Pilots Abbeville to Victory Father Went From Harden . To See Son’s First Big Win

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 6

A former Gundagai boy, C. W. Perry, son of Mr “Rub” Perry, who now resides at Harden, rode Abbeville to victory at Randwick…

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Boxing Championship Finals

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

The Amateur Boxing Championship Tourney concluded last Saturday night in O'Brien's Hall before a record house. There were eleven contests and all were…

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Bowls Junee Club

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

Mid-week games of bowls at Junee resulted at follows:— Scott Cup (A Grade champion ship event): Keast 32 d. Myers 13…

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Boxing Knight Defeats Simmons

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: After being outboxed in the first six rounds, the State featherweight champion, sid Knight (8.12) stopped Danny…

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Racing Times Regulation

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 5

The N.S.W. Premier said it had been intimated to him that the Commonwealth Government proposed to issue a regulation relating to the starting…

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Boxing Alan Westbury's Bad Luce

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The boxing manager, Bill M'Connell, estimated to-day that Australian middleweight champion (Alan…

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Greyhound Racing Half-a-tick Runs Record

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

Dashing lengths clear of the field after they had travelled only a few yards, Half-a-Tick scored one of the easiest Flying Stoke wins ever seen…

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Cootamundra Cricket Competition Game to Decide Minor Premiership

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 4

As both the Catholic Club and the Ramblers scored 28 points in the above competition, it has become necessary for a play-off to decide the…

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Inter-District Cricket Temora Association Wins Closely-contested Game

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

Tumut Cricket Association fielded a strong side at Temora on Sunday last, but found the turf wicket, which had been over-watered, difficult in the early…

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