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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1946

2,956 stories in Riverina's papers · page 18 of 148

Bowls. Boolaroo Wins Country Rinks

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 5

Led by Dave Downie, Boolaroo won the rinks championship at the Country Week carnival in Sydney. They defeated Thirroul 34 to 15 in…

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Boxing. Munro v. Mallon at Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 6

Fight fans on the Irrigation Area will have the privilege of witnessing a class contest on Friday night, March 8, when Dan…

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Football Reserve Grade Competition to Be Launched League Will Foster Junior Football

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 8

An announcement that will be hailed fry all sports followers is the Gundagai Rugby Football is the decision to conduct a reserve grade…

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Cootamundra Races Appearance Money Scale

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 6

Having been granted permission to race on Wednesday, March 27, the week following the St. Patrick's Centenary Cup meeting at…

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Tennis Annual Meeting of Town Club

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 8

Ali i who are interested in 'tennis are asked to be present at the genral meeting this Thursday in club room. Important business…

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Golf Coolac Club Will Welcome Gundagai Players

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 8

Coolac Club will welcome member from Gundagai. The course is expect to be ready in a matter of weeks Details will be advised in a later…

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Death After Hit by Cricket Ball

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 6

PERTH, Sunday: Jeffrey Scott Gibbins, of Perth University, died after being struck on the head by a cricket ball while…

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Cricket Gundagai to Play for O'farrell Cup

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 8

Gundagai will travel to June next Sunday in an endeavour to wrest the O' Farrell Cup from the railway town. Gundagai's team will be as follows:…

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Bowls Country Week Success for Gundagai Bowlers Win a Total Of 22 Games Vince Carberry and Dal Tout Reach Semi-final of Pairs

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 25 February 1946 · page 8

The two Gundagai rinKs which took part in last weed's Country Week in Sydney, put up a record of performances unequalled by few…

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Bowls

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3
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During the week-end many more matches were played on the Narandera bowling green, the most important being the semi-final of the…

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Rugby League

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

N.S.W. Rugby League last night decided to confer with the Newcastle League on questions of poaching of country players. Newcastle had…

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Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 4

The attendances at the Country Club's courts were again good for the week-end. Mr. R. Richards is coaching…

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Swimming Baths for Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

It seems that in the near future Wagga's dream of suitable swimming baths is to be realised. After agitation which has flared and flickered intermittently over the past 20 years or more, some-thing definite now taking shape. The Wagga Municipal Council…

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BOXING Harvey v. Roddy

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 1

At the stadium in O'Brien's Hall, Tumut, before a packed house on Wednesday night, "Snowy" Harvey (9.8), of Sydney, defeated Jimmy…

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Adelong Football Doings

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 3

A very attractive gesture made by the Adelong schoolboy footballers was the presentation of a wallet to their coach of last season. Mr. C. Merryfull. It…

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Australian Rules Football

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 1

The Leeton Austra[?]an Rules Football Club is making an extra early start for 1946 season. They held their first committee meeting in…

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BOXING Peter Roddy v. Chum Bell

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 2

Boxing is right in the boom in Tumut and the next night's entertainment is on Show night, Wednesday, March 6, in O'Brien's Hall…

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Football Cootamundra Club's Annual Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Cootamundra Football Club will be held at the Pastime Club next Friday night, at 8 o'clock. Everyone is welcome…

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Big Boxing Match at Griffith Friday, March 8

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 1

A boxing contest of great interest to district residents will be the big fight in the Rio Stadium, Griffith, on Friday night, March 8, between Dan…

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