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Sport, 1947

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Tennis Tournament In Leeton For Easter

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

The Leeton Tennis Club has decided to hold its Annual Tournament at Easter. A special effort is being made this year and players will…

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Coolamon Rovers‘ Football Club Annual Meeting

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Coolamon Rovers‘ Football Club was held in the Social of Arts on Tuesday night last. The attendance was very good considering…

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Saturday Night's Dog Racing Eight-Race Programme

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 2

For Its fortnightly race meeting to be held at the sports ground tomorrow (Saturday) night the Narandera Club has been favoured with…

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Competition Cricket Sunday's Howell Cup Match

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 3

The C.Y.M. and Railways are to play a Howell cup match in the park on Sunday, and the teams are: Railway—J. Calderon, W.Ware, C…

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Harden Diggers' Races Pen well Wins Cup

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

The first race meeting held on the Harden racecourse for a number of years was conducted by the newly-formed…

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Coolamon District Cricket Association Semi-finals Coolamon Seniors v." METHUE

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 3

Methul journeyed to Coolamon on Sunday for the above commerical and winning the toil, elected to [?] Dennis and W. Brown opened, and were…

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Coolamon District Cricket Association Semi-finals Ganmain Spitpires v. Ganmain Diggers

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 5

Spitfires, batting first, compiled 260, individual stores being gradually very even. The [?] was [?] the 51 run last wicket stand by Clem…

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Tumut Swimming Carnival All Arrangements Finalised For Sunday Swimmers From All E.R.A.S.A. to Compete Inter-town Relay Challenge Race

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1

The committee of the Tumut Swimming Club met and finalised all the arrangements for their annual swimtnnig carnival…

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Tennis Tour of N.z. Off

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday: The Australian lawn tennis team picked for New Zealand will not be able to make the trip…

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M.t.c. £300 Stakes for Easter Races

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1947 · page 6

The Murrumbidgee Turf Club has allotted £300 prise money for the Easter meeting at Wagga on April 2…

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Harden Tennis

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 3

AS the winding up of the Anniversary Tournament, progresses results are proving more and more satisfactory. The…

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Bowls Rain Interupts Play

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 8

Rain interrupted play in the No 1 pennant against Cootamundra and play ceased with the score 30/29 in Cootamundra's favour. The…

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Tennis Exhibition Match

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 8

The following players, Leon New man Len Foley Harold Ethe[?]ngton, Mac. McBurney Frank Devlin George Goodsall, Jim Sullivan and…

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Swimming Tumut Swimming Carnival 220 Yards To Noel Ryan Marie Cruise Takes Another Championship

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 8

The Tumut club was unfortunate in striking such a wet day for their carnival yesterday, and doubly unfortunate that they missed their rain…

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Man Dies After Blow by Golf Ball

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday: Andrew Mathers, married, of Elematta Drive, Ashgrove, was fatally injured when he was struck on the head by…

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Atrocious Weather For U.K. Football

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday: Weather forced the postponement of 19 matches in the English Football Association Cup and League…

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Barnes Possibly Finished Cricket For This Season

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday: Sid Barnes, Australian Test opener may not play cricket again this season. To-morrow he will withdraw from…

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Swimming Notes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 3

Following are results of the races held by the Narandera Swimming Club on Sunday: Junior 55 yards handicap: J…

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Tennis

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2

The team to represent Milbrulong against St. Mary's 1 on the 20th: E. Head, H. Mickan, E. Naughtin, J. Lynch, Misses R. Garratt, L. Gollasch…

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Football

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 5

The annual meeting of Group Nine will be held at Cootamundra on Sunday. February 23. Gundagai's notice of motion regarding the scrapping of…

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