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Riverina · Sport

Sport, 1949

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Adelong's Annual Races All-time Record Crowd Sanfoil Wins Cup

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

Over £280 was taken at the gate at Adelong on Monday when the Adelong Jockey Club conducted its Cup meeting. Fields throughout the day were not big, but eight runners faced the starter for the main event of the day and Charlie…

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Cricket Competitions to Be Resumed. Points Vital With Three Rounds To Go

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 4

The two cricket competitions are to be resumed on next Sunday, when the draw is: First Grade: Eurongilly v…

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Another Win for Coota Juniors Third Tennis Match to be Played at Week-end

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 3

The third of the series of matches between junior tennis players representing Junee and Cootamundra will be played…

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Albury Racing Club's Summer Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 6

The Albury Racing Club has framed an attractive six-event programme for Its summer meeting to be held on Saturday,…

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Chosen For Junior Cricket Coaching

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1949 · page 6

COOTAMUNDRA, Friday: Ray Cullen, 15, of Cootamundra, and John Dowd, 17, of Harden have been selected by the…

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Tumbarumba Boxing Results

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 6

A successful boxing tournament took place at Tumbarumba on Friday night. It was the second of a series of…

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Swimming Meeting To-night

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 8

Members of the, Gundagai Swimming Club committee are reminded of the committee meeting to be hel dat the Ambulance Station…

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Albury's Victory in Country Tennis

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday: Albury yesterday won the men's, and Newcastle the women's, teams' championships of the 11949 Country Week tennis carnival…

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Club Champion Beaten at Bowls Teams Picked to Play in Pennants at Coota

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 3

The 1948 champion of the Junee Bowling Club, W. Thurkettle, was beaten 32 to 29 by L. Wood in a championship match played at the…

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Better Result for Juniors But Tennis Team Again Beaten by Coota

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 3

Only eight games separated the junior tennis teams which played in Junee on Saturday night last, when Cootamundra inflicted a…

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Athletics Olympic Woman Athlete

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 4

Mrs. Fanny Blankers-Koen, Olympic athlete, who arrived in Sydney on Saturday, said she preferred Australia. to America,…

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Swimming Notes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 2

Last Sunday te local club members came out of recess to have their final dash before the carnival. There was keen competition, which…

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Junee Bowls

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 6

In the A grade singles at the Junee Bowling Club on Saturday Len Wood defeated Bill Thurkettle, last year's champion…

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Greyhound Racing Junee-Owned Dogs Win Five Races Favourites Take Six Events

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

Only two favourites, Moral Prince and Black Trion, failed to greet the judge at the Narandera Greyhound Racing Club's meeting on Saturday…

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Large Attendance at Swimming Films

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

A large attendance gathered at the C. W. A. Rooms last Friday night to view the swimming films. The majority of the audience were children,…

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Cricket Team

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 4

Lockhart North, to play French Park on Saturday (bus leaves P.O. at 1p.m.): R. Chambers, R. Rudkin, B. Slattery, S. Schneider, C. Seward,…

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Open-air Boxing for Griffith

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 4

Griffith Rugby League Football Club is sponsoring an open-air stadium for boxing in Rugby Oval. Arrangements are now being made…

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Lockhart Night Tennis Draw

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 6

18th January: Lockhart v St. Mary's; 20th, Brookong v Hollies; 21st, Cricketers v Milbrulong. Osborne, bye…

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CRICKET Murrumbidgee Council

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 3

The inaugural meeting of the Murrumbidgee Cricket Council was held, at Leeton on Friday last, and a well attended meeting decided to form the…

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Railways' Institute Tennis Club Final of Night Competition

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 2

The final of the B grade night tennis competition conducted by the Railways' Institute Tennis Club was played on Friday evening last,…

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