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Sport, 1945

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Football

The Bega District News · Monday 13 August 1945 · page 2

The Bega Rovers Football Club’s knock-out competition, staged on the sports ground yesterday, drew a record crowd to see the eleven games…

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Football Nowra Makes Cricket Score Against Shellharbor

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 9

As in the case of horse-racing and cricket, there is a glorious uncertainty about football. When Shellharbor met Nowra in the first…

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BOWLS (By “The Scribe”)

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 4

Almost a record attendance of members faced the barrier for the sixth heat of the winter rink race on Saturday. Les Bott was a…

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Berry Golf Club

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 August 1945 · page 1

George McCoy turned on one of his brilliant rounds at the Berry Golf Course on Sunday last to head the field in the members’ qualifying…

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BOWLS (By “Be Up”)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 August 1945 · page 3

On Wednesday of last week two club and two minor championship games were concluded. In the former Norman Willis defeated Les…

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Football the Knock-out Competition a Record Day (By “Boundary Critic”)

The Bega District News · Thursday 16 August 1945 · page 2

Although the organisers were sanguine of success from the outset, their wildest dreams did not envisage the record-breaking success that Sunday’s…

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Football By Boundary Critic

The Bega District News · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 2

As a culminating feature of the Bega versus Nowra sports contests on the sportsground on Saturday last the two school staged their football match…

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Football

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 1

There was no football in Nowra at the week-end. Kiama, who are leading Nowra by one point in the first-grade…

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Football

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 3

Games in the South Coast competition on Saturday last resulted First Grade.— Kiama beat Gerringong 8/7…

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Football En Masse

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 3

Junee. was “at home” to a big roll up of young footballers recently organised by the Rugby League— and this is what it took to feed…

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BOWLS. (By “Be Up”)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 4

There were five Club champion ship games daring last week. On Wednesday the highlight was the game between Rev. Alexander and…

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Football (By “Boundary Critic”)

The Bega District News · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 2

Bega and Dry River junior teams will meet on the sports ground on Sunday next for the ambulance cup The boys play, really first-class…

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Football

The Bega District News · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 2

In the junior match on the sports-ground yesterday. Dry River defeated Bega 13 to 7. In the first half Bega looked as if they would put it over…

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Football

The Shoalhaven News, Nowra · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 7

Nowra had an easy win over Milton in the first grade competition on Sunday afternoon last, the final scores being 20 points to 2…

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Bowls

The Bega District News · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 2

Last Saturday’s bowls results :— Pairs championship, Dicker and Bu[?]gess (28), Douglas and Price (10). Sharp, Castroa, Anderson (21),…

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Football

The Bega District News · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 2

Owing to the great difficulty in obtaining necessary supplies the organisers of the big presentation dance and euchre in the show pavilion tomorrow…

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Berry Golf Club

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 4

There was a sensational finish to the semi-final of the championship match at the Berry golf course on Sunday last, between Os. Wait…

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BOWLS (By “Be Up”)

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 3

Six rinks [?] Berry visited Kiama on Saturday last and engaged the Blowhole men in a social game; but, judging by the respective scores, it…

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Successful Season Berry Cricket Club

The South Coast Register · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 4

The season 1944/45 will go down in history as one of the most successful experienced by the Berry Cricket Club, both on the field of…

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Football up in the Islands Ex-bega District Player Prominent

The Bega District News · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 1

Sixteen months in the inlands have had little effect on the physical con[?] Australian Kangaroos to visit England in 1937…

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