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Sport, 1949

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Two Finals to Be Played Bowls This Week-end

The Bega District News · Tuesday 19 July 1949 · page 7

Competitions have now entered the closing stage, and two very interesting finals to be played this week-end are the Singles…

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Bowls

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 4

A very good attendance of bowlers was present, on Saturday, including a visitor from Sydney. Mr. Jack Crowley, who also…

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Golf

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 4

Berry had a good win over Kiama in the White Horse Cup match, at Berry, on Sunday, when they won six of the eight…

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Tennis Shoalhaven Competition

The South Coast Register · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 4

Berry Presbyterians best Bock’s Nowra, 8 sets to 3. St. Luke’s, Berry, beat Fairview I. 7 sets to 8…

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Bowl‘s Notes

The Bega District News · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 7

Final—Pairs—Championship: Dicker and Allston defeated Hart and Anderson 35-18. In the pair’s competition final by consistently good bowling and their…

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Golf Results Kiery Flood Makes Comeback

The Bega District News · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 7

Keiry Floor regained form and won his first competition for five years last Sunday. The event was the T.B. Cup Qualifying Stroke round. With 86 off the…

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Mud Makes Football Difficult

The Bega District News · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 7

The Bega and Narooma Rugby League teams presented a picture of good, clean sportsmen when they trotted on to the Bega Recreation…

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G. Kydd Bega Bowls Champion Thrilling Final with McLEOD

The Bega District News · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 7

So full of interest was the championship final between George Kydd and Don McLeod, on Saturday afternoon, that players from other rinks…

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Nurses Now Have Tennis Court Excellent Voluntary Effort

The Bega District News · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 2

One of Bega’s best voluntary public efforts was completed at the Nurses’ Home, on Saturday, when the tennis court was left almost ready for…

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Bowls

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 4

The weather was kind enough to develop bright and clear for all sport on Saturday last, and the bowlers were in full…

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Golf

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 4

The remarkable aspect of the golf, at the Berry coarse, on Sunday last, was the fact that seven players participated…

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Trees Perpetuate Cricket Performances

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 1

Members of the Australian test team to tour South Africa next season will have an opportunity of being invited to plant a tree…

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Football Results at a Glance

The South Coast Register · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 4

First Grade.— Shellharbour beat Nowra 13/3 Gerringong beat Berry 3/0. Jamberoo beat Milton 10/7…

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Associates’ Golf Platers Qualify for T.b. Final

The Bega District News · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 9

The Begs Golf Club associates conducted two competitions last Saturday. Mrs. Anderson won the T.B. Event…

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Bega Football Teams Game at Moruya on

The Bega District News · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

Two Bega football teams play Moruya at Moruya, on Sunday. Bega has fallen on bad times this season while their opponents have kept…

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Golf

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 4

Once again George McCoy has demonstrated has ability as a “mixed” player, when, on Sunday last, he and Mrs. Frew…

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Shoalhaven Tennis Competition

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

In the final of the A grade, Wanderers belt Independents 5 sets to 3. Pyree, the minor premiers have the right of a grand…

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Bowls Returned Soldiers’ Annual Day

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 4

The green presented an animated spectacle on Saturday afternoon when the Berry branch of the Returned Soldiers had their…

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Inter-league Football Two Wins for South Coast One Win for Illawarra s

The South Coast Register · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 1

South Coast League footballers played the Illawarra League, on Sunday last, at Wollongong, for the second time this season,…

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Eden Golf Championship Bega Players Compete

The Bega District News · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 9

Eden Golf Club held its Open Championships on Sunday and quite a number of Bega players journeyed there for the game. F. Clare, of…

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