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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1937

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Swimming Carnival. New Year's Day

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 3

Entries for the swimming carnival to be held at Mittagong to-day (Friday) have reached the two hundred mark and most of the leading…

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Club Swimming. Results at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 2

Three races were conducted by the Mittagong Amateur Swimming Club at the Hittagong baths last week-end. Close finishes were the order…

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Cricket COLTS v. MITTAGONG

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 3

Mittagong and Bowral Colts played a drawn game in the first grade, cricket competition on Saturday. Reilly and Beaumont opened for…

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Cricket. Moss Vale v. BOWRAL

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 4

Bowral first grade team was defeated outright by Moss Vale in the first grade district cricket competition on Saturday. Bowral had made…

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Greyhound Racing Bowral Club. Track Record Equalled

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 2

There was a large crowd present at the greyhound races at Loseby Park, Bowral, on Saturday night. Cliff's Son put up a good…

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Great Races. Leading Swimmers at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 5 January 1937 · page 3

A crowd of over five hundred people attended the Mittagong Baths on Friday (Boxing Day), when an interesting swimming carnival was held…

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Greyhound Racing. Entries for Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 2

A program of six dog races will be run at Loseby Park, Bowral, on Saturday night. The first division of the Show Stakes has attracted a…

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Swimming Club. Mittagong Amateurs & Goulburn Carnival

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 3

The President (Mr. R. Boswell) occupied the chair at a meeting of the committee of Mittagong Amateur Swimming Club on Friday night. As…

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Bowls. Bowral Club. Saturday's Matches

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 6

The semi-final of the pairs competition for the Rowlandson trophy will be played on the Bowral green on Saturday between Springett and…

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Bowls Club. an Asset to the Town. Appeal for Business Men's Support

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 2

Bowral Bowls Club has had another good year. Though the membership is not what it should be, the finances are healthy and the players…

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The Four Mails Turf Budget the Black-hand. How Races Are Rigged in Sydney. Betting-ring Seeks Tax Decrease. Because Punters Are Winning

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 January 1937 · page 6

Determined rallies are again being made to try and persuade the Government to lift taxation imposed on bookmakers. All kinds of…

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Tennis. Kyogle Beats Excelsior

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

The final match in connection with the A grade competition of the Berrima District Tanis Association was played at the week-end between…

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Bowls. Bowral Club. Competition Results

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 5

Three matches in various competitions were played on the Bowral green on Saturday afternoon. Haylock and Bent and Gallagher and…

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Greyhound Racing Entries for Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 January 1937 · page 3

A program of six races will be run it Loseby Park under the auspices sf the Bowral Greyhound Club, on Saturday night. Good fields will…

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Bowls. Rowlandson Trophy

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 3

The final of the Rowlandson Trophy for pairs was played at Bowral on Saturday. Springett and Huggett defeated Psaltis and Gold 22-12…

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Bowls

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

Members of the public are invited to take part in games on Tuesday night when members will willingly give them instruction in the game…

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Cricket. Bowral Team

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

The following team will represent Bowral first grade against Bundanoon, at Bundanoon, on Saturday. Cars leave at 1.15 p.m. sharp…

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Swimming Carnival. Visit of North Sydney Club

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

Members of the North Sydney Amateur Swimming Club were entertained by the Mittagong Club last week-end. The visitors were…

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Tennis. Knock-out Semi-finals

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 3

The A grade knock-out semi-finals in connection with the Berrima District Tennis competition were played on Saturday, when Excelsior…

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Bowls. a Pennant Match. Narrow Victory to Goulburn

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

The A Pennant competition match between Goulburn and Bowral Clubs on the Bowral green on Saturday provided the spectators with many…

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