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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1939

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Cricket Bowral Team

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 3

The following team will represent Bowral B team against Bowral A team in the District Cricket Competition on Saturday:—S. Cupitt, J. Rae…

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Swimming Carnival Was Great Attraction. Hundreds of Holiday-makers Spent Day at Mittagong Baths. Swimming and Diving Country and Metropolitan Clubs in Competition

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 3

The annual carnival of the Mittagong Swimming Club drew a large crowd to the Mittagong Baths on Monday. The weather was ideal and…

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Amateur Athletic Association of New South Wales Coon fry Championships of New South Wales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 4

The first Annual Country Championship of N.S.W. will be Veld on Saturday, 28th January, 1939, at the Sydney…

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Bowls Bowral Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 3

The annual carnival of the Bowral Bowling Club attracted a large crowd of players to the Bowral green on Saturday and Monday. Players from…

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Cricket Bowral Team

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 3

The following team will represent Bowral first grade against Robertson, at Robertson, In the District Cricket Competition on Saturday:—…

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Greyhound Racing

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

The following is the draw for the greyhound races at Loseby Park, Bowral, on Saturday night:—350 Yards Novice.—Gipsy Chief…

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Successful Dance. Mittagong Swimming Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the Swimming Club dance held in Mittagong School of Aria on 2nd January. Parry's Band was in good…

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Swimming Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

A swimming carnival will be held at Mittagong Baths on Monday (Australia Day). Swimmers from metropolitan clubs will compete and…

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Bowls Bowral Club. Pennant Teams

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

The following players hare been chosen to manual Bowral against Ca[?]town, at Bowral, on Anniversary Day, in the B.Peanant…

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Cricket. BOWRAL v. S.P.C.

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 January 1939 · page 2

Bowral second grade cricket teammet S.P.C at Berrima in the District Cricket Competition on Saturday. With the exception of Griffths, who…

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Cricket Moss Vale v ROBERTSON

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 1 February 1939 · page 2

The above match was concluded at Moss Vale on Saturday, Robertson winning on the Brat innings by 109 runs…

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Australia Day Swimming Carnival. Bush Fires Made Trouble

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 4

The recent bush fires brought more troubles in their trail than might at first be anticipated. They even affected the Mittagong Swimming…

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Bowls Association Championships

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 3

An alteration in the draw for the championship events of the Southern Tablelands Bowls Association has been made owing to the proximity of…

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District Cricket. Remarkable Collapse

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 7 February 1939 · page 2

Sutton Forest second grade cricket team figured in a remarkable collapse after the first wicket fell against Bowral A-team in the District…

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Bowls Pennant Competitions

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

Bowral Bowling Club played a draw with Moss Vale in the B-Pennant Competition on Saturday. Bowral thus wins the B-Pennant and has…

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GOLF Bowral Club. First Round of Championship

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 2

The first eighteen holes of the thirty-six holes championship of the Bowral Golf Club was played on Saturday. Despite dry weather and lack…

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Cricket S.P.C. v. WINGELLO

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Wingello met S.P.C. in the First Grade District Cricket Competition on Saturday. A sound innings by Doherty, who made 80 and scores of…

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Tennis. Altered Draw

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

With the withdrawal of some teams from the Berima District Tennis Competition, as a result of lack of players; it has been…

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District Cricket. Bowral B v. EXETER

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 2

Bowral "B" Second Grade cricket I team had an outright win over Execter in the District Cricket Competition on Saturday. Exeter made 176…

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Bowls Bowral Club. CHAMPIONSHIP.SINGLES

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 2

The final of the competition to decide which member of Bowral Bowls Club will be the representative in the Southern Tablelands Single…

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