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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1939

206 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 4 of 11

Bowls Practice Match

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

A special practice match in which four rinks will be take part, will be played at Moss Vale between Bowral and Moss Vale Bowling Clubs on…

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Brief Mention. Golf for Hospital

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 25 April 1939 · page 2

Bowral Country Golf Club will hold a mixed foursomes competition in aid of the Berrima District Hospital on Saturday. A social will be…

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Bowal Bowls. Rain Stops Play

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 3

Bowral bowlers journeyed to Moss Vale on Saturday, but rain prevented play. The same team is selected to go to Moss Vale on Saturday to…

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Useful Members. Re-organising Bowls Club-house

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 May 1939 · page 2

Dropping in at the Bowral Bowls Clubhouse the other day, we found it a hive of industry. Half-a-dozen or so members were actively engaged…

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Golf Club Dance. Proceeds to Hospital

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 2

The ballroom at Fairmount Guest House was the scene of a very pleasant function on Saturday night when the members and [?]ciates of Bowral…

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GOLF Bowral Country Club. Hospital Tournament

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 2

The open mixed foursomes competition organised by Bowral Country Golf Club in aid of the Berrima District Hospital appeal, was held on the…

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League Football. Bowral Has Easy Win

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 May 1939 · page 2

Bowral Rugby League Football team had an easy win over Bargo, at Bargo, on Sunday against a team which had had little training and lacked…

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Cup Football Group Six Meeting

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 May 1939 · page 2

The annual meeting of Group Six Rugby League was held at Bargo on Sunday last. Mr. T. Friend was in the chair, and delegates were present…

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Football Moss Vale Beats Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 2

Rough play marred a rugby league practice match between Moss Vale and Bowral, at Moss Vale, on Sunday, and as a consequence open…

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GOLF Bruce Smith Cup. Win for Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 4

Mots Vale Golf Club met Bowral in the Brace Smith Cup competition on the Most Vale Links on Saturday. Heavy greens and soggy fairways…

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Golf

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 2

Miss J. Baker and Mrs. G. Elliott won the silver and bronze stroke handicap competitions respectively at Moss Vale last Tuesday afternoon…

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Berrima District Rugby League

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 May 1939 · page 2

A meeting of the Berrima District Rugby Football League was held at Bowral last week. President O R. Cunynghame occupied the chair The…

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Football Kugby, League. Annual Meeting at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 May 1939 · page 2

The following officers were elected at the annual meeting of, Mittagong Football Club:— Patron.—Mr. W. U. Cupitt…

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Football Rugby League. Cup Matches

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 2

The draw for the cup matches to be played under the control of Group Six Rugby League has been made. The four cups, which have been put…

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Cricket Final. Delayed by Wet Weather

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 May 1939 · page 4

Wet weather caused the abandonment of play in the first erode cricket final between Moss Vale and Wingello on several Saturdays, and the…

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Football Rugby League Cup Matches

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 20 May 1939 · page 2

The draw for the cop matches to be played under the control of Group Six Rugby League has been made. The four cups, which have been put…

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Origin of Football

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 4

A Horny Bridge contributor to the Australian Digest, submits a few interesting notes appropriate to the advent of the 1989 football season…

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Tennis. Open Tourney. Close Matches

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 3

The series of private invitation tournaments for A-Grade players, organised by Eurobin Club, concluded at the week-end, when the men's…

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Bowls Bowral Bowlers Win Pennant Country Champions

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 3

Representing the Southern Tablelands, Bowral bowlers journeyed to Sydney with four rinks in quest of Country and State Championships in…

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Football Bowral Holds Murphy Cup. Bad Handling Mars Game

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 May 1939 · page 3

Bowral Rugby League Football team, defeated Burrawang-Robertson by sixteen paints to five in a match for the Murphy Cup, at Bowral, on…

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