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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1940

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District Cricket. Association Matches

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 3

Matches were played by the District Cricket Association during the holiday period. In the second eleven match in the Crookwell trophy…

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District Tennis Championships. Handicap System Abandoned

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

At a special meeting of delegates to the Berrima District Tennis Association last week it was decided to abandon the handicap system for…

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Bowls Bowral Club. the Championships

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

The championship competition of Bowral Bowls Club were advanced a further stage last weekend when matches in the singles and pairs…

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District Cricket. Saturday's Matches

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 2

The District Cricket Competition was suspended over the Christmas and New Year holidays and will be recommenced on Saturday…

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Bowls Carnival at Bowral. One of the Best on Record

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 January 1940 · page 4

Bowral Bowls Club held one of the most successful carnivals in its history on Saturday and Monday. Competitions for pain and fonrs were…

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District Tennis Championships Handicap System Abandoned

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 January 1940 · page 4

At a special meeting of delegates to the Berrima District Tennis Association last week it was decided to abandon the…

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Tales of the Old Days and Other Australianities. Cricket Fifty Years Ago

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 9 January 1940 · page 4

In looking back along the track, Of Fifty years to-day, I saw two teams of cricketers Engaged in pleasant play…

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Greyhound Racing

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

Entries for Bowral Greyhound races on Saturday night are as follows:— 350 Yards Maiden.—Dainty De…

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Swimming Accident. Boy Dives on Rock

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 3

The danger of diving into water-holes when swimmers do not know what lies beneath was shown on Friday when Richard Lynch, of…

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Bowls Mittagong Club. Visit From Bondi Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 January 1940 · page 2

Mittagong Bowling Club is looking forward to a "field day" on Sunday when six rinks from Bondi will pay a friendly visit…

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Cricket

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 January 1940 · page 2

The following second grade team has been selected to represent the Moss Vale and Southern District Cricket Association against a team…

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Bowls Bowral Club. Trophy Pairs Game

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

On Saturday a Trophy Pairs game was played at Bowral Bowling green, but owing to the weather the play was not of the best standard…

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District Cricket. Association Teams

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 16 January 1940 · page 3

The Moss Vale and Southern Districts Cricket Association will have four teams in the field on Australia Day (29th January). Three teams…

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District Cricket. Glenquarry Team

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

The following team will represent Glenquarry second grade against Moss Vale A in the District Cricket Competition, at Moss Vale, on…

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Bowls Bowral Club. Exciting Match in Championship Pairs

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

In a Championship Pairs game of Bowral Bowls Club on Saturday some good bowls were put down by all four men. On the ninth end Homann and…

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Tennis Tourney and Dance. Aid for Red Cross

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1940 · page 2

Many Bowral Tennis Clubs have placed their courts at the disposal of Mrs. R. K. Ling, on Australia Day (Monday next) when a monster…

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Tennis Tourney. Large Number of Entries

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 January 1940 · page 5

The tennis tournament organised by Mrs. R. K. Line;, in aid of the funds, of Bowral Red Cross Society, has created widespread interest and…

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Bowral Bowls Club. Championship Pairs

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3

The final of the Championship Pairs of Bowral Bowls Club was played on the Bowral green on Saturday between Homann and Herbert, and…

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Tennis Tourney. Over Fifty Pounds for Red Cross

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3

One of the most successful tennis tournaments in the Berrima District was held on Monday on the whirlwind system. It was organised by Mrs. R…

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District Cricket. BOWRAL v. Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 February 1940 · page 2

Bowral first grade cricket team is in an excellent position against Moss Vale, as the result of the first day's play on Saturday. Bowral was…

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