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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1945

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Dreary Football Weak Moss Vale Team Defeated

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 2

What is wrong with Bowral Rugby team? Supporters are justified in asking this, after the team's dismal display on Sunday against a very…

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Bowls Bowral Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 2

Social games only were played on Bowral green last week-end. To-morrow (Saturday) Pope will meet Gallagher in the Club Singles…

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Rugby League Bargo Beats Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 3

The competition football match between Bowral and Bargo, at Bsrgo on Sunday, was spoilt by numerous injuries. Although the turf was…

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Tablelands Bowls Association Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 2

On Saturday, 7th July, the annual meeting of the Southern Tablelands Bowling Association was held in the Bowral clubroom. In the absence of…

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Rugby Football BOWRAL v Robertson-burrawang Bowral Lacks Dash

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 1

At Robertson on Sunday, the home team proved too strong for the Bowrol side, which lacked stamina and Maying power. The visitors' football…

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Football Sunday's Teams

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 1

Bowral team to play Picton at Loseby Park, on Sunday will be selected from the following players: J. McLean, K. Chadwick, W. Martyn…

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Bowral Bowls Club Record Attendance at Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 4

Bowral Bowls Club had a record attendance at its annual meeting, when over forty members were present. The president (Ur. Sid Barker)…

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Bowral Bowls Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 1

In the Club Singles Championship on Saturday, Gallagher beat Pope, 31-28. To-morrow (Saturday) Gallagher will meet North in the semi-final of…

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League Football Mittagong Loses Its Unbeaten Record

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 3

The previously unbeaten Mittagong team met defeat at the hands of Burrawwng-Robertson on Sunday at Burrawong, by seventeen points…

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Bowral Bowls Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 2

The Novice Pairs game called for last week-end on Bowral green did not take place owing to the absence of V. Jones and Ling, and was…

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Football Semi-Final Ends in Draw Hard Game Thrills Large Crowd

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 August 1945 · page 3

A large crowd gathered at Mittagong sports ground on Sunday to see the Rugby League semi-final tie between Picton (Blacks) and…

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Bowral Bowls Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 2

Last mid-week, on Bowral green, Gallagher and Perry met in the Major Club Singles Championship. In a keen game, In which some…

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District Cricket Move to Revive the Competition

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 2

With a view to reviving the district cricket competition, in which so much interest centred before the war, the president (Mr. Alf Stephens…

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Exciting Football Robebtson-burrawang Beat Picton 10 to Nil in Replayed Match

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 3

At Mittagong Sparta Ground on Sunday, the very even struggle of the previous week—between Picton and Robertson-Burrawang in the…

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Bowral Bowls Club Rinks Match

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 1

A half-day tourney was held at, Bowral Bowls Club on 16th August to commemorate the declaration of victory and the end of World War II…

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FOOTBALL The First Thirteen

The Southern Mail · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 2

At the opening of this game, Bowral had to hold Goulburn to a 12-points margin to win the cup, but the task proved beyond them and…

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Bowral Bowls Club Novice Pairs

The Southern Mail · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 5

In the final of the Novice Pairs competition, on Bowral bowls green list week-end, W. Jones and Madden defeated Carr and A. Stephens 16…

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Bowls Pennant Draw Four Teams Take Part

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

Following is the draw for the Southern Tablelands Bowls Pennant competition; FIRST ROUND…

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Football at Bargo Knockout Competition

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

A Knockout football competition an aid of the Bush Nursing Association was held at Barge on Sunday. teams of junior players took…

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District Cricket Twelve Teams Will Take Part

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

Twelve teams will take part in cricket matches in this district in the forthcoming season. This was disclosed at the annual meeting of the…

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