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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1946

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Wollongong Diggers Visit Bowral Enjoyable Cricket Match

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 March 1946 · page 4

A bus-load of members of Wollongong Returned Soldiers' League and their families were entertained by Bowral Returned Soldiers' League at…

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Bowls State Pairs Final

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 2

Last week-end Gallagher and West-brook (Bowral) met Collins and Clarrie Jones, of Mittagong, on the Bowral green in the final of the…

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Tablelands Bowls Westbrook Wins the Singles Final

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 5

The final of the Southern Tablelands Bowls Association singles championship was played on Mittagong green on Wednesday afternoon…

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Scarcity of Boxing Talent Local Search for Suitable Men

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 4

Writing in a Sydney daily newspaper, Mr. Jack Munro, one of the best-known men in boxing, deplores the lack of good fighters to meet an…

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Municipal Golf links at Bowral Council to Resume Land

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 5

At a special meeting of Bowral Council on Monday night it was decided to resume two blocks of land fronting Centennial Road, owned by…

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Bowls the District Pairs Championship

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

In the final of the southern Tablelands District Bowls Association pairs championship, played at Camden on Saturday, W. Gallagher and P…

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Rugby League Bowral Players in Trial Game

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 5

Teams from the north and south of Group Six Rugby League met in a trial game at Victoria Park, Picton, on Sunday. The match was played…

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Tennis Match EXCELSIOR v BLUEBIRDS

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

Excelsior second team beat Bluebird second team in a tennis match on Saturday, by 6 [?] 44 ga[?] to 3 sets 34 games…

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Municipal Golf Links Arrankamp Estate to Be Resumed

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

At a special meeting of Bowral Council on Friday night it was decided to take steps to resume 142 acres of the Arrankamp Estate for…

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What Others Think Is Football of Civic Value? The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 2

Sir,—Two months ago I sent a letter to our Town Council to remind them of a year-old promise to execute, certain repairs at Loseby Park,…

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Tennis

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 April 1946 · page 4

By winning the tennis by 16 sets to 4, Bowral girls' gained a further 18 points lead in the total score. The match was an unequal struggle, Bow-…

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Cricket

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 April 1946 · page 4

Bowral won the toss and O. Taylor elected to bat. The opening bats, D. Brooker and L. Watman, were restrained against the attack of the…

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Bowls Bowral Club Easter Competitions

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

In the Hennessy Trophy Pairs Handicap of Bowral Bowls Club last week-end Perry and Madden defeated L. Cupitt and Taylor…

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Boxing at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 8

A keen and enthusiastic crowd of well over 400 boxing fans attended promoter J. Donohoe's first offering of fights at Bowral School of Arts…

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District Cricket Colts, Fourth in Comp., Had Good Season

The Southern Mail · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

Bowral Colts finished the cricket season in fourth place; playing Wingello in the semi-final they were beaten…

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Bowls Bowral Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 4

An invitation has been received from the State selectors to send a team of four fours from the Southern Tablelands Bowling Association…

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Rugby League Bowral Defeats Moss Vale in Great Game

The Southern Mail · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 5

The competition match between Moss Vale and Bowral at Loseby Park, Bowral, on Sunday was a hard, clean game and produced some great…

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Bowls Bowral Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 7

As the Bowral green is out of play owing to top-dressing, a number of the members and four women bowlers played on Moss Vale green on…

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Rugby League. District Competition

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 2

In the district Rugby League competition on Sunday Mittagong out-classed Mote Vale to win by 32 to 9. Bargo defeated Burrawang…

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Boxing Draws a Large Crowd Good Fights Thrill Fans at Bowral

The Southern Mail · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 5

The second offering of fights at Bowral School of Arts since was resuscitated, on Friday night last, again drew a crowd of about…

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