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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1947

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Football Mittagong Club Has Many Players

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 March 1947 · page 4

Football enthusiasts predict the grandest season of all time for the Mittagong club this season. Coach "Bunny" Gleeson, who is a…

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Football

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 2

At the annual meeting of Group Six held at Barge on Friday last, the following draw was decided upon for the first and second rounds:…

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Bowls Fours Championship to Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

Mittagong club is to be congratulated on its success in winning the fours championship of the Southern Tablelands Association by defeating…

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GOLF Bowral Club Club Championship

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 5

The second and final round of the championship of Bowral Golf Club was held on Saturday afternoon. J. H. C. Fitzbardinge, who was one…

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Football Hard Trial Game at Mittagong

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 5

A trial Rugby League football match between Bowral and Mittagong first-grade teams produced fast football at MittaRong sports ground…

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District Cricket COLTS 2 v EXETER

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 3

Bowral Colts second-grade cricket team had an outright win over Exeter in the final of the first fours of the district cricket competition. The…

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Football Group Six to Demand "Photo Start."

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 April 1947 · page 2

Group Six Rugby League will demand "photo starts" by all teams playing in its competition this season. This move is the result of strong…

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Dapto Too Good for Bowral Rugby League Match

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 5

Bowral Rugby League football team was defeated by 18 points to 11 by Dapto in a match at Loseby Park, Bowral, on Sunday. The game was…

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District Football MITTAGONG v BARGO

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 April 1947 · page 2

Mittagong first-grade Rugby League team showed patches of its pre-war brilliance on Sunday when it defeated Bargo by 31 points to 6. Under the…

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League Football Moss Vale - Robertson Draw

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 5

The Rugby League match between Moss Vale and Robertson first-grade teams at Moss Vole on Sunday last resulted in a special croup meeting…

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District Cricket Colts Win Final of First Fours

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 5

Colts first-grade cricket the final of the first fours Strict cricket competition on when they defeated…

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£10,000 for Golf Links at Bowral Bowral Council to Raise Loan

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 9

At last meeting of Bowral Council the Town Clerk read the documents relating to the raising of a loan of £10,000 for the purpose of municipal…

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Bowral Retains Cup in Drawn Game Exciting Football Thrills Spectators As Teams Battle for Lead

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 April 1947 · page 3

A large crowd of spectators got its full share of thrills it Loseby Park, Bowral, on Sunday, when Bowral defended the Sommers Cup against Mittagong. With the scores level twenty minutes before full time, Mittagong raised the flags…

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Municipal Golf Golf Links The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 2

Sir,—I am one of many who think the £10,000 loan to be "pent on municipal golf links is ridiculous. There are tilings Bowral needs…

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District Cricket COLTS v ROBERTSON

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 5

Bowral Colts are in a good position against Robertson in the final of the first fours of the second-grade district cricket competition. Colts…

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District Football Bowral Overwhelms Bargo Team

The Southern Mail · Friday 25 April 1947 · page 7

Producing fait and open football on Sunday, Bowral first-grade team defeated Bargo in a match for the Sommers Cup by 41 points to 3…

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District Golf Mittagong Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 5

Popular member Sid Morgan has joined the happy band of those who have holed out in one. He did the trick on No. 9 on Saturday…

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Football Bowral Retains the Sommers Cup Picton Beaten 4-2

The Southern Mail · Friday 2 May 1947 · page 7

Bowral Rugby League football team retained the Seaman Cop by defeating Picton, the challenging team, by 4 points to 2 at Bewral on…

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Municipal Golf Links

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 2

The Editor, The Mail Sir,—I have been a ratepayer in Bowral for thirty yean and strongly object to the proposed wilful waste…

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Bowls Bowral Green Reopens

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

Bowral bowling green, after being closed for top-dressing, will reopen, to-morrow (Saturday). The Blues' pennant team will have a practice…

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