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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1947

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Rugby League Southern Zone Teams Selected

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 3

Trial matches were held at Moss Vale on Sunday last for the purpose of selecting two teams to represent the southern zone of Group Six…

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District Football Competition Draw

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

Competition matches in the southern section of Group Six Rugby, League will commence on Sunday, 25th May. Saint Anthony's College…

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Football Flickers They tell The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

That Tommy Gough will supply autographs on request. How about that field goal? That a tin hare appeared in Wagga…

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District Cricket COLTS 2 Win Final

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 May 1947 · page 4

Bowral Colts second-grade team had a comfortable victory over Robertson in the final of the first fours of the second-grade district cricket…

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District Football Competition Draw

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 May 1947 · page 3

Competition matches in the southern section of Group Six Rugby League will commence on Sunday, 25th May. Saint Anthony's College,…

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Rugby League Group Team Selected

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 3

At the conclusion of matches between teams representing the northern and southern zones of Group Six at Picton on Sunday, the following…

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Bowls Bowral Club's Green Reopened

The Southern Mail · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 4

Bowral bowling preen was reopened on Saturday after top-dressing. A number of Sydney and district visitors as well as club members took…

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District Tennis

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 7

In the knockout competition in A reserve grade of the Berrima District Tennis Association on Saturday, the Bluebirds defeated Berrima…

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Bowls Pennant Team Beaten

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 5

Last midweek the Bowral pennant team, as winners of the Southern Tablelands division, journeyed to Sydney to compete with other…

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Rugby League Group Seven Too Good for Group Six

The Southern Mail · Friday 23 May 1947 · page 5

[?] cup Seven (South Coast) Rugby [?] team proved too good for [?] Six at Picton on Sunday and [?] 22 points to 11. Group Six…

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Bowral Bowls Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 5

Owing to weather conditions, there was no play on the Bowral green but week-end. To-morrow (Saturday), in the…

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Football Flickers

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 6

They tell The Mail—That the Foody brothers played good football on Sunday for Moss Vale…

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The Finish of Football?

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 2

IT APPEARS that unless some other system of control is introduced in country areas football will lose its attraction to…

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League Football Bowral to Play Canberra

The Southern Mail · Friday 30 May 1947 · page 7

Bowral first-grade League team, which has the bye in the district competition on Sunday, will [?] a combined Canberra team at…

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Rugby League Bowral Too Strong for Visitors

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 2

Bowral first-grade Rugby League team produced great football on Sunday when it defeated Ainslie by 29 points to nil. The visiting team is…

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Group Football The Editor, The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 6

Sir,—Re your editorial of 30th May, "The Finish of Football?": May 1 express through your paper, for the benefit of all our very good followers…

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Golf Club Helps Food for Britain Proceeds Totalled £186

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 4

Members and associates of Bowral Golf Club combined in an effort for the Food for Britain appeal between 17th and 21st May. A dance…

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Bowral Defeats Mittagong Fast Football Thrills Large Crowd

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 June 1947 · page 7

The largest crowd of the football season attended Loseby Park, Bowral, on Sunday, when Bowral and Mittagong met for the first time in the southern zone of the Group Six competition. The match was expected to be the best of the season…

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Bowral Bowls Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 2

Last week-end, in the Berge singles trophy handicap, Barker defeated Platt 31 to 27. To-morrow (Saturday), in the same event, Rootes will…

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District Football Second Round Draw

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 June 1947 · page 6

Competition matches in the second round of the southern section of Group Six Rugby League will commence on Sunday, 29th June. St…

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