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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1949

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Bowls Bowral Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 2

Bowral Bowls Club entertained many visitors during the Christmas and New Year holidays, and recent additions to the club-house afforded…

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Bowls B Pennant: Bowral v M. VALE

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

The first matches of the B pennant of the Southern Tablelands Bowls Association were played on Saturday afternoon. Bowral met…

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District Cricket Match at Canberra

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 5

The Mom Vale and Southern districts Cricket Association will play Canberra at Canberra on Sunday. A bus will leave Bowral Post Office at…

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District Tennis Local Players Do Well at Country Week

The Southern Mail · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

The Berrima District Tennis Association had three teams in the Country Week championships conducted in Sydney last week, comprising two…

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Bowls Rain Stops Play

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

Although some bowls matches were commenced on local greens on Saturday last, they could not be completed, owing to rain…

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District Tennis Results of Matches

The Southern Mail · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 3

The results of matches played in the district tennis competition on Saturday, 8th January, were as follows:…

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Bowls Pennant Matches

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

Mittagong proved too good for Bowral in the B pennant on Mittagong green on Saturday and won by 110 points to 73. The scores, in…

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Soap Box Derby Exciting Racing and Bright Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 5

The annual Soap Box Derby will conducted by Bowral Apex Club Rose Street; Bowral, on Monday [?]. It will be preceded by a…

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District Cricket BOWRAL v Moss Vale Railway

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6

Moss Vale Railway won the toss and elected to bat, but, apart from J. Jeffery 57, M. Crisp 26 and T. Duffy 43, showed little opposition to…

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Bowral R.S.L. Visits Wollongong Cricket Cup Regained

The Southern Mail · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

A party of members of Bowral Returned Servicemen's League and the Women's Auxiliary to that body visited Wollongong on Sunday last and…

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Presentation Dance District Tennis Association

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 4

There was an attendance of about 200 at the annual presentation dance of the Berrima District Tennis Association, held in the School of Arts,…

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District Cricket Teams to Play at Goulburn

The Southern Mail · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 4

The Berrima District Cricket Association will play Goulbum Association at Goulbum in three matches on Sunday. All players must travel…

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Boxing

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

Last week Norm Miller, a classy lightweight from Sydney, travelled to Nowra Stadium to issue a challenge to the South Coast idol, Jock Murphy…

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Bowls Pennants Matches

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

Bowral No. 2 pennant team travelled to Campbelltown on Saturday last to play a match against the local club. Although hot weather made…

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The Berrima District Tennis Association Championship Entries

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

ENTRIES close on 12th February, 1949. All players must be registered with an affiliated club not later than 12th February, 1949…

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District Cricket CLENQUARRY-KANGALOON v BUNDANOON

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 4

Glenquarry - Kangaloon defeated Rundanoon outright by 10 wickets Glenquarry, 1st innings, 171 (J. Wills 82. N. Norman 23, J. Thompson 22)…

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District Cricket BOWRAL v Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

Bowral first-grade cricket team suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Moss Vale in the match which concluded at Moss…

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Bowls Pennant Matches

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 5

Last Saturday Bowral No. 2 pennant team was at home to Moss Vale, and proved too strong for the visitors. The scores were as follows:…

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District Cricket BOWRAL v ROBERTSON

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 2

Robertson won the toss and sent Bowral to the wickets in the first-grade match commenced on Centennial Park on Saturday. It had an…

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District Cricket Teams to Visit Yass

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 February 1949 · page 5

The following teams have been selected to represent the district association against Yass at Moss Vale on Sunday…

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