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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1949

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Football Flickers They Tell The Mail That

The Southern Mail · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 4

Noel Mullgan will once again be on that well-worn track to a well known guest- house. The council asked to put it in first class order…

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Football Flickers

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

They tell The Hail that—Popular Bowral R.L. president Doug Webb should be a moral for a scat in the Home of Parliament. His…

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Jack Hassen at Moss Vale Boxing Fans Enjoy Good Programme

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

The initiative of local boxing promotor Graham in obtaining Jack Hassen in an exhibition bout and Vic Patrick as guest referee resulted in…

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Golf Southern Tablelands Tournament Bowral Resident Wins Big Trophy

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 5

So numerous were the entries in the annual golf tournament of the Southern Tablelands, played on Moss Vale links on Sunday last, that the…

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Golf Southern Tablelands Tournament Bowral Resident Wins Big Trophy

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 3

So numerous were the entries in the annual golf tournament of the Southern Tablelands, played on Moss Vale links on Sunday last, that the…

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New Golf Course at Bowral Open for Play To-morrow (Saturday)

The Southern Mail · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

The new Bowral municipal golf links will be open for play from to tomorrow (Saturday) morning. There will be no official opening ceremony…

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Rugby League BOWRAL v WINGECARRIBEE

The Southern Mail · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 4

Each week the Bowral Rugby League team improves under the coaching of Noel Mulligan. Last Sunday Bowral played Wingecarri…

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District Cricket

The Southern Mail · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 4

Wingello defeated Glenquarry-Kangaloon outright in a match at Wingello on Saturday. Glenquarry won the toss, batted, and scored 77 runs in the first innings (L. Heyhorn)…

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GOLF Bowral Country Club's Opening Competitions

The Southern Mail · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 5

The Bowral municipal golf links were opened for play last week-end and two competitions were conducted by Bowral Country Club. The Mayor…

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Football Flickers They tell The Mail that

The Southern Mail · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 5

xnc working bee at Loseby Park last Sunday went well, but several committeemen did not on answer the call. No excuses next time…

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Football Flickers

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2

Second-graders should not need to be told that they need lots of training, which goes a long way in winning matches. What about it…

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Football Flickers They tell The Mall

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 2

That Tommy Gough has a bad knee and allowed great pluck to stay on throughout Sunday's game. That Dal Allan and Jim Regan did…

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Rugby League Bowral Produces Open Football

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 4

A feature of the match in the district football competition between Bowral and Wing[?] at Robertson on Sunday last was that the…

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Football Flickers

The Southern Mail · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 5

They tell The Mail—That Jack McClean had a great shock to his system. Hard (?) work at the brickyards?…

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Football Flickers

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 5

They tell The Mail—That popular Bowral player Wally Rare brought his score to twenty-one on Saturday and now has…

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Good Football in Group Match Sydney Team Defeated

The Southern Mail · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 4

Football followers usually expect group matches early in the season to be of a poor standard, as the players have had no opportunity to work up…

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Football Flickers They tell The Mail—

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 8

That Jack McClean and Col Lay were unfortunate not to gain full selection for the combined Groups 6 and 7 team. Both played grand…

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Football Group Six Defeats Group Seven First Victory for Sixteen Years

The Southern Mail · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

For the first time in sixteen years, Group Six defeated Group Seven in a match played at Picton on Sunday last. Particular interest was added…

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Football Rugby League Combined Group Match

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 9

A match between teams representing Groups 6 and 7 and Groups 8, 16 and 19 was played at Queanbeyan on Sunday, and resulted in a win for…

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Football Flickers

The Southern Mail · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 2

They tell The Mail—That it is asked: If something unstoppable hits something immovable, what do you have? Tommy Goug[?] and Lon Kelly…

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