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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1949

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Football Rugby League Bowral Defeats Picton in Great Game

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 2

The Group Six competition match between Bowral and Picton firstgrade Rugby League teams at Loseby Park on Sunday produced one of the…

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Mittagong Golf

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 5

The finals of the championship were played on Saturday and resulted in wins for 0. Rattray in the A grade and D. Collins in the…

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School Football BOWRAL v Moss Vale

The Southern Mail · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 4

In the public schools' district [?] League competition sponsored by Group Six. Bowra' Primary School [?]…

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Football Rugby League BOWRAL v the Oaks

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 3

In this match, played at The Oaks, Bowral took the field with rain falling and without Tate, Thompson and Mulligan, whoso absence was most…

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Football Flickers

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 4

They tell The Mail—That that prolific point-scorer, Ray Smith, scored his second try for the season on Sunday after a dash of…

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GOLF Country Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 5

An 18 holes versus par competition conducted on Bowral Country, Club golf links on Saturday was won by F. J. Hickey with a score of 1 up…

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Bowls Bowral Club Holds Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 5

There [?] a good attendance of [?] at the annual meeting of Bowral Bowling Club, held in the club rooms on Tuesday night of last…

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Miss English Wins Competition Bowral Football Club Venture

The Southern Mail · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 5

A dance held by Bowral Football Club in the School of Arts on Thursday night of last week was one of the most successful conducted by…

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football Rugby League Bowral Has Great Win Over Undefeated Team

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

On Sunday, at Loseby Park, Bowral, spectators were treated to the best exhibition of football seen in the southern end of the district this…

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Football Flickers

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 7

They tell The Mail—That he "dood" it again! Believe it or not, Smithy scored another try on Sunday. There must be something…

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GOLF Mittagong Club Scottfox Trophy

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 2

The Scott Fox trophy, played for by members of Mittagong Golf Club on Saturday, went to O. Rattray, who played the [?] in a fine 77 to…

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School Football Bowral Beaten, but Still in the Running

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

Mittogong Primary School defeated Bowral Primary School 9-0, at Mittagong sports ground last Friday, and so gained the lead in the southern…

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Rugby League Bowral Too Good for Thirlmere

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 4

Bowral first-grade Rugby League team defeated Thirlmere at Thirimere on Sunday, by 23 points to 10, in the Group Six Rugby League…

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Rugby League Bowral Again Wins Double

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 2

After being hold to on even 8-all score in the first half, Bowral ran ali over Camden in the second half of the main match at Lose by Park on…

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Bowls Mittagong Club Holds Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 4

The annual meeting of Mittagdng Bowls Club was held on 29th July and was well attended. The president (Mr. Walter Cupitt, Sur.), who…

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District Tennis Association a Successful Year

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 2

The annual general meeting of the Berrima District Tennis Association was held at Bowral on Tuesday, 9th August, and delegates representing…

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Football Flickers (Held over Last Week) They tell The Mail

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 August 1949 · page 3

That Noel Mulligan has a new recipe for rabbit-shooting. The rolling of cigarettes plays an important part, and it is necessary that the…

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GOLF Mittagong Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 3

The Murray Shield competition wu finalised on Mittagong golf links on Saturday and was won by L. Stenner, who returned a card of 66…

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Bowls Homann Cup Hatch

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 3

Bowral Bowls Club visited Moss Vale on Saturday afternoon to play for the Homann Cup. The visitors won the game by a good margin, all…

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Rugby League Bowral Outclasses : MITTAGONG

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 August 1949 · page 2

Bowral first-grade Rugby League team outclassed Mittagong in the first-grade competition on Sunday and won by 36 points to nil…

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