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Southern Highlands · Sport

Sport, 1954

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Golf Bowral Country Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 3

R. H. Madden played soundly in the monthly medal contested on Saturday last to return a card of 63 nett, to win. B. J…

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District Cricket Semi-finals Bowral 1 v ROBERTSON

The Southern Mail · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 5

Robertson won the toss and sent Bowral 1 in to bat. Bowral openers soon showed they meant to stay put and 60 runs…

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Annual Swimming Carnival

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 9

The third annual swimming carnival of the Bowral High School will be held at Mittagong Baths on Wednesday, 24th…

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Golf Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 10

In the old days and the near old days the caddie was a very important part of the game and many a game has been won…

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Golf Bowral Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 10

Despite the wet and more or less miserable conditions a big [?] went out for a stroke com-petition at Bowral Golf Club…

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Rugby League Bowrai Club Annual Meeting

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 9

There was an excellent attendance at the annual meeting of the Bowral Rugby League Football Club held in the…

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District Tennis Matches Postponed

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 2

Owing to heavy rain in Bowral and Mittagong last Saturday, there was no play in the A and A Reserve Grade…

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Table Tennis Glenquarry Wins Competition

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 7

The Thursday night table tennis competition which ends this week was won by Glenquarry who were undefeated…

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High School Sport House Cricket Competition

The Southern Mail · Friday 19 February 1954 · page 9

The first year boys began their Inter-house cricket competition on Wednesday, 10th February. The competition is…

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Golf Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

Alexander M'Kellar was probably the most enthusiastic golfer who ever lived, and was known as the "Cock of the…

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Bowls Bowral Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 9

Owing to the wet weather only one game in Bowral Club Championships has been finalised. On Thursday, 18th…

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Tennis Holiday

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 9

Moss Vale Show Day, Saturday, 6th March, is a tennis holiday in the Berrima District as set out in Rule 33 of the…

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Golf Bowral Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

A Stableford competition was held at the Bowral Golf Club on Saturday and some good scores were returned The winner was…

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Women's Bowls Championship Game

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 9

In the semi-finals of the N.S.W.W.B.A. Singles Southern Tablelands Section, Mrs. Dunn (Bowral) defeated Mrs…

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Table Tennis Finals of Competition

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 4

The finals of the first competition conducted by the Mittagong Table Tennis Association will be held in the R.S.L…

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District Tennis Knock-out Finals

The Southern Mail · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 9

The Knock-out Finals in the A. A Reserve and C Grades will be played this Saturday, 27th February. 1954…

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Golf Notes

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 7

Earl Balfour, Prime Minister of England, and winner of the Parliamentary Golf Tournament in 1894 and 1897 said:…

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Golf Bowral Club

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 7

The W. H. Friend Trophy, which is open to full and special members, was played for at Bowral Golf Club on Saturday…

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District Tennis District Tennis Knock-out Finals

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 9

The finals of the Knock-Out Round of the district tennis competition for 1963-64 were played oh Saturday last, so…

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Women's Bowls Finals of Championship

The Southern Mail · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 2

The finals of the N.S.W.W.B.A. State Singles and Pairs, S.T.W.B.A. Section, which were played on Moss…

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