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Sport, 1969

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Tennis Tom Okker wint open tennis toernooi in Parijs

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 21 November 1969 · page 10

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Laatste Nieuws Tom Okker in tennis toernooi te Melbourne en Sydney

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 21 November 1969 · page 12

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Maccabi off to good start in cricket

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 November 1969 · page 13

Despite the absence of well-performed cricketers from lasi season’s teams the Maccabi acquitted themselves well in the 1969/70…

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ATHLETICS Fine finish

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 27 November 1969 · page 20

Len Walters (Thames Valley H.) finished the season in fine form when he won an open 800 metres race at Crystal Palace in…

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Van der Hoek nu een van de beste cricket spelers

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 28 November 1969 · page 11

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FOOTBALL Le Paris F.C. débuterait directement en premiere division la saison prochaine

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 28 November 1969 · page 5

L du moins ce que l'on peut espérer et souhaiter à l'issue dc la table organisée, il v a trois semaines, par les dirigeants du nouveau club: Paris…

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Cricket record

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 2 December 1969 · page 4

Veteran Cumberland opening batsman Bell Alderson took his grade cricket run-getting tally for…

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SPORTS Comment How do our rugby boys stand on South Africa ?

Tribune · Wednesday 3 December 1969 · page 12

AUSTRALIAN SPORTING officialdom seems happy to continue on in its bland indifference to the demonstrations against apartheid in Britain over the South African Rugby Union tour. While the tour seems on…

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Lawn Bowls

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 December 1969 · page 20

A Lawn Bowls Day will take place on Wednesday, December 10, at the Bellevue Hill Bowling Club…

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Cricket stars

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 4 December 1969 · page 12

Ian Green and Laurie Horin, two sixteen-year-old boys, have been selected to represent Western Australia…

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Records set in athletic events

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 9 December 1969 · page 8

Merrylands RSL Youth Club athletes set two Makepeace Oval records in the last round of the interclub competition. Under-15 field games exponent David Craig…

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Racing

The Biz · Thursday 11 December 1969 · page 2

LEFT: Max Stewart, of Orange, in a Mildren Waggott FVA. won the Australian Formula 2 championship at Warwick Farm last Sunday. Stewart came second to team mate Kevin Bartlett in the…

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Bowls Winner

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 11 December 1969 · page 20

Mr Gil Samuels won the Victorian Bowling Club Singles Championship at the weekend. It is believed that he is the…

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Super power racing

The Biz · Thursday 11 December 1969 · page 7

ABOVE: A close fight for the lead in this race for supermodified cars at Liverpool Speedway on Friday night. This was the finish of the supermodified 50-lap final race…

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Classes in swimming

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 16 December 1969 · page 8

The Department of Education will conduct swimming schools at three local pools during the…

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motor racing

The Biz · Thursday 18 December 1969 · page 3

Acceding to popular demand, the Biz this week publishes a further series of brilliant photographs taken by Cumberland Newspapers staff photographer Dave…

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LETTER Table Tennis standards

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 24 December 1969 · page 12

Sir, I was amazed to read in the Jewish press that NSW has a ladies’ table tennis…

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Points Gained, But Cricket It Was Not!

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 24 December 1969 · page 4

"I'm going home to die"—this was, the unprovoked epithet announced by a Maccabi player describing the team's most recently concluded game against Hellenic…

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Matra Racing Car Triumphs

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 26 December 1969 · page 4

The "1000 Kilometre Paris Race" is traditionally held at Montlhery on the last day of the Paris Auto Show…

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WA shocks NSW in tenpin bowls

The Australian Jewish Times · Wednesday 31 December 1969 · page 7

PERTH: West Australia caused the first surprise of the carnival when its men’s tenpin team defeated New South Wales by 14-10…

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