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Newspaper
Benalla Ensign
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1953
Page
2
Semi final action opened with Baddaginnie facing Benalla at the oval and UFS meeting St Josephs at the Showgrounds. Staged results list players and scores with Benalla and St Josephs among top performers as clubs advance toward the final.
Benalla hosts Wangaratta and nearby teams in a rugged tennis match. McKenzie and Tucker powered doubles wins while Boyd and Hyland outplayed rivals in straight sets. Mixed doubles saw near completion with final results pending as crowds cheered.
Fragmented text lists players and scores with multiple garbled names from a cricket or baseball scorecard. Reads like innings by Green and Walker with terms such as out and bowled, but many names are unreadable or corrupted, rendering precise results uncertain.
Swanpool fought to a narrow win against Railways in the final as bowler Norm Dobinson claimed 4 for 27 and L Bennett 6 for 20. Captain Sid Ridley and Trevor Havenhigh contributed modestly while Opener Wo Wales and others failed to fire.
Swanpool batsmen include H Wales and J Essenhigh with Bennetts and Dobinson contributing. Bowlers L Bennett and N Dobinson secure wickets as Broadbent and Cleland also claim scalps. Sundries noted, match details terse.
The B D C A named squad to face Brighton at the Gardens Oval on Good Friday April 3. Includes PC Trewin Gormabar McNamara Sherwill Crimming Green Talochino St Joseph AH Vnce Dookie Mitchell and others with bowling figures listed for N Dobinwa D Mitchell B Jones and Benne.
Fragmented results show tennis matches at Goorambat with players such as Theoria, Mises E Robertson, G Sammon, Mesdames Gordon and Ellis, and others like Humphries and C Humphries. Listing includes multiple dates and sets like 6/1 and 4/9, culminating in a grand final at Pumice Gow.
Nominations close for Albury 1953 Gold Cup program with events on April 15 and 16. Prizes include 1560 pounds total across purses such as the Flying Handicap and President's Handicap, with details announced by the news secretary Bourke.
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