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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 14, 1956
Page
7
A tight finish marked the Tiver ton Cup teams match between Goulburn and Canberra Rifle Club. Goulburn won by two points after a depleted field of ten shooters per side.
Eastern Suburbs faced a tough outing as Royals were halted by strong defense from Norths and Navy. Navy moved ahead with a sweeping attack earning a 38 12 score while Norths dominated with rapid backline moves and several tries.
N Pollard led the A grade title after a 36 hole playoff, defeating opponent on the final. Club president D Davies won the B grade champion ship with Persils, AlN, Polised pees D Perrin 13 and 20. Davies beat B Thornton five and three. Stableford results placed Reade WN Pollard at 28 points and W Copawin at 4 in B grade. Davies won the pall competition.
Results from Royal Canberra Golf Club show A Ry Rigg winning on a count back in a tight field. Key names include Madigan, Lewis, K J Moley, F Khor, Moroney, Graves, Hancock, Priestisy and Kenny among others finishing with close scores. Suburbs and local players competed, with detailed handicaps and round notes listed in the match report.
Ainslie School I edged Royals 6 to 2 in a hard fought Junior Rugby Union match at Kings ton Oval on Saturday. Anthony O'Shes scored the late winning try as Royals defended stoutly but fielded key players missing. Earlier Ainslie beat Royals 9–0 in the Ists. division, Garry Beatman scoring the winner.
Steel Street meets the Federal Golf Club for a mixed weekend competition at Boxley Golf Club in Sydney. A men's tournament drew a good field on Saturday with W West and R O Rourke among top scorers. The business girls’ nine hole event debuted with 18 players and several notable performances across A and B grades.
Thistles beat Evergreens to lead the division with a 2 1 win after B James and R Selway scored for Thistles and M Melnnes for the Evergreens. Belway scored late to seal the win. In the other match Students drew 0 0 with Arate. Best for the Students were M Ramorty Ly Kennedy and ML Multiland. for the Woratoes Dixon R Stewart and Poubleday.
Sydney rider Sellwood extends record to 1 000 winners after securing a Warwick win. He previously rode Ashytin at Bundamba and has notched 5 978 mounts since. His recent open race wins Cherface and Seacrift pushed him past the 4 000 mount milestone.
In a controversial welterweight clash, Mike Holt defeated George Barnes by stoppage after Barnes was knocked down and suffered a severe facial cut. Holt fought on after the knockdown, narrowly surviving Barnes’s surge as the crowd shouted for a foul. Referee warned Barnes against further protests and Holt secured the win with Barnes visibly bleeding.
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