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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1939
Page
7
Sunshine Diggers won by 14 runs at Coburg after a keen contest. D Coop top scored with 33 for Sunshine, while N Simpson and M Craddock impressed with ball as Princes Park posted 87 in reply.
Sunshine club held a four mile handicap road race on an out and back course in fine weather. J Dumbrell won easily with L McPherson second and H Fell third after a tight finish with R Hoare edging N Pengelly by one second for time honours. Hoare and Pengelly posted the fastest times. A teams race was planned next. Footscray Amateur Cycling Club also held Newport track events with W Doggett winning the mile from scratch and O Waghorne taking the three mile scratch.
The fortnightly Sunshine A N A branch met at St Mark s hall on Tuesday evening with good attendance. The president led a silence for the late member E Smith. Mr Bennett spoke on his Antarctic experiences aboard Discovery II, delivering an engaging lecture with wit and learnings, and offered to return for a future talk.
A well attended Errington Reserve committee meeting led by Dr W E Glendenning at the tennis pavilion last Thursday. They apply to Braybrook Shire Council for more aid to finish the front fence and announce a series of 500 tournaments with an aggregate prize to raise funds for a new ground addition and a complete surrounding fence.
The St Albans tennis club held a 600 aggregate event with Mrs Smith winning and Mrs Self second. The final tournament saw Mrs Judd triumph with Mr Mosley second and Mr Clarke winning the cake. Lin ton tennis club hosts a euchre party next Tuesday. Keilor council’s first meeting of the year is tomorrow with a water question focus and invited rate payers.
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