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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 28, 1947
Page
4
Fragmented text describes a tennis event with Park and Beebe involving players and scores. The garbled OCR includes many misread proper nouns and stray terms, making a coherent match report impossible to confirm.
The fragmentary note describes semi final action in an A grade event with players and teams such as Wie, Hest, Latteday, North, Suyhing, Gay Ginko, Fenbind, Ad Mivaniat, Gar Ladys, Sunshine. Specific results or venues are unreadable in the OCR.
A record 37 entrants in the Gents Singles and 15 in the Ladies Singles led the Match and Permit Committee to schedule the first and second rounds of the Men’s Singles for tomorrow with play to commence Saturday March 8. Draws list competitors across multiple courts with captains named and match times such as 2 p.m. and 2:40 p.m.
In a track meet the St Marks Harriers faced numerous handicaps as Donnell, Sed Crs, and Rog Haven led a difficult race. Competition was strong and results included a well attended dinner that drew a larger crowd the following Saturday night.
The Hansen Reserve program showcases junior and senior events led by Len Facey and Peter Taylor. Results include 1 Mile Handicap won by Danior with Time 2:01, 1 Mile Combined Handicap won by McQuillan, and notable wins for Keith McCarney and Eric Robinson in scratch races. Racing starts at 2 p.m with a full weekend program.
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