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Newspaper
Sunshine Advocate
Location
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 23, 1947
Page
5
Footscray beat Sunshine 3-2 marking a rare treble after 1st 2nd and 3rd teams all won. Key players Everest Booth Holden Deeble and Guy starred. practice and club nights urged as upcoming fixtures vs University seek further success.
Len Jackson and V Clancy led the way with 10 up in a four ball against Bogey as a large field competed Sunday. Mrs W Dinnell and Miss Marie Johnstone won 7 up over Bogey, with other pairings finishing several up or down. The Canadian Foursome on May 18 drew strong entries and net scores ranged from 69 to over 100, with many members noted for solid play and a bereavement sympathy extended to Mr and Mrs A Buttimer.
Medway Golf Club reports A Rizzoli won the A division Brableford with 47 points and W Hartley led B with 44. Sunday Bogey was won by Sen Matheson 4 up. The Bramley Cup final ended in a dead heat between Jim Lavery and W Bartling. Medway’s Pennant team beat Australasia 5 2 at home. The club’s first chance will be held at Footscray Towns fall tonight.
The Sunshine II basketball team lost 24 to 13 at home against Brunswick. Leama played well though the scoreline didn’t reflect even play. Noelle Bult named best and fairest. Thanks extended to Mr Lex Gray for umpiring and to Mrs Thompson for scorer and timekeeper duties. Next Saturday they meet Parkville at Parkville at 1 50 p.m. Team urged to take 1 13 p.m. train from Sunshine.
A.R.C. beat the Greys 28 to 21 in a hard fought Friday game with M. Kenny earning the umpires vote. Saturday saw an ankle injury hamper two regulars and A.R.C. lose 17 to 25 to West Newport. P. Hitchcock starred in defence as the side battled a strong challenger.
No 1 Sunshine Younger Set won their match against YWCA Reds last Saturday with a score of 30 to 8.5. No 2 team lost 14 to 11 at Richmond against the Kookaburras. No 3 team hosts Glenroy, with players J Duncan D Hancock M Teunissen T Penlerich K Maloney D Mattinson D Boorer listed for 2.15 court duty.
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