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Newspaper

Sunshine Advocate

Location

Sunshine, Victoria, Australia

Date

Oct 27, 1939

Page

7

Sunshine Tennis Set Looms As Weather Favors Round of Matches

The Sunshine Tennis Association resumes play under ideal conditions with a full schedule. Top teams North Sunshine Gold and Our Lady's A clash on Our Lady's court while several lower-ranked sides aim to climb into fourth place as results from October 21 show tight matches including Booth-Davies 7-1 and Martin-Miss Booth 7-6 finishes.

St. M Our Lady’s Court Our Lady’s A North Sunshine Gold

Our Ladys Ad Presbyterians Meet In Courtly Victory

Sport scores show Our Lady's Ad Presbyterians winning 61 to 41 with a series of doubles in girls and mixed rounds. Notable results include Grogan-OConnor and Maloney-OConnor pairings defeating Bolton-Miller and Miller-Bell, and St Marks beating Albion B 52-39.

Grogan O’connor D. Bolton Miller Maloney Bell O'Connor D. Miller Misses Kelly I. Grogan Thompson Barrie M. Grogan Mra Thompson Greig Misses I WM Grogan Connor Miss Kelly

Local Tennis Scores and Pairings Report

Scores and results from a local tennis event show North Sunshine Geld defeating Our Lady's B 65 to 39 in two matches, with several billed pairings including James Seddon versus Ramsdale Jackson and Seddon Mannix versus Swan Jackson. Multiple women’s doubles and mixed doubles results feature Fisher, Furler, Penley, and Kelly pairing against Ramsdale, Kelly, and other opponents.

North Sunshine Our Lady's James Seddon Penley Ramsdale E. Kelly Mannix Furler D. Swan Mies I Kelly

R S S L A War Service Fund Formed For Ex Solders

Anzac House hosted a meeting of ex soldiers and business leaders to establish a Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' League War Service Fund. The independent fund, run by returned soldiers, will supply comforts to soldiers in camps and overseas and support camp entertainment for Second AIF RA N and garrison battalions.

Returned Soldiers’ and Sailors’ League Anzac House R.S.L. War Service Fund U.S. League R.S.S.L.A R.S.L Returned Soldiers’ Auxiliary A. L. Widdy I. Richards War Service Fund

Terrier Coursing for Charity at Footscray Grounds

Victorian Coursing Association holds a benefit meet at the Footscray Coursing Ground on Saturday with record entries expected. Footscray City Band will perform and afternoon tea is arranged by the ladies’ committee. Donations acknowledged include Lord Mayor's Fund £10 and local church contributions.

Victorian Coursing Association Footscray Footscray City Band Sballarat Road J. Kelso Duncan Footscray and District Lord Mayor's Fund Cuming Smith Factory Commonwealth Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd Footscray St. John’s Lodge Our Lady’s Church Sunshine M. B. Duncan Barkly Street

Albion Cricket Club Plans Social Events and Matches

At a recent meeting Albion Cricket Club discussed upcoming social functions including a October 29 match with West Parkville at 11.30 a.m. and a November 5 Sunday picnic to Kinglake with 3/6 shillings for gents and 3 for ladies. A bus will depart Sunshine at 9.30 a.m. Reservations with a 1 shilling deposit are urged.

All-Aboard Club Social Plans for November Events

The All-Aboard Club invites Ward 15 residents and others to a social at Sunshine gardens on November 2 at 2 30 pm and to a whist evening on November 1 at the shire hall in place of a postponed event. A combined picnic follows on November 18 near the Botanical gardens kiosk.

All Ward 15 Mount Royal Sunshine Gardens Shire ‘Hall Botanical Gardens Trahair Forsyth

Golfer's Four Ball Matches Hit By Mixed Turns

Golfer notes tell of perfect conditions last Saturday for a Four Ball Best Ball event with keen close scoring. Tomorrow the stroke competitions share trophies from Mr Gee Sims and Co Willaton for associates and men. Readable results include R Boyd and H Morris 2 up and C Willaton and J Perry 1 up with Pippett and C Baird 1 dn.

Mr Gee, Sims and Co. Willaton R. Boyd H. Morris C. Willaton J. Perry Pippett C. Baird Ae Pi T. Meati Caalil Ieee

Also Mentioned on This Page

Sunshine Tennis Association Albion Ia D. Linton W. Martin N. Booth D. Reilly Self W- Martin G. Davies D. C. Riley Douglas Booth Davies d. Self Mrs Russell Miss Booth Misses Goddard Batten Russell King d King Misses Batten D. Riley Miss Goddard Martin North Sunshine Blue Spaldings E. Lea A. Smith A. Masson D. Galbraith Lea Fisher d. Masson Thompson Smith Fisher d. Galbraith Bult Lamont Misses Papst Misa Seddon Miss Wanders Misses D. Spaldings Eddy Masters d. Farrell-Hebb Hogan d. Farrell Omant Masters Hogan d. Hebb Miss Munro Mia Stark Misses Kneale-Gardiner Spowart Misses Gardiner- Fisher Stark Misses Kneale-Fisher Our Lady's A d St. Mark's D. Albion T. Dealy J. Vance D. A. Fleming A. Russell C. Vance Fleming-Buckingham D. A. Russell H. Buckingham Misses Lindsay-Dalling Dripps Morris Misses Lindsay-Gibson Secombe Misses Gibson-Dalling Lindsay d. Fleming Gibson d. Russell Dealy Dalling Buckingham Points North Sunshine Geld Or Ranity Steee Presbyterians Orth Sunshine Blue Lady’ S A'S Spalding, B St. Albans Aa ' Se R.s.s.1.l.a. War Service Fund A.I.F R.A.N Albion Cricket Club Crescent Poultry Farm J. W. Snaith Horsington Jack Korsingof Gentlemen’s Tailor Paisley Street Telephone Footscray 55 McGrath Fores Tel Sun Kenilworth Book Club Hampshire Road Children’s
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