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624:Ruth Dowman
609:Jack Clarke
574:Dave Batten
455:"No. 47104"
188:New Zealand
126:New Zealand
1582:Categories
1496:Lewis Lawn
1410:Water polo
1252:Bill James
1174:Noel Jolly
1151:Lawn bowls
1081:Eric Flaws
1028:Owen Jaine
907:James Beal
779:John Myles
749:Clyde Main
734:Jim Leckie
719:Don Jowett
689:Allen Hill
644:Lionel Fox
589:Bev Brewis
569:Neil Bates
318:References
55:1928-12-11
1511:Wrestling
1453:Jim Walsh
1443:Tom Logan
990:Don Olive
965:Alan Dean
724:Colin Kay
669:Joan Hart
561:Athletics
508:9 October
485:9 October
350:1172-9813
252:Biography
1307:Swimming
1066:Eric Cox
985:Les Lock
729:Stan Lay
604:Max Carr
258:Auckland
256:Born in
171:Swimming
169:Women's
134:Swimming
82:Auckland
63:Auckland
1121:J. Shaw
1053:Fencing
947:Cycling
439:14 June
417:14 June
395:14 June
370:14 June
303:In the
242:swimmer
238:Bridson
123:Country
112:
104:
100:
1199:Rowing
1015:Diving
894:Boxing
348:
185:
91:Spouse
236:(nÊe
131:Sport
118:Sport
106:(
102:
510:2017
487:2017
441:2015
419:2015
397:2015
372:2015
346:ISSN
275:and
71:Died
49:Born
233:MBE
28:MBE
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1567::
477:.
457:.
326:^
271:,
264:.
108:m.
543:e
536:t
529:v
512:.
489:.
443:.
421:.
399:.
374:.
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