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Flying East

or those of you who have read our story on George Moore closely, it might seem a little odd that the early 1950’s, a time when Moore should have been at his peak, is one that is not reported. In fact, it is rarely spoken about in Australia. Upon Moore’s death, Northern Hemisphere obituaries such as that written by Tony Smurthwaite in The Independent noted briefly “In 1954 he was banned for two and a half years for betting

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