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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1895

87 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 5

Football at Harwood

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 5

MR. EDITOR.—In your Tuesday's issue your Lower Clarence correspondent's report of the football mutch Pirates v. Harwood is incorrect; the result of the game being eight…

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Cricket Notes

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 September 1895 · page 8

AT a meeting on Friday evening it was decided to form a cricket club in connection with the Half-holiday Association, Over 20 members were enrolled. It has been decided…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 September 1895 · page 8

THE opening matches of the season were played on Saturday. Alumny Creek were defeated on the oval rather easily by the United, who scored 81 with the loss of 4…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 8

To- DAY'S MATCHES. — Southampton v. Seelands, at South Grafton. Home team: Corcoran, Dorrington (2), F. M'Kittrick, Reimer, White, Waterhouse, Ford, Lynch,…

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A Valuable Cricket Ball

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 September 1895 · page 6

THE home papers are passing the following bit of interesting cricketing news about—" What is probably the most valuable cricket ball in the…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 8

UNITED V. RAMORNIE, on oval. Of 111 made by the latter, Mather scored 20, Harrison 27, O. Filewood 17, Hankinson 13; Eggins taking 5 wickets for 43, Weilley 4 for 45. The United,…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 September 1895 · page 8

ON Fisher Purk oval on Wednesday, the Grafton and South Grafton Half-Holiday Association teams met for their first match of the season. The former scored 128, M…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 5

UNITED V. SOUTHAMPTON, at Smith Grafton. The home team scored 82, F. M'Kittriok 25 n.o., Chapman 16, Hoskins 12, W. Lowe 10; S. Eggins 3 far 13, Bawden 2 for 36. Weilley…

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Football at Brushgrove

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 September 1895 · page 5

OUR correspondent writes—A match was played here on Saturday between the Harwood and Brushgrove teams. Considerable, interest was manifested in the game,…

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The G.r.c. Regatta

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 October 1895 · page 5

THE weather for the regatta on Saturday afternoon was all that could be desired, and the water, though ruffled by an easterly breeze, was not sufficiently rough to cause…

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South Grafton R.C. Regatta

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 8

FOR the following events in the regatta at South Grafton on Saturday week the handicaps are allotted as under:— OPEN SINGLE SCOLLS, 1 mile.—R. Logan,…

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Championship Athletic Meeting

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1895 · page 8

THIS gathering came off on the Sydney cricket ground on Monday, and was withessed by a large attendance. The half-mile bicycle handicap was won easily by J. Holdsworth,…

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Interdistrict Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 October 1895 · page 8

A LEADING cricketer on the Lower Clarence writes: While the visit of the Graziers Club is fresh in the minds of cricketers, and a visit of cricketers of Northern Rivers to…

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South Grafton Rowing Club Regatta

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1895 · page 8

SATURDAY afternoon was favourable to an outing on the water, though a fresh easterlybreeze made the South Grafton course rather rough for the competing scullers. The boats…

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Maclean R.c. Regatta

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1895 · page 5

MACLEAN was the rendezvous for a large number of holiday makers on Saturday, and the regatta held under the auspices of the Rowing Club attracted a very fair…

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Representative Cricket Match. Grafton v. the Clarence

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1895 · page 5

THE first match of the season between the district electorates was played in Fisher Park oval[?] on Saturday between fairly representative teams. The day opened rather…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 November 1895 · page 8

TEAMS of the Grafton and Maclean Half-holiday. Associations met at Maclean on Wednesday afternoon, the visitors going down by the Florence Mackenzie. Maclean…

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Cricket. England V. Australia. Cricketing Australians Must Meet

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 November 1895 · page 3

AN English expert on cricket in the Review of Reviews, referring to the visit of the next Australian Eleven to England says: "In what state will the Australians And English…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 26 November 1895 · page 5

THE best bowlers in the Tweed district are Murray, a kanaka, and Wilson, a Maori. The prejudice against aliens, so strong up north, as apparently not led to their being excluded…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 December 1895 · page 8

ON Wednesday a team from the Examiner office met a team from Mr. J. T. M'Kittrick's City Stores, on the Oval, the latter winning by 10 runs, scoring 82, J. T. M'Kittrick 17,…

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