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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1901

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Cricket Chatter

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 4 October 1901 · page 5

The adjourned meeting of the Lower Clarence Cricket Association will be held this evening for the purpose of drawing up fixtures for the coming season. The secretary has received several trophics…

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Victorian Racing. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1901 · page 4

Newry and Royal Artillery have been scratched for the Melbourne Cup, and Hautvilliers and Sandon for the Caulfield Cup…

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Sporting Notes. The Turf. Grafton Racing Club. Annual Meeting

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1901 · page 4

THE annual meeting of members of the Grafton Racing Club was held at Gray's hotel on Wednesday evening. Mr. W. Zietch (President) occupied the chair, and…

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G.r.c. Regatta

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1901 · page 8

The beats of the single and double scull events promoted by the Grafton Rowing Club were rowed off during the week, with the following result:…

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Tennis

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1901 · page 3

Lawrence met Fernbank at Fernbank on Saturday, and won by 7 sets 63 games to [?] sets 59 games. The following is the result:- L.F…

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South Grafton Racing Club

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1901 · page 8

About 300 attended the third race meeting under the auspices of the above club on the South Grafton course on Wednesday afternoon, when good racing and close finishes…

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Sporting. Cricket, "Tedious and Deeary."

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 October 1901 · page 3

Mr. Max Schmidt writes as follows in the "Daily Mail" upon England's national game: "Reflect how you (Britons) waste your time at cricket, both in the Meld and in the…

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The English Cricket Team. Maclaren As a Critic

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1901 · page 4

"Prior to starting on his tour, Mr. Maclaren" (says the "British Australasian") has been given the readers of one of the halfpenny evening paper some…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1901 · page 8

United and Undaunted played a draw on the oval, The former scored 288 with S wickets down. Percival playing a fine not out innings for 112, Brindle 63 (not out), Bussell…

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The Decadence of Races

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 8 October 1901 · page 3

The student of history is apt, correctly or not, to draw certain broad morals from what he reads, and many a time has the decadence of…

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Cricket

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 2

The opening match of the season between the Nambucca Heads and Deep Creek clubs took place on Saturday last, on the former's wicket, and a very enjoyable game was the…

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Cricket. To-morrow's Matches

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 4

United. v. Alberts on Racecourse. United: -- Brindle, Hedburg, Fisher, Russell, Rothwell, Bright, Daniels, Klaus, Oakes, Bawden, Eldershaw. Emergencies :--…

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Cricket. Association Competition Fixtures

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 8

Oct 12—Ulmarra v. Undaunted, at Ulmarra Endeavour v. Swan Creck, on oval South Grafton r. Alumny Creak, at Alumny Ck United v. Alberta, on racecourse…

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Improvement at the Cricket Ground

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 12 October 1901 · page 4

The Trustees of the Sydney Cricket Ground are making great improvements in the property, in antioipation of the visit of the English team, and also for the increased comfort of the army of…

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Cricket Chatter

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1901 · page 3

Our Grafton correspondent writes:—The second lot of fixtures in the first round of the competition were played off on Saturday last, when the same clubs that won on the previous Saturday again came…

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Lower Clarence Cricket Association

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1901 · page 3

A MEETING of the above was held in the secretary's office on Friday evening. Mr. Dunlop (Brushgrove) presided, and there were also present—H and C Boorman (Chatsworth), W Black and W Busch…

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Grafton Racing Club

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 5

The above club held its 20th meeting on the local course on Wednesday afternoon, when the attendance numbered about 300. The starting was hardly up to the usual standard, and Wells and…

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Cricket. Association Competition Fixtures

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 5

Oct 19—Ulmarra v. United on oval. Alumny Creek v. Alberts, at Alumny Creek. Swan Creek v. South Grafton, at Swan Creek Endeavours v. Undaunted, on Racecourse…

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The V.A.T.C. Races

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 October 1901 · page 5

The "Cup meeting" was continued at Caulfield on Wednesday, with the following results:- Moonga Handicap—Captain Towse, 6-7, first; Patna,6-8, second; Glen Albyn, 8-4, third…

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Cricket

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1901 · page 4

Undaunted v. Alumny Creek, on the oval. Undaunted : Bentley, Boadle, Hood, Hynes (2), Dalway, Jordan, Marshall, Meally (2), Spring; emergencies, M'Namarra,…

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