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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1903

342 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 18

The Athletic Girl. Heavily Kilted and Short Skirts

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 2

Rose de Boheme, writing to "The Daily Telegraph" from London, says: Girls look to your figures! Look to your wardrobes too, and consider the question…

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Grafton Golf Club

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 5

THE semi-final of the foursome match, played on Saturday, was won by Miss M'Dougall and Mr. Elworthy (6), who beat Mrs. Lowe and Mr. Stawell (9),…

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Cricket

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 2

LAST Saturday some eight players from Bellingen turned up at Gleniffer, to meet the local club eleven in the Evans cup competition. The Bellingen players, however, scored…

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Cricket Chatter

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 6 November 1903 · page 5

THE Maclean C.C. and a team of fishermen will play a match on the local wicket to-morrow afternoon. Fishermen's Team—Huntingdon, J. and W. Shannon. Stokes, Want, S. McLaren, F. Philp,…

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Grafton Golf Club

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 4

A Committee meeting was held at the Carrington hotel on Wednesday. Present— Messrs. Fitzburdinge (chairman), Elworthy, Blaxland, Thompson, Varley,…

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Conference on Racing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 November 1903 · page 8

A conference of delegates from the parent racing clubs of the different States was held at Melbourne on Monday. The conference agreed to make the following…

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Balmain Regatta. SYDNEY

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 5

The 54th regatta, held to-day, was largely attended, and was very successful. All events were keenly contested. All comers handicap (single sculls) [?]…

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Cricket Chatter

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 2

OWING to the heavy rain on Saturday the match between the Clarence and Grafton Associations was postponed. In a matoh on the Grafton oval on Saturday…

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Our Sydney Letter. Racing and Politics

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 November 1903 · page 8

"WE hear altogether too much about horse-racing in the House" was the complaint of Mr. D. Storey, one of the few men of business who…

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Maclean Racing Club

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 5

A MEETING of the members of this Club is convened for Thursday next, at Kable's Hotel, when some important business will be placed before the members. Considerable enthusiasm was shown in the…

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Cricket Chatter

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 5

The following are the competition fixtures for next Saturday:—Harwood v, Maclean, at Maclean Taloumbi v. Broshgrove, at Taloumbi…

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Ancient Cricket Matches

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 7

A cricket match was played on Blackheath, in the year 1766, between eleven Greenwich pensioners who had lost each an arm, and eleven others who had lost each a leg. The…

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G.r.c. Regatta

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 November 1903 · page 2

THE general entry in connection with next Saturday's regatta closed on Saturday last, and constitutes a record. The Grafton crew for the Open Clinker are…

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Grafton Golf Club

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 November 1903 · page 8

The Grafton Golf Club closed its season on Saturday when, the final of the Foursome match, and a putting and approaching competition were played…

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Cricket Chatter

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 5

THE following are the competition fixture for to-morrow:— Brushgrove v Cowper, at Cowper. Lawrence v. Tyndale, at Tyndale…

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Sporting. This Afternoon's Regatta

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 8

The open Sculls for the Tindal trophy brought out 31 entries, the heats for which were rowed during the week. If there is a strong head wind, with heavy water, this…

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Inter-state Cricket. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1903 · page 3

SOUTH AUSTRALIA v. VICTORIA. In the match South Australia versus Victoria. the former are all out for 342. Victoria has lost 6 wickets for…

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Grafton R. C. Regatta

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 2

IDEAL weather prevailed for the regatta on Saturday (writes our cor), and the Woolwich, which followed the races and carried the City Band, was largely patronised, while the Lor[?] also carried a few. The…

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Cricket Chatter

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 3

THE following are the competition fixtures for next Saturday:— Maclean v. Brushgrove, at Brushgrove Palmer's Island v. Taloumbi, at P.I…

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Cricket

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1903 · page 5

OUR Sydney correspondent writes: --In spite of hard, times, some 30,000 people turned up on Saturday to see the Englishmen' play…

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