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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1911

941 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 48

Football

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 4

The Bellingen football team defeated Derrige on the local park by 12 points to nil. Two trios were attained by Booth and one by Klumpp,…

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Boxing Monty Andrews Again Dissatisfied

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 May 1911 · page 4

Our contributor, "Wilga", butts into the boxing column:--"The Illawarra Mercury" of Friday, May 5, reports that Jim Wearing was given the…

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Football Flyers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 2

THE local fifteen had breakfast an hour earlier on Saturday last, and were transported to the Hollow. In the afternoon the Hollow rolled up…

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Grafton Golf Club

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 May 1911 · page 11

The Hon. Secretary received a letter from the Hon. Secretary Suburban and Country Golf Union of N.S. Wales, advising that the plan of the club's course will be…

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Football

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

Central II played a draw with the Grafeon District School team at Fisher Park on Saturday, scoring being 3 all. Oakes and Watkins were…

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Brisbane Racing Smash. Sydney, Sunday, Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

During, the running of the Brisbane Thousand yesterday, Lord Lovat broke down and, in falling, brought down Lady Olga, Lady Noble, Gowrie…

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Boxing the Lang-lester Battle. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

Some 15,000 spectators witnessed the Bill Lang v. Jack Lester contest at the Stadium last night. Lang, weighed 13-10 and Lester 12.11[?]…

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C.r.j.c. Races

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 May 1911 · page 3

Of the entries for the C.R.J.C. Races next week, Landsman and Clarando have been scratched for the two big handicaps (City and Autumn)…

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Football

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

Federals easily defeated Ramornie at Ulmarra on Saturday by [?]1 to 3. The points for Federals were scored by Parkes, Turnbull, G. and W. Donohoe, Carlton and…

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Grafton Golf Club

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

At a meeting of associated held at "Pendennis," on Wednesday last, it was decided to invite the associates of the Lismore Golf Club to visit Grafton, either…

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Football

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 2

In the Metropolitan Rugby Union's first grade competition in Sydney on Saturday--Eastern Suburbs beat South Sydney by 18 to 11, Glebe…

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Boxing Sonter v. LYNCH

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1911 · page 2

The long-looked-for meeting of these well-known pugilists takes place tomorrow morning in the Moving Theatre on Market Square. The fight is…

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Football

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 8

Centrals I.v. Federals, on the Oval, on Saturday Cramp, Trent, Noud, Reimer, Dousling (2), Zietsch, Logan, Greenaway, Fletcher, Tranter, Biden, Richards, South,…

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C.r.j.c. Autumn Races

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 May 1911 · page 8

Committee.—Messrs. E. G. Elworthy, Chairman; A Thompson, Hon. Treasurer; J. A. Long, W.A. Zuill, U.W. Sabine, C.F. Tindal, Dr. Diethelm,…

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Brains in Rugby Football

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 6

Mr. Lawrence Woodhouse, one of the leading rugby authorities in Great Britain, writes to the London "Daily Mail ":--…

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Boxing

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 4

Bill Sonter's brother, Percy, is anxious to try his luck in the roped arena, and would like to arrange a match with any of Bill's Clarence…

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Football

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 4
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

At Glenifferson Saturday Bellingen met their Waterloo to the tune of 11 points to 3. In. the first half the home team had things all their own…

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Boxing Sundry Challenges

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 5

At the Lynch-Sonter contest yesterday morning, Ms. Frank Puddicombe read out an intimation that T. Moore, of Yamba, was anxious…

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Boxing Lynch v. SONTER

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 8

Paddy Lynch, of Lismore, and Bill Sonter, of Grafton, met yesterday, morning to settle the longstanding question of supremacy in the…

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