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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1912

875 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 19 of 44

Local Football Items

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

TO-DAY is a bye for all teams in the local football competition. As a result there will be very little excitement on the Recreation Ground…

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Local and General News. Football Fixtures

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1912 · page 2

THE following are the fixtures for the third and fourth rounds of the Dorrigo football competition:—Third Round.—June 15—Northern…

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Latest Sport. Cricket. South Africa v. Surrey. Pain Stops Play. LONDON, Friday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 June 1912 · page 3

Owing to rain there was no play to-day in the South African v. Surrey match. Surrey made 169 in the first…

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Boxing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 8

The local boxing tournament, which was to have opened at the Theatre Royal last evenign was postponed until Monday next, owing to the inclemency of the weather…

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Tennis

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 8

LONDON, Saturday.—The first round of the Davis Cup, between Britain and France, begins on July 11, the place so far being unfixed. Dixon and…

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Football. League Matches

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 11 June 1912 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monthly.—The following are the results of the league matches played on Saturday:— Queensland v. Newcastle—8 [?]ll…

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Boxing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 4

The Grafton Sports Club's third amateur boxing tournament was to have commenced at the Theatre Royal on Monday night, but, in view…

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Football

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 June 1912 · page 4

The Pirate Club is improving its team (says the "Northern Star"), and the new players are putting in good work. The club's latest…

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Boxing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 8

Kid McCoy knocked out Rod Standon in the thirteenth round at Melbourne…

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Tennis

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 8

The Oakendale Tennis Club from Lower Ulmarra journeyed to King's Creek on Saturday afternoon, and defeated King's Creek by 46 games to 27…

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Athletics

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 13 June 1912 · page 8

At the annual athletic contests between students of Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide Universities at Mellbourne, I. B. [?]ander of Adelaide, won the 120 yards…

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Boxing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5
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Ernest Ellem, of Waterview, per medium of the "Argus," makes the following intimation to Willis:-- "I am going over to the Richmond…

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Football

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5

The secretary of the Bellinger River Union informs us that all arrangements are well in hand for the tour of the Northern Rivers. The…

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Cricket

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 5

Owing to rain there was no play on Monday in the Australia v. Yorkshire match. The Test match, Africa v…

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Big Cricket

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 2

Owing to rain the matches Australia [?] abridge university and South A[?] S[?]y w[?]ed. In the Test match England [?] South…

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Cricket Taken Too Seriously

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 8

"What would strike a stranger more than anything else about the colonial game is the businesslike manner in which it played. In the…

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King at Football Match. [?]Thuslastic Prince

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

King George, who showed a constant interest in football when he was Prince of Wales, especially in contests between the Services, is probably the first…

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An English Cricketer On Australian Cricket. Hobbs Writes a Book

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 8

J. B. Hobbs, a member of the English Eleven captained by Douglas, has written a book entitled "Recovering the Ashes," being an…

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Stren[?] Athletics

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 June 1912 · page 3

The Bureau of [?]edicine and Surgery of the Ameriiaa [?]vy has come to the conclusion that [?]ctacular and competitive athletics are undesirable. It…

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