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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1912

875 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 44

Swimming Carnival

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 8

The swimming carnival, promoted by Messrs. McGrath Bros., of Cr[?]fton, lessees of the Grafton. Baths, was held yesterday at the foot of Duke st[?] and attracted…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 8

Honours are casy in regard to the test cricket matches, Australia and England having scored a win each. The Englishmen's victory at Melbourne was a…

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Athletics

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 11 January 1912 · page 8

There has been a remarkable decadence in athletics in the Clarence district during the last few years. Time was when an Oddfellows' or Caledonians' programme…

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Boxing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 4

The fight between Jack Lester and Johnny Thompson has been postponed indefinitely owing to the illness of the former…

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Swimming Carnival. a Great Success

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1912 · page 8

With a flowing tide from the sea, Messrs. McGrath Bros., lessees of Grafton Municipal Baths, made their initial push off with a swimming…

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Swimming Championships

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 11

SYDNEY, Friday.—The last of the Amateur Swimming Championships will be decided to-morrow. The greatest of interest is being taken in the meeting of…

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Tennis

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 11

An Interesting game of tennis was played on the Warwicks court Saturday last between the Warwtcks (98), the latter winning by 4, sets 5 games…

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Football

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 11

The match, Dewsbury v. Australians, [?] been cancelled owing to heavy falls of snow. According to a United States Consular'…

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Late Telegraphic Sporting. Boxing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1912 · page 11

Kid McCoy easily defeated Morey on points at Perth in a 20 rounds contest. The fight between Jack Lester and Johnny' Thompson has been postponed…

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Boxing. Rice Beats Keller. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

At the Stadium last bight Bandsman Rice defeated Terry Keller after an uninteresting exhibition. Rice was leading; when "Snowy"…

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Telegraphic Sporting Another Swimming Record. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 January 1912 · page 3

The 220 yards championship of New South Wales was won to-day by Dongworth from Healey, Hardwick, and Boardman. The winner's time…

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Boxing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 8

Promoter Jimmy Coffroth has arranged for Jem Driscoll and Owen Moran, the two English lightweights, to fight in San Francisco a couple of weeks hence…

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Football

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 16 January 1912 · page 8

LONDON, Mondny.—The Australasian Rugby League team at Hall defeated Kingston "Rovers" by 5 points to 2. The single sculling championship of…

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Boxing. Sonter v. McKENZIE

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 3

The above contest is billed to take place at the Caledonian Hall, Maclean, to-night. Sonter, on Monday morning, told a representative of the…

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Cricket. Hill or Noble

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

Writing to the Brisbane "Daily Mail" early last week, R. J. Hartigan, the Queenslander, who was a member of the last Australian Eleven…

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Tennis

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 8

There is a proposal for a new world's championship scheme in place, of the Davis Cup competition. The scheme is to be discussed by representatives of Great…

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Cricket

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 8

A nice squabbles is raging between the Australian selectors over the selection of the team for the Adelaide test. Hill wanted Macartney in place of Whitty, but Tredale…

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Boxing

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

The fight on Saturday night Back v. Bailey should be well worth witnessing. Jack Johnson offers to fight McVea…

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Cricket Incidents. Tests and Other Matches. Cricket Ground "Scenes."

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

The Sydney Cricket Ground has been the scene of many stirring incidents, some of them unfortunately for the. game. The first was when W…

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Cricket. Hill Will Make the Trip. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 5

Clem Hill gives an emphatic denial to the rumor that because of the action of the Board of Control he intends to stand out of the trip to…

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