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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1916

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Boxing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 4

Jimmy Clabby (11.2[?]) outpointed Mick King (11.5) at the Stadium. In the first few rounds the men showed excellent science in attack and defence, causing cheer after…

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Patriotic Cricket Match. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 4

A cricket match, Victoria versus Combined Eighteen under W. W. Armstrong, commenced at Melbourne yesterday in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. At the conclusion…

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Boxing. Clabby Beats King. Clever Contest Goes Full Length. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1916 · page 3

Jimmy Clabby (America) beat MicK King (Australia) at the Sydney Stadium last night on points. King did remarkably well and completely…

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Boxing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

Darcy's next opponent will b[?]can "Knock-out" Brown. T[?] on January 15…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 5

For the half of the f[?] matches in Sydney Mailey [?] the ball with 42 wickets [?] 16.45…

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Bowls. N.c. Bowlers on Tour. Two Games: Two Wins

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 3

The team of bowlers from the North Coast (Grafton, Lismore and Ballina Clubs) opened their Sydney tour on Monday against Petersham, the game…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 7

The following was written by "Short Stop "in last week's Melbourne "Leader": :--"Some critics have recently been breaking lances on the comparative popularity of…

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Cricket. Historic Relics

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 5

In connection with the patriotic match begun on Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, between a Victorian Eleven, captained by E. R…

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Bowls. N.c. Team in Sydney. Third Victory and First Defeat

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 5

The North Coast bowlers continued in winning vein on Wednesday, when they narrowly defeated Mosman by 2 points--146 to 144. Yesterday,…

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Boxing

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 4

Tommy Uren easily outpointed Fred Gilmore at Sydney Stadium. Frank Ellis threw in the towel in the 11th round to George Taylor at Melbourne…

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Bowls. N.c. Team's Tour. Another Defeat

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 3

The Northern Rivers bowling team was defeated in Sydney on Friday by the metropolitan team by 159 to 125…

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Boxing Fine Welter Battle. Uren Beats Gilmore. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 3

Fred Gilmore, the recently-imported American welter, was defeated on points in his first Australian contest by Tommy Uren, the Australian welter…

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Boxing Contest Postponed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

There is now a probability that Uren will not be able to fight McCoy for the Lightweight Championship on 29th instant. His ankle is so badly sprained that the doctor has…

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Lawn Tennis. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

Trundle I. beat Richmond River by 6 sets 46 games to 2 sets 26 games…

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Sporting. Bowls. North Coast Team's Tour. Three Final Wins

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 3

The N.C. team of bowlers defeated South Ashfield on Saturday, by 197 to 108; on Sunday they went to the Blue Mountains; on Monday they defeated…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 7

A successor to Clem Hill and Victor Trumper has been unearthed in Sydney. His name is Noel Levy, and he is only 14 years of age, but a regular prodigy with the bat. A cricket…

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Boxing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

Tommy Uren, welter-weight champion of Australia, who defeated Fred Gilmore on Saturday night, has sprained his ankle, which will interfere…

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Lawn Tennis

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 3

In the lawn tennis men's team matches, the Richmond River team defeated Pi[?]ton by 8 sets 48 games to 0 sets 27 games. South Grafton rainfall for the week, 146…

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Cricket. Another Trumper

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

A successor to Clem Hill and Victor Trumper has been unearthed in Sydney. His name is Noel Levy, and he is only 14 years of age, but a regular…

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Lawn Tennis. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 5

In the Richmond River v. Elong match, Blair and Avis (Richmond River) defeated J. and A. Yeo (Elong) by 6-3, 6-5; Blair and Avis v. L. and D. Yeo, 6-3, 6-2. Chave…

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