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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1916

591 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 30

Cricket

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 4

Southgate v. Brushgrove.--At Brushgrove to-day. Payne (2), Ford (2), Smith, McDonald, Leonard. Wingfield, Fisher, McLachlan, and Dixon…

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Races of the World

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

Is there a Slavic race? The Slavs are one of the chief divisions of the Aryan race. They are divided, as a race, into two leading families, the Eastern and Western Slavs. The…

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Swimming. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 3

At the swimming carnival to-day the 50yds ladies' championship was won by the present champion, Miss Durack, with Miss Wylie second and Miss Wynn third…

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BOXING. McCOY Wins Lightweight Championship. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 3

At Sydney Stadium last night Herb McCoy outpointed Uren. The contest was for the lightweight championship, and as each had won from the other, considerable…

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Boxing. Lightweight Championship. Mc. Coy Retains the Title. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 3

Tommy Uren (N.S.W.) welterweight champion of Australia made another unsuccessful bid for the lightweight championship when he met Herb…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

Fixtures for next Saturday.--Grafton v. Southgate at Southgate; Southampton a bye. Bangalow Agricultural Society has decided to hold a show this year…

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Boxing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 3

Mr. R. L. ("Snowy") Baker writes:--"Mr. Tom Andrews, my American representative, and I, are now negotiating with Mike Gibbons to come to…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

Grafton v. Southgate.--At Southgate on Saturday. Ford (2), Apps, Balmer, Hynes, Davis, Wotherspoon, Morris, Campbell, Rose, and -- Gray…

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Sporting. the Turf. Turf Textures. February . 9-10.--Armidale and New England J.G. races

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 7

Some of the rivers' papers have referred to the remaks made by the writer at the annual meeting of the Clarence River Jockey Club in regard to the contemplated…

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Sporting. the Turf. V.R.C. Races. Large Entries. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

The entries for the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting total 1771 for the twenty four races, including the St. Leger, Ascot Vale Stakes, Sires Produce Stakes,…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

Owing to Grafton C.C. being unable to get a team for to-day's match against Southgate, they forfeit the game…

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Sporting. Northern Rivers Racing Association

Daily Examiner · Saturday 5 February 1916 · page 5

Mr. E. G. Elworthy presided over the quarterly meeting on Wednesday at Casino. Messrs. R. Hynes, A. J. Pollack and W. J. Strauss were also in attendance, representing…

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Northern Rivers Racing Association

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 3

At the meeting of the above, held at Casino, Messrs. E. G. Elworthy (chair), W. J. Strauss, A. J. Pollack, and R. Hypes were in attendance from…

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Boxing. O'connor Again. Delaney Beaten on a Foul. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 3

Frank O'Connor, the Australian welterweight, who has so sensationally beaten Herb McCoy, Hughie Mehegan and others, one after the…

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Boxing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 7

Fritz Holland, middleweight boxing champion of Australia, and one of the most popular men in the game, is a son of Rev. H. Creel, Methodist minister of Ripley, West…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 7

A unique strike is pending in Sydney at present. For reasons of economy N.S. Wales Cricket Association decided not to pay umpires out-of-pocket expenses, and the latter…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Thursday 10 February 1916 · page 4

Fixtures for next Saturday:--Grafton v. Southampton, at South Grafton; Southgate a bye…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 February 1916 · page 3

Southampton v. Grafton.--At South Grafton. Want, Gray, Ford, Webber, Carbrey, McKnight. Brindle, Braham, Scott, McLucas, McKittrick…

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Boxing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 5

Kelly Mansfield writes from Glenreagh to the "Referee" asking for a match with Colin Bell at Easter. He says that 300 men went from Glenreagh to Sydney to see the…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 February 1916 · page 5

Grafton v. Southampton, at South Grafton to-day:--Ford (2), Apps, Balmer. Klaus. Morris. Campbell, Wetherspoon, Walsh, Finnegan, Rose…

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