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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1918

512 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 26

District News. Ulmarra. Ulmarra Tennis Club

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Ulmarra Tennis Club was held on Friday night, Dr. Cook (President), presiding over a good attendance…

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Harwood Regatta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

The regatta to be held at Harwood on Saturday promises to be a great success, is entries have been exceedingly good. For the Gladstone skiff race, 12 entries…

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Harwood Water Brigade. Results of Regatta

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1918 · page 1

The fine weather made all Easter outings on the river delightful, and visitors to the Harwood regatta were similarly favored. Although the attendance was…

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Cricket. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1918 · page 1

First-grade matches, were postponed yesterday, as many teams were away in the country. A visiting Bathurst team beat Bardsley's team. The former made 116…

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A.j.c. Races. Saturday's Racing. "Iroquois'" Story of the Day

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1918 · page 2

Records were the order of the day at Randwick yesterday, when the Australian Jockey Club began the autumn meeting. The attendance was not quite the largest…

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Harwood Regatta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 6

The Harwood regatta, which eventuated on Saturday, provided a good afternoon's spot. All the races were closely contested, the butcher boat races being…

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Tennis

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 6

A team of players from the Ulmarra Club met a Grafton team on the Grafton courts on Monday afternoon, when a very enjoyable game resulted. Ulmarraites…

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Why Racing Goes On

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 4

Asked in the House of Commons why horse-racing was not stopped considering the very serious food situation, Mr. Bonar Law said the amount of human…

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New Zealand Racing. Christchurch

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 6

Canterbury Great Autumn Handicap.—Glendower 1, Mascot 2, Margerine 3…

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Sporting. A.j.c. Races. Third Day

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 6

The A.J.C. Autumn meeting will be resumed this afternoon at Randwick, when the two principal events are of the weight-for-age order. At 1.55 p.m. the All Aged…

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Bowls. Yamba Clergy House. North Coast Single Championship. Opened by Bishop Druitt

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 1

At Bangalow on Saturday last the finals of the North Coast single championship were played off. The green being in very good playing order, some fine On Easter Monday Bishop Druitt motored with Mrs. Druitt from Coraki to open the new clergy house at Yamba, which has been practically completed…

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Orara En Fete. Big Red Cross Benefit. Picnic, Cricket, and Ball at Night

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1918 · page 3

The people of Upper Orara, who seem to be singularly fortunate in always making a success of whatever they undertake in the way of…

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Tennis

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 2

Ulmarra Tennis Club defeated Grafton Club at Grafton on Easter Monday afternoon by 18 sets 128 games to 5 sets 75 games. A very pleasant…

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Cricket

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1918 · page 4

A match between combined teams of Coff's Harbor and Boambec, and Coff's Jetty, and the Breakwater, will be played at Coff's Harbor on Saturday. On…

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Bowls. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 3

Victorian bowlers defeated New South Wales in the second test by 84 to 74…

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Coffs Football Club. Annual Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Coffs Harbor ("Tattereall's) Football Club was held at Reedy's refreshment rooms on Wednesday evening…

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Boxing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 3
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The death is announced from London of Charlie Mitchell, the once famous English pugilist. (Mitchell was born in Birmingham on November 24,…

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Football

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 1

The "Tattersall's" (Coff's Harbor) football team has been re-formed, and officers as follows elected:—Patron, Mr. J. Reedy; president, Mr. C. Walker…

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Iluka Regatta

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 2

The Iluka-Rowing Club held a regatta on Easter Monday, there being a fair attendance. The day was all that could be desired, and all the rowing events…

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