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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1921

2,104 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 12 of 106

Tennis. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

It is announced that W. T. Tilden and Mrs. Mallory, the respective lawn tennis singles champions of America, will be competing at Wimbledon in June. The…

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Boxing. Bantam Championship. Higgins Outpoints Symonds, London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

Higgins outpointed Symonds in the contest for the Lonsdale bantam belt. Higgins established a record, winning the belt outright, scoring three…

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Tennis. International Contests. the American Team. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

The United States Lawn Tennis Association has announced that Mr. W. T. Tilden and Mrs. Mallory, the National woman champion, have been…

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Sporting. Cricket. the Fourth Test. Macartney Available. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

H. L. Collins, the New South Wales representative on the Australian selection committee, leaves for Melbourne on Thursday night. It is…

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Rowing. Maclean Rowing Club. Easter Regatta Programme

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

A meeting of the Maclean Rowing Club committee was held last night, with the President, Mr. G. W. Austen, in the chair, when matters in…

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Football. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

T. R. Brookes, secretary of the Wellington Referees' Association, in a speech to London referees ridiculed the press statements that League football was ousting…

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Incident at Hobart Regatta. Governor-general to the Rescue. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

At the Hobart regatta yesterday the Governor-General was a competitor, being at the tiller in the one design yacht V[?]nity. Early in the race a mishap…

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Effect on Horse Racing. Carnival May Be Ruined

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

The latest developments in the shipping trouble have convinced turf supporters that the Autumn racing carnival in Victoria will be ruined unless the State…

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Sporting. Cricket. Victoria v. England. Armstrong Omitted. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 4

The selectors tor the Victorian Cricket Association have selected the following team to represent Victoria in the match against the English team…

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Cricket Trouble in Victoria. Omission of Armstrong. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

The selectors of the Victorian Cricket Association, Messrs. Bean, Ellis and McMaster, have selected the following team to represent Victoria in a match…

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Swimming. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

Beaurepaire won the 800 yards swimming championship of Victoria in 11mins, 31secs., which is a Victorian record…

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Maclean Rowing Club. Easter Annual Regatta. Programme of Events

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

The following programme, submitted by the sub-committee, was adopted as a general meeting of members held at the club 's sheds, Maclean, on Wednesday evening: --…

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Boxing. Dempsey and Carpentier. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The proposed Dempsey-Willard fight has been cancelled, as Dempsey is apparently unwilling to multiply the difficulties looming regarding the Carpentier event by…

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Cricket Bolsheviks. Victorian Selectiors Criticised

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday Night. The omission of Armstrong from the Victorian team has resulted in many angry letters being published in…

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Boxing. Brennan Beats Rice. Match in America. New York

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

Advices from Buffalo state that of England, in the second round. Rice of England, in the second roud. Rice fought gamely, hut two hard lefts to…

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Victorian Racing. Big Meetings May Be Cancelled. Melbourne, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

The weights tor the Summer meeting of the Williamstown Racing Club were to have been declared today, but the handicapper withheld them…

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Cricket Omission of Armstrong. Will He Play in the Fourth Test? Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

A prominent Melbourne player said to-day that if any other member of the team in Sydney had acted as Armstrong had done not another word would have been…

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Sporting. Cricket. Armstrong's Omission. Indignation Meeting to Be Held. Australia's Captain Plays a Team of Boys. Melbourne, Thursday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 2

An indignation meeting to protest against the omission of Armstrong from Victoria's team to play against England will be held tomorrow night…

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Golf

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

After great deliberations and much argument all the great men of the golf world of Great Britain and the United States drew up an…

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Football

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

Members of the Pirate Football Club are to meet on Tuesday night next with a view to forming up and preparing for the coming season…

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