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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1921

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Cricket Coming Test Matches. "A Stiff Proposition." London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 4

"England is up against a stiff proposition, but more attention should be devoted to the choice of a captain than to the organisation of the eleven itself," declared…

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A.J.C. RACES. Euryth[?]ic Again. Speciality's All-aged Stakes. Swift Shot and Braille. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 31 March 1921 · page 4

For Randwick races to-day the weather was clear and warm, and the attendance numbered 33,000, 3000 greater than on the corresponding day of last year. During…

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Maclean Regatta Competitions

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

The following have been adjudged the winners:--Box of chocolates, B. Plater; height of pole, 43ft. F. Cameron; length of ribbon, Sft. lin., J. Davis; seels in…

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Boxing. Dempsey-carpentier Match. New York

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 4

Tex Rickard has announced that the Dempsey-Carpentier fight will occur somewhere in the United States, but the exact locality will not be announced till April…

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Boxing. Carpentier-dempsey Fight. Will Take Place in the States. Vancouver

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 3

Tex Richard has announced that the Dempsey-Carpentier fight for the world's heavyweight championship will be definitely held in the United States…

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FOOTBALL. C.R.D.R.F. League. Annual Meeting Adjourned. an Impromptu Discussion

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 2

The annual meeting of the C.R.D. Rugby, Football League lapsed last night for the want of a quorum, but as some 23 delegates and enthusiasts were present at the Water…

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Football. the Season's Prospects. Shortage of First-grade Teams. a Revivifying Movement. Mass Meeting to Be Held

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 3

The footballers' meeting, at the Water Brigade rooms last night, was set down as being the annual meeting of the C.R. District Rugby Football…

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Football

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 7

Pirates are giving all members a try out this afternoon at Fisher Park, at which all intending players are requested to attend. At South Grafton the Red…

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Football Social

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 3

A very enjoyable social, arranged by the members of the Ulmarra Football Club in aid of the funds of that body, took place in the Masonic Hall, Ulmarra, on…

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Autumn Racing Carnival

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 6

The programme for the C.R.J.C. race meeting on Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23, at Grafton racecourse, and for the South Grafton J.C. meeting on Friday and…

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Boxing. Cowler Defeats Straeter. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 6

Renter's Berlin correspondent telegraphed on Friday that Tom Cowler, the British heavy weight, knocked out Breiten Straeter, the German heavyweight champion, in the…

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Horse Races and Racehorses

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 6

"Disgruntled" writes:--According to Webster a racehorse is a horse bred to race, but racehorses and horses that race are not necessarily in the same class of…

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Local and General. Cricket

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

In our report of the Graften-Coffs Harbor match on Easter Saturday we omitted to mention that Grafton's score in the second inniugs was 99,…

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FOOTBALL. Meeting of Coffs Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 2

A meeting of the Coffe Harbor Football Club was held on Friday, Marcb IS, Mr. C. Walker in the chair…

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Cricket. a Huge Score. Team Hits Up 774

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 5

Remarkable scores were put up an a cricket match between Kenmore and Yaralla, in the Goulburn district. Kenmore made 325, and thought…

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Football. Visits to North Coast. N.c. Association Too Unwieldy

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 5

Mr. F. A. Trevillien, secretary of the Tweed District Football League writing to the "Tweed Daily," says, inter alia:…

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Sporting. Football. C.r. League's Shortage of Teams. the Cure

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 8

The voluminous report published in yesterday's "Daily Argus" of the meeting of footballers held the previous night stated clearly the difficulty the…

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Sporting. the Turf. A.J.C. Races. Tips for To-day. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 5

For the A.J.C. Races to-morrow. "Jack Spur," in the Evening News," selects the following:-- Rous Handicap: Poilu, Coolstone…

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Correspondence. [We do not nec[?]rily endorse the opinions of our corrcepondents—ED.] Cricket on Good Friday. (To the Editor.)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 3

Sir,—Poor old "M.M."—Milit ary Medalist or Morbid Misery? I thought Mesers. Crimlisk and Reilly, of the Football Club, gave…

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Cricket

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 April 1921 · page 2

At Kalgoorlie W. W. Armstrong was presented with a nugget of gold to commemorate his successful leadership of the Australians in the five Test…

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