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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1921

2,104 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 39 of 106

Boxing. Dencio Wins Again. Symonds' Queer Defeat. Sydney

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

There was a large attendance at the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night, when Dencio, 8-13, the Filipino boxer, defeated Joe Symonds, 8-12 (England),…

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Boxing. Dencio Knocks Symonds Out. a Hostile Demonstration. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 1

At the Stadium the fight between Symonds and Dencio ended unsatisfactorily. In the fifth round only a couple of light exchanges had taken place before Dencio…

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Football. Sydney League Matches University a Surprise Packet Sydney

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

Better form all round was displayed by the players in the second round of the Rugby League's competition yesterday. The games resulted much as…

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Tennis. the Davis Cup. Australian Team Selected. Three New Men. Sydney

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

After watching the play in the New South Wales tennis championship tournament, Norman Brookes (Vic.), the sole selector of the team to…

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Newmarket Races. How the People Got There. Result of the Big Event. London

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

Owing to the fact that no extra trains could be run to Newmarket, on account of the coal shortage, many thousands of people proceeded to the…

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Cricket. Australians in England. Good Start in First Match. Leicester Dismissed Cheaply. McDONALD'S Great Bowling. Visitors' Big Score. Macartney a Century. London, Saturday Night

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

The Australians opened the first match of their tour, against Leicester to-day, at Leicester, in glorious weather. The wicket was good, and the…

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Bowls

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 4

Mr. W. T. Cosbey, treasurer of the new Kempsey Club, has received a letter from Mr. W. Arnold, president of the Northern Rivers Bowling Association…

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Football

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 4

The football season opens at Grafton and South Grafton on Saturday, and with the teams taking part, promise of an interesting competition is given. The Pirates…

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Boxing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 2

At Young on Saturday night Ranji Burns defeated Herb Thompson for a purse of £100 on points at the conclusion of 20 rounds…

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Golf London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 2

Kirkwood and East face financial difficulties. Their trip has been more expensive than they expected despite economies, and they would have been stranded in…

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Bowls. Orange Team's Visit. Defeated by Grafton

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 2

A team (three rinks) of bowlers, members of the Orange Bowling Club, arrived in Grafton late on Sunday night, via Coff's Harbor, this being…

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South Grafton Races. Second Day. Overlap and Bacala

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 2

The Autumn races, so far as Grafton is concerned, closed with the second day of the South Grafton Jockey Club's meeting yesterday. The…

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Sporting. Cricket. Arthur Mold Dead. Lancashire's Famous Fast Bowler

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 4

Arthur Mold, formerly a well-known Lancashire cricketer, is dead (says a London cable) Arthur Mold was a famous…

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Cricket Choosing the English Captain. Remarks of the Critics. Who Is the World's Greatest Batsman? London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 2

Silver sunshine and cloudless skies delightfully opened the season, which as expected to revive the greatest glories of English cricket. The critics are…

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Coursing Presentation

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 4

The Grafton Coursing Club is presenting Mr. J. M. P. Bender with a handsome illuminated address as a mark of the esteem of members for the good work done…

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Tennis

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 2

Swan Creek Tennis Club opened their season on Saturday with a match against South Grafton, on the former's court, which resulted in a win for the home team…

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Football

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 2

The following will represent the Diggers v. Westerns at the Showground on Saturday next:--Forwards, L. Bultitude, M. Watts, H. Wicks, C. Klein, J. Morrison,…

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Cricket

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 2

The first match of the Australian season in England commenced last week end, the visitors meeting Leicestershire County at Leicester, the…

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Brushgrove Football Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 2

At a meeting of members of the Brushgrove Football Club last night a long discussion took place over the matter of affiliation with the Mid-Clarence…

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Football. Saturday's Teams

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

The C.R.D.R.F. Leagucfs competitions commence next Saturday, Pirates meeting South, at South Grafton, and Diggers facing Western at the…

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