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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1922

1,200 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 60

Boxing. Ellem V. Williams. Postponed Till To-night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 6

Owing to the heavy storm yesterday evening, the boxing contest between Ellem and Williams, at the Palace Stadium, Grafton, was…

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Coffs Tennis Club The Annual Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 2

A large attendance of members marked Tuesday evening's postponed annual meeting of the coffe Harbor Tennis club, the President…

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CRICKET. Local Ladies at Play

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 3

Any amount of masculine "barracking," intermingled with feminine squeals of disappointment and delight marked the fifth…

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Boxing. Win for Lloyd. Townley Outpointed. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 2

Albert Lloyd, the Australian heavyweight, outpointed Arthur Townley…

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Football. Kangaroos' Return. Unfortunate Throughout. Perth

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 6

The Australian Rugby League footballers have arrived, on their return from England. Members of the team state that they…

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Tennis. Patterson Beaten Again. Peach Wins Poor Game. Sydney, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 2

For the exhibition tennis match at Double Bay this afternoon, there was fine weather, and a large attendance. Norman Peach defeated Gerald…

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Sporting. C.r.j.c. Races. ." Murillo Gun and Meros

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 5

The opening day of the C.R.J.C. Summer Race Meeting yesterday was marred by wet weather conditions and small fields. The attendance was not large,…

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Tennis

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

LONDON, Friday. At St. Moritz, the Frenchman, M. Cochet, won the final of the men's sing[?] in the world's covered court tennis championship…

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Swimming. Ladies' Championship. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 1

The ladies 100 yards breast stroke championship of Australia was swum Melbourne, when Miss E Venning (Queensland) won by about a yard from…

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Boxing. Williams-ellem Fight. Ellem Outclassed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 4

The long-talked-of match between "Sart" Ellem and "Codger" Williams eventuated at the Grafton Palace Stadium on Saturday night before a…

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Boxing. Burns' Try Out. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 1

Burns' first fight will be at the Sporting Club on April 3. If his form is satisfactory he will probably meet Kid Lewis in Derby week. Lloyd meets…

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Football. International Games. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 1

In a Rugby game England drew with Fiance, eleven all, at Twickenham. Scotland beat Ireland, six to three; at Edinburgh…

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BOXING. McFARLANE AGAIN. McBRIDE Badly Punished. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

At the Stadium last night, Packy McFarlane, who beat Ernie Symonds a fortnight ago, scored another victory, this time over Stanley McBride, a…

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Bowls. State Pennant Championship. Won by South Ashfield. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

After a close game on the Randwick green yesterday, South Ashfield defeated Hamilton by 7 points and thus secured the pennant bowls…

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Tennis. Anderson Australia's Champion. Patterson Overwhelmed. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

J. O. ("Jimmy") Anderson, by beating Gerald Patterson, ex-world's champion, again at Double Bay yesterday, demonstrated most emphatically…

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Turf Frauds. Carpenter Receives Millions. a New Racing System. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 3

What is described as an Arabian Night story of turf frauds was related at the Barry Court, Glamorgan, when George Hunt was charged with [?]ining £500…

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Football. Kangaroos' Explanation. Awful Conditions for Final Test. Sydney, Saturday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

A further message from Fremantle respecting the Australian footballers' tour states that the profits amount to between £5000 and £6000…

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Irish Superiority. in Athletic Games. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 3

The Tailtean games, otherwise the Irish Olympic., games, will be held in Dublin on August 7. Each county has been invited to send a minimum team of…

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Athletics. Police and Firemen's Carnival. Ladies' £100 Championship Race. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

In spite of the threatening weather and a few showers, the sports carnival promoted by the police and firemen was well patronised yesterday, about…

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Ulmarra Racing Club

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1922 · page 4

Another proprietary racing club has been established at Ulmarra, where a fine track has been completed on Mr. G. Kratz's property, below the township…

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