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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1923

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Boxing New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 2

Criqui, the French boxer, accepted an offer of 25,000 dollars to meet the featherweight champion, Johnny Kilbane, in a title bout in New York, in May next…

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Cricket Match Postponed. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 January 1923 · page 2

Rain last night and to-day caused the commencement of the Sheffield Shield game between Victoria and South Australia to be postponed until Monday…

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Boxing a Poor Fight. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 2

At the Stadium to-night Tom Hocney (New Zealand) defeated vie Complin, heavyweight champion of Victoria, in the ninth round. It was a poor fight…

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Boxing Sonter V. O' Malley

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 4

There was a good roll up of local sports to witness the fight between Bill Sonter and O 'Malley. the bust of rounds, for a purse of £50.There was…

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Boxing

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 2

Bill Sonter, who did much boxing around Coffs Harbor some eight years ago, tried a "comeback stunt" at Maclean against…

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Cricket New Zealand v. M.C.C. CHRISTCHURCH

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 4

The second Test match between the M.C.C. team New Zealand started in fine weather to-day, Maclaren is not playing. New Zealand went in first and…

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CRICKET. Coffs Beats BeLlingen. BatSmen SoorS Fast

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 2

On Xmas Saturday a team of Bellingen cricketers journeyed to Coffs Jetty and played a local XI. Though defeated by eight wicketa,…

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Racing Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 2

A peculiar accident occurred during the running of the last race at the Port Macquarie Pouy and All-Heights' Racing Club meeting on Wednesday. The horses…

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Swimming. .A Record Equalled. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 8 January 1923 · page 1

Some good swimming performances were put up yesterday af Manly. Bill Herald swam the hundred yards in 56 3-5secs., equalling the Australian…

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In Praise of Cricket. Is It Slow? British Tradition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 2

Only one person has ever dared to speak to me of cricket as "slow." It was like this. We were watching together on a beautifully hot sunny day,…

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Cricket Sheffield Shield Match. South Australia's Collapse. Scott and Mailey Bowl Will. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 5

The Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia wire continued to-day. In the first twenty-five minutes South…

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CRICKET. M.C.C. in New Zealand. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 2

In the cricket match, M.C.C. versus New Zealand, the latter in their second innings declared with eight wickets for 260…

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Interstate Cricket. N.S.W. V. South Australia. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1923 · page 2

In the cricket match New South Wales v. South Australia the latter are four out for 224—Williams 53, A. Richardson not out 106…

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Cricket Jack Gregory. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 2

News comes from Warren that Jack Gregory still takes a keen interest in cricket and is playing with the local team. As New South Wales will feel…

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Vacation Swimming School

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 4

The vacation swimming school instituted at Grafton by the Department of Eduction terminated yesterday, after a highly successful course of instruction…

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Tattersall's Races

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 4

It is something of a coincidence that the thirteenth race meeting of the Grafton Tattersall's Jockey Club takes place to-day, January 13. It is to be…

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Boxing Offer to Dempsey. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 January 1923 · page 4

According to "Sporting Life." Jack Dempsey has been offered a guarantee of forty thousand sterling or 37 1[?] per cent. of the receipts to meet the winner of the…

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Boxing Carpentier and Beckett. Siki Deprived of His Titles. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 1

The Emergency Committee of the International Boxing Union decided to deprive "Battling" of his championship titles, the world's…

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CRICKET M.C.C. v. Otago. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 1

In the match between the M.C.C. and Otago the latter in the first innings, made 292 runs, while the M.C.C. team had two wickets down for [?]4 runs…

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Boxing Siki-carpentier Fight. Paris

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 1

The Boxing Committee, after examining forty-nine witnesses, reported that the Siki-Carpentier fight was not fixed before the match. The Boxing Federation…

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