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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1923

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Tennis. Coffs Players at Lismore. (Notes by "Reuter.")

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1923 · page 2

The Tennis Carnival opened at Lismore during Eaater week, representatives being present from all over the Rivera. The weather was ideal. The courts wen well…

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Boxing Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 3

At the Stadium last night Kid Dale (Melbourne) knocked out Jack Finney in the sixth round. At the Brisbane Stadium Charlie Peakes…

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Bowls Victoria Beats Queensland. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 1

The Victorian bowlers played Queensland on the City green yesterday, and the former won by 99 to 75…

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Tennis. Anderson Going to Lismore

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 1

Mr. J. O. Anderson, the world champion tennis player, will play on the Lismore tennis courts on Friday and Saturday, April 20 and 21. Mr. Anderson will be…

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Electric Battery? Ballina Racing Sensation. Prudent Sands Case

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 1

It transpires that a sensational incident occurred at the Ballina Turf Club's meeting on Saturday week. At the time great secrecy was maintained by the…

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Grafton Golf Club. Opening of the Season. Interesting Competitions

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 April 1923 · page 1

The opening of the 1923 season by the Grafton Golf Club on Saturday afternoon was a marked success, and was an auspicious start for what promises to be…

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Football

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 5

The first meeting of the newly constituted executive committee of the Clarrence River District Football League will be held to-night 8 o'clock in Marshall's…

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Bowls. the Ballina Carnival

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 April 1923 · page 3

Lismore and other visitors to Ballina at Easter are loud in their praises of the management of the carnival. The arrangements were well carried out, and…

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Football. C.r.d. Rugby Football League. Adjourned Annual Meeting. Competition Conditions

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 1

The adjourned annual meeting of the Clarence. River District Rugby Football League was held last night at the league's rooms, Grafton, where there…

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Football

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 2

The first game of football of the season was played on the local ground last Saturday. It was a scratch match between the two local teams…

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North Dorrigo. Football Club Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 2

At a meeting of footballers on Friday evening the North Do[?]go Football Club was reformed and the following officers elected:…

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Dorrigo Football League. Meeting of Delegates

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 11 April 1923 · page 4

A meeting of delegates to the Doirigo Football League was held at Mr. M. Feros's on Saturday evening, when representatives of all the Clubs…

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Football

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 April 1923 · page 2

The following will represent Pirates first-grade v. Westerns on Fisher Park Saturday next:--Davis, Weller, Eric Cameron, Sabine, L. Wicks, Dobbie, E…

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Tennis

Daily Examiner · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 3

In the tennis match King's Creek v. Brushgrove, at Brushgrove. King's Creek won by six games. The full scores were: 6 sets, 47 games, to 4 sets, 41 games…

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Tennis

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

Owing to the heavy downpour during the week, and the consequent sodden state of the courts, the competition will not commence to-day, as was intended. A…

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Boxing at the Show

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 4

"Snowy" Flynn and in comb[?]nat on of athletes have arrived in Grafton for the Show, which opens on the Showground on Wednesday. Mr. John Flynn,…

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Country Week Football

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 2

Unlike Dorrigo and other Football Leagues in No. 2 Group, Bathurst football circles are not very enthusiastic over the country week football…

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Local Football Referee

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 2

The Secretary of the Dorrigo Football League, who recently wrote to the head League in Sydney to ascertain what chance there was of…

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Football To-day's Benefit Matches

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

This afternoon the big benefit arranged by the G.R.D.R.F. League for Mr. Clif. Pullen will take place on the Fisher Park Oval. Something out of the…

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Boxing Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 4

At the Stadium last night Digger Evans defeated Jimmy Ryan on points. This was Evans' first appearance in the ring for some time. He was much too fast…

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