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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1923

1,057 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 53

Cricket

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 2

On Easter Monday the Upper Clarence representative team will visit Coffs Harbor for the return match with the Coffs Harbor District Associations XL. The match…

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Boxing Panco Villa. Defeated in America. New York

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 2

Panco Villa, the Filipino boxer, who has held the United States spellbound for six months, has lost the flyweight championship of the United States to Frank…

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Tennis. Australia and Davis Cup. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 2

The Australian Lawn Tennis Association decided to-night that Australia would nominate for the Davis Cup. Norman Brookes, the ex-champion of Australia,…

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Football Finale. Meeting of District League Protests Dismissed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 2

The winding-up meeting for the 1922 season of the District Rugby Football League was held at School of Arts, Coffs Harbor, on Tuesday…

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M.C.C. v. New South W[?] Englishmen All Out For 2[?] Chapman's Fine Display. Scott Bowls Well. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 5

The return match between New South Wales and the M.C.C. team commene[?] at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day fine weather. The wicket was in [?]…

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Boxing

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 1

At the Brisbane Stadium Billy Stanley won on a foul from Frank Locke in the tenth round in the feather weight championship…

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Golfer's Death. Collapsed on Golf. Links. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 3

Mr. W. S. Calvert, the well-known golfer, was just walking out to the second green at the Riversdale links near Melbourne, when he collapsed and a doctor,…

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Swimming. New World's Record Established. Melbourne Swimmers Figures. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 3

At the Melbourne swimming carnival the 220 yard invitation handicap was won by Harris of Honolulu, from Beaurepaire and Kirkland, the time being 2,26 2-5…

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Boxing Siki-carpentier Match. Promoters Abandon Their Arrangements. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 5

According to "Le Ma[?]n," the promoters have abandoned the organisation of the Siki-Carpentier match because the [?] are no longer prepared to fight…

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Football. Annual Meeting C.r.d.r.f. League

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1923 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Clarence River District Rugby Football League will take place to-night in Marshall's refreshment rooms at 8 o'clock The…

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Bowls Casino Club's Opening

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 3

At a meeting of the committee of the Casino Bowling Club arrangements were completed for the opening of the green after top-dressing on Saturday afternoon…

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Rowing Club. the Regatta Problem. Provision for Funds

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 4

A special general meeting of members of the Grafton Rowing Club was held at the clubhouse last night to consider a proposed addition to the rules of the…

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Dorrigo Races. Show Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 2

Glorious weather obtained for the Show meeting of the Dorrigo All-heights Race Club, which eventuated last Saturday on the Dorrigo course…

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Sister Olive. Racing Career Over. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 1

Sister Olive, the Melbourne Cup winner of 1921, was very lame after galloping at Flemington to-day. She was later relieved of her engagement in the…

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Lawn Tennis. the World's Championships. Wimbledon's Titles Dropped London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1923 · page 1

An extraordinary general meeting of the British Lawn Tennis Association. Lord Desborough presiding, considered the question of the title of "world's…

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Boxing Criqui Willing to Fight. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1923 · page 1

Renter's Paris correspondent says that Criqui's' manager has intimated that Criqui is willing to fight entirely gratuitously any match organised by the…

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TENNIS. Grafton District Association. the Annual Meeting. Proposed Northern Association

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 March 1923 · page 6

At the Town Hall on Tuesday night Mr. E. T. Taylor presided over a well- attended meeting of delegates from Swan Creek, Cherriton, Carr's Creek, Nellroy,…

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Swimming. Charlton Mile Champion. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 1

At the Sydney Amateur Swimming Dub carnival to-day Charlton won the one mile championship of New South Wales from Christie and Wilkes. Time…

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Boxing an American's Easy Win. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 2

Harry Collins, of Newcastle, was knocked out by George Eagel, who was having his first fight in Australia, in the tenth round at Sydney Stadium…

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Golf Kirkwood Wins Championship. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 March 1923 · page 4

At St. Augustine Kirkwood won the Florida East Coast golf championship, with two hundred and eighty-three strokes and nine under course…

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