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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1925

1,278 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 64

Wallsend Races Postponed. Wallsend

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 1

Wallsend races, fixed for to-day, were postponed till Wednesday owing to heavy rain…

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Pigeon Racing. Thousands of Birds Take Part. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 3

Six thousand two hundred and fifty pigeons, valued at £800, are engaged in races between Melbourne, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, and Kyneton…

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English Cricket Tate Starts Off Well. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 1

The cricket season opened to-day in cold and showery weather everywhere. Closing scores:-- At Manchester in the match…

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Tennis Spence Again Joan Fry Defeats Miss McKANE. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 May 1925 · page 1

In the Highbury-North London Hardcourts finals, Spence (South Africa beat the Indian army northern champion (who is an a Australian) Captain Barelay…

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Bowls

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 4

The Murwillumbah Bowling Club, by defeating Bangalow on Saturday at Tweed Heads by 68 to 38, gained the right to compete in the final for the Red…

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Football

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

A general meeting of the Clarence River Football League is to be held to-night in the New State Rooms at 7.30. Several alterations in the existing…

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Tennis. Davis Cup. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 3

The following have been selected to represent Great Britain against Poland in the Davis Cup at Warsaw on May 15 to May 17: La Godfree (captain), C. H…

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Tennis

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 4

A meeting of the Grafton District Tenuis Association was held at the Town Hall last night. Mr. F. A. Frewin presided, eight teams being represented. The…

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Sporting Notes. Football

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1925 · page 2

On Saturday last the Warriors and Greens played the first match of the 1925 competition. On Saturday morning, and up till about 2 p.m, the rain…

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Dorrigo Races Postponed

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 1

Dorrigo races, which were fixed for Saturday next, have been abandoned owing to the fact that it has been raining all the week…

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Boxing the Todd-charles Fight. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 1

At Paris, in a fifteen rounds fight, Ronald Todd drew with Francois Charles, French middleweight champion. Thousands of spectators who paid high prices were…

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Killed by a Cricket Ball

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 May 1925 · page 4

While playing cricket at Ruby Vale, on April 19, Mr. Robert Lumsden, a well-known and popular resident, was struck on the face by the ball, and the nasal…

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Golf

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

The following associates have been drawn to play for Mrs. Johnson's trophy of two balls for each grade, 14 holes, on Saturday, May 9. The course will be…

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Golf Notes

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

The handsome £1010 trophy, which has been presented by Mr. E. G. Elworthy for the handicap on June 8, may be seen in Gerard and Co's. window…

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Football Brushgrove v. ULMARRA

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

The following will represent Brushgrove in the return match against Ulmarra at Brushgrove on Saturday, play commencing at 3 o'clock sharp. Any of the following…

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Bowls

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 8

Two rinks from Armidale visited Kempsey on Saturday and played the [?] club, which won by 56 to 48. The official opening of the Kempsey club was to…

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Golf

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 3

The following appears in the annual report of the Coraki Golf Club: "During the last few weeks we have lost the services of our secretary and treasurer, Mr…

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Races Put Off

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 2

The local Race Club on Wednesday, owing to the weather prospects, decided to postpone its autumn race meeting which had been advertised to take…

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Local and General. Football

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 2

The local football League has decided to adhere to the competition fixtures to-day. Recently it was decided to forego the matches set down…

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No Tennis Yesterday. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1925 · page 6

There was no play to-day in the Inter state tennis matches between Victoria and New South Wales, owing to heavy rain affecting the courts…

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