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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1925

1,278 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 55 of 64

South Grafton Tennis Club Dance

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 4

The dance promoted by the South Grafton Tennis Club, which was to have been held at the Criterion Hall last night, was postponed owing to the unfavorable…

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Tennis Stars Discussed By Patterson Johnston Improved Tilden Not Up to Usual Form. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 13 October 1925 · page 5

Gerald Patterson, interviewed on the arrival of the steamer Aorangi, said Tilden did not seem to be playing so well this year as last, but Johnston was markedly…

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Golf and Lost Golf Ball

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1925 · page 2

Several local golfers have registered good scores on the links lately. Mr. Fred Cork just failed to get 38 for nine holes, missing an 18 inch put…

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Tennis Dance

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1925 · page 2

The Tennis Fiannel Dance was held under rather adverse conditions. Such circumstances [?] the oppressiveness of weather…

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Swimming. English Championship. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 October 1925 · page 5

J.G. Hatfield won the 220 yards swimming championship of England, his time being 151 2-5 seconds…

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Football Campbell Cup Final

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 14 October 1925 · page 3

Weather conditions prevailing on Saturday afternoon, were anything nut congenial for a final football match, with the mercury registering…

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Rugby Future of Game Dominions and Britain. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 October 1925 · page 5

Rowland Hill, a member of the International Rugby Board, presiding at the annual meeting of the London Society of Referees, said he realised the difficulties…

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Swimming. Women's Championship. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 October 1925 · page 1

Miss M. Laverty won the 440 yards ladies swimming championship of England…

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Golf Grafton Golf Club. Associates

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 2

Arrangements having been made to keep the greens of the associates nine- hole course in playing order until the end of Novembers Miss Penrose has donated two…

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Cricket

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 2

Down on the rivers and along the coast cricket competitions have already commenced, but on Dorrigo the Association has not yet got into going…

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Tennis Club

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 2

Intending members are asked to note that subscriptions are due. The material for the court has arrived. The card party that was postponed…

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Ulmarra Races

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 5

Arrangements for to-day's races are well in hand and given a fine day a very successful meeting is anticipated. Although it will be unnecessary to run any…

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Golf Championship. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 2

Herd, with a score of 146, won the Hertfordshire championship. Ray, who was the holder for three years, was second with 147. He missed an inch putt…

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Tennis Clarence Championship Finals To-day

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 October 1925 · page 2

Commencing at 1 p.m. to-day the concluding stages of the annual tournament promoted by the City Club, will be entered upon when the men's singles and doubles…

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Boxing a Thrilling Bout Demsky Beats Adriono. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 October 1925 · page 1

More sensations than are generally packed into twenty rounds occurred in the last four rounds of the bout between Paul Demsky (9.9) of Queensland and the…

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Grafton Golf Club Official Closing Day

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 4

Next Saturday will be official closing day tor this season in connection with the Grafton Golf Club, and a mixed foursome will be played. The draw for this…

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Football Oxford Wins Opening Match. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 October 1925 · page 4

Oxford university opened the Rugby season by defeating Merchant Tailors Old Boys by 46 to 7…

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Cricket

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1925 · page 3

What's wrong with cricket in Coffs! Has tennis killed it? We refuse to believe anything more serious than that the grand old…

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Boxing Bantamweight Championship. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 October 1925 · page 5

At the National Sporting Club in a twenty rounds bout for the British bantamweight championship, Johnny Brown, of Aldgate, holder, knocked out Mick Hill,…

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North Dorrigo Public Tennis Club

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 21 October 1925 · page 2

A North Dorrigo correspondent writes as follows: At the annual meeting of The North Dorrigo Public Tennis Club, held on Saturday last, the following…

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