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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1926

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FOOTBALL Dorrigo Football League Annual Meeting. This Year's Competition. to Commence April 17

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 6

The annual general meeting of the Dorrigo Football League was held in the Memorial Literary Institute reading room on Tuesday evening. There…

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Country Football Journalist's Praise Sydney Control Condemned

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 6

Mr. W. M. Rutledge, sub-editor of the Sydney "Sun," and a well-known sporting journalist, attended the annual meeting of the Richmond River…

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Youth in Trouble Bad Company and Races. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1926 · page 5

John Frederick McGrath, 19, cleric, pleaded guilty at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day to four counts of forgery, while he was employed at the head office…

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International Rugby Board. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 5

The International Rugby Board at a meeting resolved to hold an Imperial football conference annually, beginning in 1926, on November or December, to…

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Boxing. Popular Fancy Well Beaten. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 1

"Sunny Jim" Williams, 11.4 12 defeated Len Johnson, 11.1 12, in a twenty rounds contest at Sydney stadium last night Johnson was well beaten and only the…

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Swimming Clare Couldwell Wins Quarter Mile. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 1

At Ryde swimming championship carnival yesterday Miss Couldwell won the quarter mile championship of the State by 25 yards in 6min. 6 3-5secs, being only…

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Mr. G. W. Cook-- Clock Golf Candidate

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 4

The Clock Golf draws a very large crowd every night, and the competitors are keenly fought out. To date the nongolfers have more than held their own…

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Football Scotland v. England. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 5

At Twickenham, in gusty, unsettled weather, 40,000 spectators saw Scotland beat England at Rugby football, by 17 to 9…

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Tennis Victoria v. South Australia. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 4

Victoria defeated South Australia in Interstate teams tennis yesterday. Results: Victoria, 17 rubbers, 38 sets; South Australia, 14 rubbers, 38 sets…

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Golf South Grafton Club Opening Day of Season

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 5

The good- fellowship which exists between the Grafton and South Grafton Golf Clubs was further expemplified on Saturday last, when the official opening…

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Athletics Rose Still in Form. Dunedin

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1926 · page 1

At the Dunedin athletic championship meeting, R. A. Rose easily won the mile flat race from Nalder, with Douglas third Time, 4.28…

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Bowls Grafton Club Championship

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 2

Blanch v. T. Cox.-- Blanch had matters nearly all his own way in his champion, ship game with T. Cox yesterday, and he went out in 26 ends, 32-- 7. The winner…

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Cricket Notes

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 8

Saturday last concluded the competition under the ruling, of the South Grafton Cricket Association, the committee of which are to be congratulated for the…

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Railway Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 4

The Grafton Railway Tennis Club Committee' held another successful euchre tournament at the Oddfellows Hall on Thursday evening last, which resulted as…

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Tennis. Grafton Association

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 7

Devotees of this ever popular game should note that the association holds its annual, meeting to-night at 8 o'clock sharp in the Council Chambers. All…

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Swimming Carnival. L.c. Children at Grafton

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 2

The Lower Clarence was well represented at the schools swimming carnival at Grafton on Friday, Maclean sending a contingent of over 30…

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Boxing Content in New Zealand. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 March 1926 · page 5

At Westport, New Zealand, on Saturday night, Dick Loveridge, of New Zealand, 10.6., welterweight champion, defeated Clarrie Blackburn, of Australia,…

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Boxing Casey Beats Wax. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 6

Harry Casey, of Queensland, won on points in a 15 rounds bout against Leo Wax; Now South Wales, for a purse of £150…

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Cricket North Defeat Independents

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 2

The match between North Dorrigo and Independents was finished on Saturday on the former's ground. North had a win by the narrow margin of…

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Warriors' Football Club Annual Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1926 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Warriors Football CLub was held in Mr. A. Wright's rooms on Friday evening last. There was 17 present and Mr…

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