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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1927

1,372 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 69

Football. Suggested League Amendments

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 2

At a meeting of the Jetty club at Hall's rooms o Friday night the question of league management was discussed. It was considered that…

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C.r.r. Football League

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 4

The inaugural meeting of the newly-formed Clarence River Rugby Football League is to be held at McDonald and Hynes' rooms at 8 o'clock to-night…

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Urunga Golf

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 8

Mixed foursomes were played during the week-end, but on account of the weather there were few entries. Mr. J. White and Miss Lorne Wilson were the…

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Bellingen Golf Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 7

The officers and committee of the Bellingen Golf Club, have been elected as follows: President, Mr. W. J. Hammond (re-elected); vice-presidents, Messrs. A…

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Inaugural Meeting of Football League

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 4

The following officers were elected at the inaugural meeting of the Clarence River Football League, which was held at McDonald and Hynes' rooms last night:…

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Racing Motorist Killed at Newcastle. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 5

Riding a motor cycle for the first time on Newcastle Speedway and for the firs time in a motor cycle race, Clifford Lille, 18, crashed to his death in the first lap of…

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Illegal? Cricket Board's Actions Questioned. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 5

At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association Mr. C. M. Boyce stated the action of the Board of Control in making equal distribution among the…

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GOLF South Grafton Club the Annual Meeting Presentation of Trophies

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 8

The sixth annual meeting of the South Grafton Golf Club was held at the School of Arts building on Monday night. There was a large attendance, and the chair…

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Sporting Rosehill Races Clash with Royal Visitors. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 2

The arrival of the Royal visitors on Saturday is likely to interfere seriously with the racing programme at Rosehill. It is suggested that the Railway…

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Coraki Regatta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 4

Coraki Regatta will be held on Saturday, April 30. The events, entries for which close on April 20, include Gladstone Skiff Handicap, [?]8; Novice Handicap for…

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Lower Clarence Cricket Association

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

The following is the draw for the third round of the knock-out competition:--Semi-final Match. Palmer's Channel v. Taloumbi, at…

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The Sex of a Cricket Ball

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 3

Although there has never been so much writing about cricket since the world began, every modern writer seems to have forgotten that the ball has, by honorable…

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FOOTBALL Clarence River League Inaugural Meeting Election of Officers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 7

An unimportant difficulty of a technical character with regard to the amalgamation of the Upper and Lower Clarence Football Leagues, was overcome at…

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Racing Results Press Telegrams Divulged Postal Officials' Lapse Two Bookmakers Fined £20 Each Inverell

Daily Examiner · Thursday 24 March 1927 · page 2

At the Inverell Police Court, Detective Mitchell, of the Postal Department, prosecuted William Charles Field, telegraph operator, charging…

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Urunga Boxing Carnival

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 2

At a public meeting of citizens presided over by Mr. F. N. Christian, it was decided to run the Central North Coast boxing championships at Urunga on April…

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Boxing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 6

At the Sydney Stadium last night Pelkey (10.2) secured an easy win over Gordon Kiely (10.8[?])…

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Results of Swimming Carnival

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 3

An analysis of the results of the swimming carnival held last Friday shows that of the 29 events 14 were won by High School pupil, who also secured 9 seconds…

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Racing on Roads

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 4

In connection with Patrick Plains Shire Council's circular letter asking for co-operation in amending the traffic regulation to limit the speed of racing…

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Eastern Dorrigo. Football

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 2

A number of enthusiast met at Ulong on Wednesday night to disc[?]s the formation of a team and to receive the reports of the delegates…

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Coramba Football Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 4

A meeting of Coramba Football Club was held last Saturday night, when there was a good attendance. The delegates reported on the…

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