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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1928

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South Grafton Races Entries Close To-day

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 2

The South Grafton Jockey Club will hold a meeting on the Grafton course on Saturday next. Entries for this meeting close to-day…

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CRAWFORD Defeats Borotra Brilliant Tennis Patterson-hone Win Doubles. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 March 1928 · page 5

The tennis matches between Australia and France were continued to-day when a feature was the defeat of J. Borotra (France) by J…

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Jetty Tennis Club. Gent's Singles Championship. Exciting Tennis

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 2

In an effort to create interest in tennis for the coming season, Jetty club held a gent's singles championship tournament on Sunday. The day…

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Local and General Grafton Golf Club

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Grafton Golf Club will be held at the Town Hall at 8 o'clock to-night…

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Boxing Contest at Maclean McKENZIE Defeats Weight

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

At the Mechanics' Institute, Maclean, on Friday night last, the match between Scotty McKenzie, 10.6, of Scotland, and "Kid" Wright, 11 stone, of California,…

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Tennis Hopman Defeats Boussus. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 4

In the international lawn tennis matches to-day, Hopman beat Boussus. 6--3, 8--6; Borotra beat Patterson, 6--2, 6--3…

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Cricket. Willing Watson. Persistent Portors

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1928 · page 3

Jetty Cricket Club met and defeated Nana Glen No. 2 on the Jetty wicket on Saturday afternoon. A good deal of interest centred on this…

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Coursing Dogs Sixty for Durban. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

The steamer Medic which left Sydney to-day for South Africa carries sixty grey-hounds which will he used for mechanical hare coursing at Durban…

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Golf Crafton Club the Annual Meeting

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 7

Members of the Grafton Golf Club at tended in strong force at the annual meeting of the club, which was held at the Town Hall last evening. The president…

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Tennis Grafton City Club Night Tournament

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 6

The night tournament which was to have been conducted by the Grafton City Tennis Club on February 13, 14 and 15, but was postponed on account of rain and…

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ULTIMATUM N.S.W. To. Queensland English Rugby Tour. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 March 1928 · page 5

A meeting of the New South Wales Rugby League last night decided to inform the Queensland League that this State's continuance on the Australian…

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Football All Black Reserves

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 7

At a well attended meeting of the Pirate Reserves Football Club, held on Thursday last, it. was decided to change the name of the club In future the club…

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Boxing Cook Beats French Middleweight. Paris

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 7

In a ten rounds bout George Cook (Australia) outpointed Bouquillon, the French middles-eight, champion. HEENEY CHALLENGES TUNNEY…

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New Zealand Cricket. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 7

The Australian cricketers commenced a match at Hairton against a North Island eleven. The North Island in their first innings, scored 108,.runs for the loss of…

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Tin Hare Racing Reply to Political Attack. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 March 1928 · page 5

Greyhound racing promoters are preparing to fight the Parliamentary attack to the list ditch. A unique manifesto has been prepared by the defence committee…

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Golf Off!

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 2

Local golfers are lamenting the fact that King Paspalum has put all thoughts of the game out of their minds for the present. The golf ball…

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Cricket

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 3

In the event of either Coff's Harborr Union or the Bellingen District Association not being able to send a team to Dorrigo during the Easter, it is…

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Cascade Tennis Match

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 2

The first tennis match witnessed at Cascade was played between Megan Tennis Club and the Cascade Tennis Club on the private court of Mr. C…

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Motorist Fined. Echo of Boxing Dat Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 March 1928 · page 3

The motor smash on the GraftonCoffs Harbour road last Boxing Day, when Mr. Charles Henry, of Woolgoolga, was killed, was recalled in…

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Chatsworth Island Football Club

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 March 1928 · page 3

A well attended meeting of the, Chatsworth Island Football Club was held' on Monday night. The following officers were elected for coming season:--Patron,…

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