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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1928

1,389 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 70

Football All Blacks Arrive in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 2

Members of the All Blacks football team arrived in Sydney from Wellington to-day on their way to South Africa,…

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Golf Grafton Club's Opening Day

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 2

Members and associates of Grafton South Grafton and Maclean Clubs are reminded that the Grafton Club's opening day is next Saturday, when mixed four…

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Boxing Tunney-heeney Bout. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 4

Tex Rickard announced to-day that the prospect of staging the Tunney-Heeney bout in London is remote. It is likely that the fight will take place at New…

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Brushgrove Football Club Annual Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Brushgrove Football Club, in Sweeney's rooms, Mr. John Lattimore presided over a good attendance of members and followers…

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To Tour Australia Rugby League Flayers for "Down Under."

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 2

Jeff Moores, the Leeds and Queensland fly-half, in the following article discusses the players selected for the coming Rugby League tour…

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TENNIS N.S.W. Association Profits International and Championship Matches. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 3

A profit of £3800 on the France versus Australia tennis matches and a further Profit of £2445 on the Australian championship in which the French champions…

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City Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 7

The gents doubles night tournament has been postponed to Monday and Tuesday night next week. A mixed doubles night tournament is to be held on May…

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League Football Saturday's Matches

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 7

Mr. C. T. Mackney, secretary of the Clarence River Rugby Football league, yesterday made inquiries as to the state of the ground after the recent heavy…

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Rugby Football Coming English Team Leave by Cathay. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

The Rugby League payers will embark by the Cathay to-morrow. They are confident of doing equal as well as any previous touring side…

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Pennant Bowls Competitions

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 4

"Bowling Life" (Sydney) says:-- "Those jaundiced scribes who determined at the outset that they would see no virtue whatever in the Keesing system of…

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City Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

The doubles night tournament will be hold on Monday and Tuesday nights. Owing to the postponement there will probably be a rearrangement of the…

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Goat Racing Appeal Dismissed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 3

Judge Edwards, in the Quarter Sessions Appeal Court on Tuesday, upheld the decision of Mr. Longfield, S.M., who, at the Central Police Court on February 9, fined…

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Golf Grafton Club's Opening Day

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

A South Grafton members and associates are requested to catch the 1.45 ferry to Grafton to-day. Grafton have made all arrangements for the…

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BOXING McKENZIE-COOTE Contest. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

At the Mechanics' Institute tonight, Scotty McKenzie in a fifteen rounds contest was given the decision on points over Digger Coote. Captain W. Paul was the…

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Football League Code. Matches Postponed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 7

Owing to the dislocation of punt traffic arrangements, the executive of the Clarence River Rugby Football League has postponed all fixtures for today…

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Bowls

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 3

There was a good attendance at the Grafton Bowling Green on Saturday, it being the first day of the week on which play was possible. Even then the bowlers…

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Swimming Easy Win for Charlton. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 3

Andrew Charlton easily won the 220 yards race at Melbourne swimming carnival last nighty, in 2.14 2-5secs…

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Rugby League First Grade Competition. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 3

Metropolitan first grade Rugby league football commenced yesterday in fine weather. Results:-- Eastern Suburbs 18 (Fitzpatrick 2,…

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Head of River Shore's Great Victories Hat Trick at G.P.S. Regatta. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 April 1928 · page 3

Shore scored some notable victories in the Great Public Schools regatta on the Parramatta River. All three events, the eights, first…

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Football. JETTY V. CORAMBA

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1928 · page 2

Jetty and Coramba met at Coramba in a trial match on Saturday afternoon. The ground was wet and heavy. Coramba won by 5 to 3. A…

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