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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1929

1,348 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 68

Play Football in Bare Feet

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 March 1929 · page 4

The Palm Island footballers, who will meet Brisbane at Rugby League football at the Exhibition Grounds, on Easter Saturday and Monday, will play in bare…

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Interstate Bowls. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 2

The Victorian bowlers defeated New South Wales on the Middle Park green yesterday, by 105 to 85…

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Swimming Arne Borg Defeated. Honolulu

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 2

Clarence Crabbe champion American swimmer, defeated Arne Borg in the 400 metres free-style race by 12 yards…

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Bowls Grafton Club Matches Walsham W. J. Strauss Trophy

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 4

An the Grafton bowling green on Saturday the final game in connection with the Walsham W. J. Strauss rink trophy competitions, the conditions of…

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Boxing Leckie Beats Grime Police Stop the Fight. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 April 1929 · page 4

Billy Grime, formerly Ausralian triple champion, was badly battered by the New Zealander, Johnny Leckie, at the Sydney stadium last night, and the end came…

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Maclean Regatta Harwood Successful Grafton Crews Fail

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 1

Racing of a particularly high standard was witnessed at the Maclean Easter Regatta, which took place yesterday. All of the events attracted good entries and…

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Lower Clarence Tennis Association

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 4

The adjourned annual meeting of the Lower Clarence Tennis Association is to be held at the Water Brigade Hall at 8 o'clock to-morrow night. Applications…

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Lismore Tennis Carnival . Rain Stops Play. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 April 1929 · page 5

Rain prevented play in the Lismore Club's Easter tennis carnival to-day, and Grafton (men's teams finalists) left this morning, with the expressed intention of…

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Tennis Lower Clarence Association

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 1

The attention of Lower Clarence Tennis Clubs is drawn to the advertisement appearing in another column of this paper, of the adjourned annual meeting of the…

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News of the World Tennis Player's Eyes at Fault. Nice

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 5

Doctors have forbidden Miss Aussem, the German lady tennis player, further tenuis owing to eye trouble. She is returning to Germany for a serious…

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World's Best Australia's Average Lacking in Top-notchers Suggested Exchange of Tennis Tours. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 April 1929 · page 5

"Australia is the world's best tennis country on the average of the first fifty players," said Gregory, who has just returned from a world tour, paying a tribute…

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Maclean Regatta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 4

The weight of the sheep killed on Easter Monday in connection with the Maclean regatta was 53½lbs, and the winners were J. Jobson, J. McMahon…

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Chatsworth Regatta Good Prospects

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 4

Given fine weather the regatta, to be held at Chatsworth on Saturday next promises to be a great success. The programme is all that can be desired and…

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League Football Alteration of Fixtures

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 6

The secretary of the Clarence River Rugby Football League last night reported that it had been found necessary to alter the fixtures for Saturday. The…

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Melbourne Horses Win Important Races Wet Day at Randwick Parkwood, Mollison and Strephon. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 4 April 1929 · page 5

Steady, soaking rain, which commenced shortly after midnight and continued unceasingly throughout to-day, made the Randwick racecourse a…

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Chatsworth Regatta Handicaps for

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

The following are the handicaps for the various events to be contested at the Chatsworth Regatta, which is to be held at Chatsworth to-morrow:--…

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Rugby League (Notes by "Critic.")

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 2

Although the alteration of the fixtures inconvenience Players to some extent, the fact of there being two first grade matches on Fisher Park on…

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Tennis Grafton City Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 3

Owing to the absence of a number of local players, who are competing at Lismore annual tournaments the opening day of the Grafton City Club has been…

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Lismore Tennis Tournament. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 4

The Tennis Club annual tournament recommences at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday next. The Grafton men will meet Thistledome in the final men's teams…

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Football Notes. ULONG v. DORRIGO

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 April 1929 · page 5

Arrangements have been made for [?] match between Ulong and Dorrigo on the Dorrigo recreation ground tomorrow. At a meeting of the…

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