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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1929

1,348 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 18 of 68

Football. Jetty Defeats Kangaroos

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 2

Jetty and Kangaroos had another trial game on Saturday, on Top Town Park. The teams were evenly matched,although the final scores were 20…

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Tennis Grafton City Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 8

Ideal weather conditions favored the official opening of the Grafton City Club's courts, on Saturday last, when some 60 players were present, including many…

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Rugby League Annual Meeting of Delegates Mid-northern Association

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 7

The annual meeting of the Mid-Northern Rivers Rugby League Football Association took place at Bellingen during the week-end…

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Interstate Cricket Four-day Matches? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 April 1929 · page 7

A proposal to restrict play in Interstate cricket matches to tour days was discussed by the New South Wales Cricket Association, but no decision was arrived…

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Ulmarra Golf Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 1

A meeting of the committee of the Ulmarra Golf Club was held on Monday night, Mr. A. R. Atwill presiding. Invitations were received from the…

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Deer Vale Doings. Tennis

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 2

The annual meeting of Tree Fern Vale Tennis Club was held on the courts. Mr. W. G. Price was re-elected president and Mr. S. Harrigan was…

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Tennis Association. Annual Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 5

The annual meeting of the above was held in the Memorial Hall reading room on Wednesday evening. Delegates were present from North…

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ROWING Chatsworth Club Celebrating Successful Regatta the Rowers of Other Days

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 4

When the Chatsworth people set out to do anything they always do it well. This was evidenced at the banquet held by the Chatsworth Island Rowing Club on…

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L. C. Cricket Assn. Cowper Premiers

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 3

The cricket season on the Lower Clarence was brought to a close on Saturday last, and the Cowper Club have again proved themselves the premier club of…

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Football Notes. Last Saturday's Games Ulong v. DORRIGO

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 2

The above fixture provided good football on Saturday afternoon last. A goodly number of spectators turned up to witness hostilities…

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French Tennis Team Invitation to Visit Australia. Paris

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 5

M. Gallay, secretary of the International Federation of Lawn Tennis, has received Hawkes' invitation for a French team to go to Australia. The council will…

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Sunday Sport. Dorrigo Shire Council Against Football and Dancing

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 19 April 1929 · page 3

An application from the trustees of the Jetty recreation reserve to have football matches on the reserve on Sundays was turned down very…

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Coursing Rooty Hill Finals. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 6

The coursing meeting at Woodstock enclosure, Rooty Hill, concluded to-day. Following are the results of the deciding courses…

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Boxing Flyweight Championship. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 6

In the world's flyweight championship Frankie Genaro defeated the holder, Emil Plander, who was disqualified in the fifth round for hitting low…

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Tennis Teams for To-day

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 8

Ulmarra A. v. Sunnyside at Brushgrove: -- Messrs. Maxted, Ottaway, Penton Mesdames Maxted and Flanders. Ulmarra B. v. Lawrence at Ulmarra: --…

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League Football Alteration of Date of Fixtures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 April 1929 · page 6

Owing to the Northern Rivers Rugby League Football Association having fixtures at Grafton on April 27 and May 4, the Clarence River League has decided…

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Boxing Two New Zealanders Successful. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 4

At the Sydney stadium last night Charlie Purely, 10.3, of New Zealand, defeated Bobbie La Salle, 10.10½, of America, on points in fifteen rounds…

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Football. Competition Starts

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

The evenness of four teams in the Coffs-Orara league's competition was shown on Saturday, when the competition commenced. Jetty and…

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Boxing Forthcoming Bouts J. COSTA v. Roy Baker

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 7

With the Roy Baker v. Tracker Robinson contest still fresh in the minds of local boxing enthusiasts, it is satisfactory to learn that Mr. J. Godwin has…

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Tennis Imernationals Crawford and Hopman to Visit Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 4

At a special meeting of the committee of the Grafton City Tennis Club held last night preliminary arrangements were made for a visit of the international…

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