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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1929

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Jetty Cricket Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

Team to meet Orara to-morrow at Oraia. Lorry will leave Hall's at 12.45 p.m. sharp. Players are specially requested to be punctual:—C…

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Bowls Lismore Club's Annual Meeting. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 3

At the annual, meeting of the Lismore Bowling Club to-night it was disclosed that the club finished the year with sixty members and a credit balance of £110. Mr…

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Cricket. DORRIGO v. North Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 11 January 1929 · page 2

The above match was Commenced on the Dorrigo ground last Saturday. The visitors had first knock and compiled 99, 0f which Single, who played…

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Bowls Grafton Club Championship

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 4

C. Strauss v. A. W. J. Chant. This game, in the second round of the club championship, was played on the Grafton Bowling Green yesterday afternoon, and…

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Tennis Country Week Carnival Preliminary and First Knock-out Rounds. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 12 January 1929 · page 8

On the completion of the preliminary rounds in the men's teams' matches at the country tennis carnival, the following sixteen teams qualified for the knock-out…

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Boxing Referees Stop Contests. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 1

At the Sydney Stadium last night Willie Smith (8.10), of South Africa, defeated Archie Cowan (8.4), of Australia, on a technical knock-out in the eighth…

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Golf Los Angeles Championship. Los Angeles

Daily Examiner · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 1

In the Los Angeles £2000 golf championship, in the qualifying round, Armour was first with 135 and Hagen 20th with 151. Kirkwood (Australia) failed to…

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Military Boxing Tournament

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

Considerable interest is being displayed in the forthcoming military boxing tournament, entries in all divisions being rather numerous. If one may judge by the…

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Swimming the Grafton Club Preparing for Championships

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

A meeting of the Grafton Swimming Club will be held at Plummer's rooms to-night. The object of the meeting is to draw u[?]a programme and…

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Cricket Southgate v. GRAFTON

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 6

At Southgate on Saturday the Grafton team sustained its first defeat, the home side being successful by 111 runs. Southgate put up the good score of 214…

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Cricket. Coffs Harbour V. CORAMBA

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 2

Coffs Harbour had a first innings win against Coramba at Coffs on Saturday. The scoring was small on both sides, and there were some good…

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Swimming Grafton Club Presentation of Trophies To-night

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 1

There was a large and enthusiastic meeting of the members of the Grafton Swimming Club last night. It was decided that the club's annual championship…

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Bowls Standardisation

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 6

The secretary of the New South Wales Bowling Association has been notified that the next annual meeting of the tralian Bowling Council will be held in…

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Coursing Sensation Allegations Against Slipper Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the National Coursing Club a delegate announced, that one of the State's leading slippers had approached him for a loan of £10,…

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Please Explain Bendigo Cricket Umpire. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 5

Bendigo Cricket Association is asking Umpire Pearce to explain his action in catching Jardine during the English team's match against Bendigo…

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Cricket. Jetty Defeats Orara

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 2

Last Saturday the fourth round of the competition was entered upon. Jetty team journeyed to Orara. The meeting of these two teams is always…

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Jetty Cricket Club. MARRIED V. COLTS

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 3

Again the married men showed their superiority over the colts in a match on the Jetty ground on Sunday. The game was played in truly…

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Helen Wills Tennis Star Engaged. San Francisco

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

The engagement of Helen Wills, tennis champion, to Frederick Moody, junior, who is a stockbroker and former seaman, of San Francisco, is announced. It is…

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Bettington to Play in Shield Cricket Victoria Agreeable. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 7

It is apparently the intention of the New South Wales cricket selectors to play Bettington in the Sheffield Shield match against Victoria, commencing on January…

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Lawrence Proposed Golf Club

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 7

The district is passing through a very hot and dry period and rain is very badly needed. Storms have fallen practically all round this district, but…

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