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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1929

1,348 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 68

Cricket. Hillier Cup

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

Cricket has been very slack here lately. Last Saturday Bowraville Association team did not turn up at Coffs for the Hi[?]er Cup match and…

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Menangle Park Races to Be Held To-day. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 1

Menangle Park races, which were to have been held to-day, have been postponed until to-morrow…

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Annual Meeting Grafton Golf Club MR. F. M. V. Earle Again President Suggestions for Coming Season

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Grafton Golf Club was held at the Town Hall, Grafton, last night, Mr. F. M. V. Earle (president), presiding. Apologies for non-attendance…

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North Dorrigo Athletic Association

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

At a special meeting of the local Athletic Sports Club tile advisability of assisting outside bodies was discussed. It was pointed out that the…

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Speedway To-day's Events Thirty Races in All

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 8

The Speedway this afternoon should provide excitement and thrills. There will be 30 races, including the heats, and some good times are assured. The riders…

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Boxing Kid Johnston Knocked Out. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 2

Jack Roberts, 9.4. of Newcastle, knocked out Kid Johnston. 9.3. of the Philippines, in the first round, at Sydney Stadium last night…

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Baths — Regatta — Farewell. a Trinity of Subjects. Dealt with at Public Meeting

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 2

Called ostensibly to leal with the question of improvements of the local baths, the Mayor oh Thursday evening presided over a public meeting that…

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Cricket Chatter. South Aus. v. QUEENSLAND

The Clarence River Advocate · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 2

In the Shield match at Brisbane, South Australia scored 185, to which Queensland responded with 18S: In their second innings South' Australia lost…

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Football League Code Meeting of Players

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 2

A meeting of footballers is advertised in this issue, to take place on Tuesday, March 5. The object of the meeting is to give followers of the League code an…

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Teachers' Cricket Tour Tasmania and Victoria

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 2

The secretary of the Clarence River Cricket Association has received the following clipping from Mr. L. Rose, at one time a prominent cricketer of these parts,…

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Football Union or League? Use of McKITTRICK PARK

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 February 1929 · page 4

The South Grafton Municipal Council last evening received deputations of representatives of both the League and Union code of Rugby football in…

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Tennis Night Tournament

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 2

The Grafton City Tennis Club will stage the postponed night tournament on the City Courts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 5, 6 and 7. Entries for…

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SWIMMING 100 Yards Professional Championship. Adelaide

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 7

J. Bailey, of Sydney, won the 100 yards professional swimming championship at the Adelaide baths last night in 60 1-5 seconds…

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Bowls Grafton Club Matches President's Pairs Competition

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 2

W. T. Robinson and G. Walshain (8) v. J. Alderd[?]ce and F. Hughes (14). -- Playing in the President's Pairs competition, the first-mentioned combination…

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FOOTBALL Use Of McKittrick Park Union or League Deputation to South Grafton Council

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 8

The South Grafton Muncipal Council at their meeting on Monday night devoted considerable time to the question of the granting of McKittrick Park for matches…

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BARRACKING Our Cricket Crowds "It's in the Blood" English Critic's Impressions. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 February 1929 · page 5

The "Athletic News" devotes its front, page to its special English correspondent's article on barracking in Australia, which sums up that there…

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Cricket Brushgrove Married V. Single

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 2

As Brushgrove Club are due for a bye on Saturday, the final "test" between the married men and the colts will take place. These teams have won two…

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Farewell to Mr, and Mrs, D, P. Pountney Maclean Golf Club Presentation

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 February 1929 · page 2

The house and grounds of Mr. and Mrs. G.. C. Wray, of Harwood mill, presented a very gay appearance on Thursday night last, when about 50 members of the…

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Boxing Keelan v. SAUNDERS

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 7

Keen interest is being evinced in the middleweight boxing contest between Harry Saunders (Western Australia), and Jim Keelan (Grafton), which is to be…

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Cycling Senior and Junior Races

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 4

The first senior race that has been held at South Grafton for some time will be fun off to-morrow afternoon. It will be run soon after the junior event. which…

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