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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1929

1,348 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 68

Local and General. Catholic Tennis Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 3

Coffs Catholic Tennis Club has been re-formed for the coming season. Mr. J. Gralton was elected president, Mr. W. J. Clear secretary and Mr…

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Football. Jetty Second-grade Club Reformed

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 6

A largely attended meeting at Hall's refreshment rooms decided to re-form the Jetty second-grade football club for the coming season…

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School Cricket. Coffs Harbour V. BELLINGEN

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

Coffs Harbour District School boys went to Bellingen on Wednesday and defeated Bellingen school team by 62 runs to 57 in a one innings match…

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Cricket. Coffs Harbour V. Lower Bucca

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 3

A Lower Bucca team came in and played Coffs Harbour on Sunday. Coffs won by six wickets, but the remaining batsmen continued on and…

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Coff's Harbor Coff's Harbor School Cricket Team

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 2

Coff's Harbor District School cricket team journeyed to Bellingen on Wednesday by motor bus and played a match against the Bellingen School. There were…

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70 Miles Per Hour Racing Boat's Speed Test. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 March 1929 · page 5

Major Segrave's racing boat Miss England, in which an attempt will he made to heat the speed record on water, underwent her second test on Halifax River…

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Boxing Saunders Beaten Good Preliminary Bouts

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 7

The boxing contest, promoted by Mr. J. Godwin, at the Saraton Theatre last night, attracted a large crowd. Several excellent bouts were witnessed. The…

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South Grafton Races Entries Close on

Daily Examiner · Saturday 2 March 1929 · page 7

South Grafton J.C. will hold a race meeting, on Saturday next. March 9 Horse owners and trainers are reminded that, nominations for this fixture are due…

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Boxing To-night's Contests

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

The boxing tournament, to be staged at the Saraton Theatre to-night, promises to be quite as exciting as Friday's Exhibition. The theatre, by all accounts,…

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Bowls Grafton Club Matches Championship Contest

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 1

Duncan,v. Zuber. --In the third round of the club championship (31 up), J. Duncan defeated J. Zuber on the 36th end by 31 to 23. Only singles were counted by either…

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South Grafton Races Entires Due To-day

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 1

Entries for the South Grafton J. C. meeting on Saturday next are due at 5 p. m. to-day. The course is reported to be in…

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Blackest Page in International Cricket London

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

The scenes in Melbourne were blazoned on posters and on the front pages of the evening papers, in sensational headlines. Reuter's correspondent, cabling from…

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M. Lenglen Dead Father of Tennis Star. Paris

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

The death is reported from Nice of the father of Suzanne Lenglen, whose early teaching made his daughter woman champion tennis player of the world…

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BOXING Maloney Beats Heeney Points Decision Big Bout at Boston. Boston

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

Maloney beat Tom Heeney on points, in a 10 rounds bout, in the heavyweight elimination contest. The largest crowd that ever attended an…

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Only a Rumor Smash at Races --Jockey Killed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 4

That there had been a big smash at Hawkeshbury races, and that Jockey M. McCarten had been killed, was the rumor, circulated at Ascot pony races yesterday…

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Not Cricket Unmerciful Barracking Larwood the Victim English Team Counted Out Unprecedented Incident at Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

An incident unprecedented in first -class cricket in Australia, occurred during the match between England and Victoria, at the Cricket Ground…

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Boxing Amateur Tournament an Entertaining Programme

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 6

A fair crowd of enthusiasts attended the amateur boxing tournament, staged in support of Mr. T. Sellers' candidature (Sports' candidate in the Ambulance…

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Racing Motorist Killed. Perth

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 1

While riding at the Speedway at Claremont, W. Mulligan fell from a motor cycle which collided machine, and was killed…

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Betting at Dog Races. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 2

At Redfern court to-day, the case in which Eric Joseph Kirkton, bookmaker, who was charged with betting on live hares, was resumed…

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Football Grounds for the Season Union and League Matches

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 March 1929 · page 6

Like the South Grafton Council the Grafton City Council was last night faced [?] necessity of deciding between Rugby League and the Rugby…

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