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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1931

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Boxing Featherweight Championship. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

Bobbie Blay, of Australia, outpointed Johnny Leckie, former featherweight champion of New Zealand, in fifteen rounds…

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Lawn Tennis Newcastle Country Champions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 4

Newcastle No. 1 team won the final of the men's teams 'matches in the country tennis carnival to-day, defeating Tamworth, holders of the teams championship,…

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Overdoing It? Mid-week Racing Fixtures. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

When racing commences under A.J.C. rules by the newly formed Richmond Club there will be provincial meetings on 48 Tuesdays each year, as Richmond,…

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Tennis Stars May Visit Australia. New York

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

The "Sun" says it has learned from an official of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association that the French tennis star, Henri Cochet, is expected to join Tilden,…

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Midget Golf Sunday Play Illegal in Victoria. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

Mr. Kelly, P.M., held to-day that Sunday play on miniature golf links is illegal, and the proprietors of two courses were each fined £2…

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Sporting Cessnock Races Anniversary Meeting Abandoned. Cessnock

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 1

As a result of the ten per cent. tax on winning bets and general depression, Cessnock Jockey club has decided to abandon its fixtures set down for January…

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Swimming Club

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 4

The Grafton .Swimming Club, which has been revived, will hold a meeting tonight. It is intended to organise further racing and also to select a team of…

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Boxing World Heavyweight Title. New York

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

Contracts for the heavyweight title light between Max Schmelling and Young Stribling were signed to-day. The contracts do not specify cither the place or date, but…

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Football Star Out for Two Months. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

Gallagher, Chelsea's Scottish international centre forward, has been suspended for two months for using bad language to the referee, during a match on…

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Sporting Roseblry Races Pony Meeting Postponed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

Rosebery pony meeting, which was fixed for to-day, has been postponed until Monday next, owing to rain…

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Swimming Club Team for Ambulance Carnival

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

A meeting of the Grafton Swimming Club was held at the New State rooms last night. Mr. W. R. Weiley presided over a good attendance of members. The…

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Ambulance Swimming Carnival Attractive Programme Arranged

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

A meeting of Swimming Club members and sympathisers was held at the Ambulance Station, on Wednesday night, there being present: Messrs. W. R. Weiley,…

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Miniature Notes. On Miniature Golf

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

Now that we are sober again, we take up our trusty typewriter to continue these notes where we left off. As you know, the management of…

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CRICKET. Hillier Cup Competition

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 3

The concluding round of the Hillier Cup Inter-Association competition is to be played to-morrow, when Coffs Harbour meet Bellingen at Bellingen…

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CRICKET. Orara River Competition

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

In the competition match last Saturday between Nana Glen and Bagawa, Nana Glen batted first and scored 71. Bagawa declared with 4 for 153,…

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Country Week Cricket. North Coast Team's Matches

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 2

The North Coast team participating in Country Week cricket in Sydney this week has not done anything brilliant. Possibly the strangeness of the…

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Boxing Billy Grime Beaten. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 6

Billy Grime, former triple champion of Australia, attempted a comeback, at the Leichhardt Stadium to-night, when he boxed Tommy Fielding, of America,…

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Rugby Game in France Charge of Manslaughter. Paris

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 5

While the Bordeaux Court is considering its judgment in the Fernand Taillantou case, in which the latter is facing a charge of manslaughter of Michael Pradie,…

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Lawn Tennis Grading of Women Players. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1931 · page 2

The New South Wales lawn tennis selectors have announced the following grading of women players, on the form shown during 1930:--Mrs. Cozens 1, Miss L…

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Bowls Grafton Bowling Club Woolnough and Schaeffer Rink Competition

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 January 1931 · page 1

Three games in the Woolnough-Schaeffer rink competition were played on the Grafton Bowling Green on Saturday. J. Strauss' team defeated W. J. Strauss'…

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