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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1938

1,829 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 92

Greyhound Racing Grafton Club's Meeting Divisions for Saturday Night

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 3

The Grafton Greyhound Racing Club will hold the usual weekly mechanical have meeting on Saturday night. This will be the final night of the Hansford…

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Golf Miss Crago Wins at Moss Vale Moss Vale

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

Miss B. Crago to-day won the 36 holes scratch golf event with an aggregate of 159. Miss M. McLeich also finished with…

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Grafton Golf Club Annual Meeting Election of Officers Subscriptions Include Green Fees

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 6

The Grafton Town Hall was filled to its capacity when the Grafton Golf Club held their annual meeting, which was attended by over 50…

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Post Positions Hour Before Races A.J.C. Decision New Role on Scratching Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 3

Although the Australian Jockey Club Committee has declined to follow the practice of the Victorian racing clubs in announcing barrier positions at the…

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Bon Mint. Coursing Dog Missing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 3

Bon Mint. winner of the Waterloo Cup, Queensland's greatest open coursing classic, and in training for the Rooty Hill Cup, one of the richest…

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Bank Sports Bowls Section Commenced

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 4

The bowls section of the Clarence River Bank Officers' Sports and Social Club competition commenceed on Thursday, at the Grafton bowling…

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Greyhound Racing To-night's Meeting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 3

The Grafton Greyhound Racing Club has framed another excellent programme for decision to-night. All of the eight events are well filled and…

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Night Tennis Competition. Commercials Beat L'estrange's

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 7

In the Grafton City Tennis Club's night teams A grade competition on City Courts on Thursday night, Commercials (scr.) defeated L'Estrangs's (scr.) by…

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TENNIS Coff's Harbor Jetty Club Annual Meeting. Goff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the Coff's Harbor Jetty Tennis Club held on Tuesday night, Mr. H. Taylor, who has occupied the position of club secretary…

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Glenreagh Swimming Pool Euchre Party

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 8

Organised for the benefit of defraying expenses in repairing the swimming pool lights, which suffered damage through the recent heavy floods, a…

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Bank Officers' Shield Bowls Competition

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 2

In the Clarence River Bank Officers' Sports and Social Club Shield competition, the second round of the bowls was played at the bowling green on…

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Scotland Beats Ireland at Rugby. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6

Scotland meat Ireland 23-14, in a Rugby football match at Edinburgh…

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GOLF Grafton Associates Farewell to Mrs. J. N. WEBBER

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 1

The Grafton Golf Clubhouse looked very gay on Saturday afternoon on the occasion of the farewell to Mrs. Webber by the associates. The tables were…

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Sydney Cricket Randwick Now Leading. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6

R. James (Paddington) top-scored in the grade cricket competition on Saturday with 97, and K. Johns (Western Suburbs) took the bowling honors…

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A.J.C. Races Warwick Farm or Randwick? Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6

The Minister in Charge of the Celebrations, Mr. Dunningham, on Saturday notified the A.J.C. of the committee's objection to the club's…

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Crowd Hostile Disagree With Judges' Placing Grafton Greyhound Races Ned Again Brilliant

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 1

There was a hostile demonstration by a section of the crowd at the Grafton greyhound racing on Saturday night against the placing by…

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L.C. CRICKET Alex Elder 8 For 31 Palmer's Island v. MACLEAN

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 3

With four wickets down for 181 runs, Palmer's Island closed their innings and sent Maclean to the wickets where at the end of the first day's…

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Amberspear Tatt's Hdcp. Winner Races At Brisbane Jimmie Corban and Plain Grey Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6

Jimmie Corban, starting equal favorite with Bobby Boy, won the Twoyear-old Handicap at Tattersall's Club meeting at Ascot this afternoon…

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Remarkable Bowling by J. Ford Takes 14 Wickets for 30 RUNS Colts Almost Beaten Outright E. NOONAN (1157) Again Bowls Well Coutts' Crossing Run Grafton Close

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 3

An astonishing display of brilliant bowling was given by J. Ford (South Grafton) against Colts in the Clarence River Cricket Association first grade fixtures on Saturday when the third set of matches was concluded. Ford captured 14 wickets for 30 runs during the afternoon, his total…

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Athletic Records Three Broken in U.S.A. New York

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 February 1938 · page 6

Three world's records were broken at the Amateur Athletic Union meeting Cunningham ran 3mins. 48 2-5secs. for 1500 metres; James Herbert took 1min…

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