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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1938

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Veteran to Open Anniversary Cricket Survivor of First Test Team. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 7

The New South Wales Cricket Association to-night decided that its share of the net gate takings in the match between New Zealand and New South…

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Dubbo Swimming Pool

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 4

Dubbo's Olympic swimming pool, classed as the finest in Australia, is proving a magnet to people from all parts of the west. It is a remarkable…

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Ballina Regatta Clarence River Support

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

Splendid support has been received from Clarence River Clubs for the Ballina regatta on Anniversary Day, and it is expected that over 40 members of…

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Boxing Brilliant Victory Carroll Beats Jimmy Leto Palmer Outpoints Nicholls Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 1

Jack Carroll, 10.8 12, achieved one of the most brilliant victories in his career at the Sports Ground tonight when he convincingly defeated…

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Fine Weather Vicar Prayed For It Racing Duchess Wanted Rain She Walked Out of Church. London, January 1

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 2

The death this week at the age of 84, of the Rev. William Colville-Wallis, for over 40 years Vicar of St. Agnes, Newmarket, recalls the conflict he had some…

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Regatta Committee

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

The meeting of the Grafton and South Grafton Regatta Committee, which was to have been held last night, was postponed owing to the weather…

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Local and General Modern Golf House

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

Good progress is being made with the £5000 improvement scheme launched last year by Lismore Golf Club. The project includes the erection of a new…

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Cricket Association Meeting To-night

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

The monthly meeting of the Clarence River Cricket Association will be held in the Grafton Town Hall to-night at 7.30 o'clock. The business includes…

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Ipswich Races Postponed Owing to Rain. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

Ipswich races will be held on Monday. They were postponed owing to rain…

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Racing Cheetahs Greyhounds of the East Friendly and Graceful World's Fastest 4-Legged Animal

Daily Examiner · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 1

Cheetahs taken to England from Kenya in December, 1936, displayed their swiftness for the first time in public at the Romford Stadium on…

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Maclean Swimming Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 3

At a meeting of the committee of the Lower Clarence Swimming Club arrangements were finalised in connection with the staging of the annual…

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Bowls Carnival Postponed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

Steady rain last night and to-day caused the postponement of the Australian bowls carnival…

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BOXING McEVOY to Fight Palmer. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 2

The Olympia Sports Co. to-day sent a cable to Jock McEvoy, light-heavy-weight champion of the British Empire, agreeing to his demand for…

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Cricket Meeting Clarence River Assn. New First Grade Competition

Daily Examiner · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 6

The first meeting of the Clarence River Cricket Association for 1938 was held at the Grafton Town Hall last night…

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Tennis South Grafton Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 3

Owing to wet weather only one competition game in the night teams competition was played this week, viz., Blue Wrens defeated Jackson's by one…

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Anniversary Day Sports "Tralee" Picnic Races

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 3

Last year the sports organised at "Tralee," two mile peg, Woolgoolga road, South Grafton, attracted about a thousand people. This year the…

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Boxing Draw in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 1

Frank Covelli, who was making his first appearance in Australia, drew with Max Richards over 12 rounds, at the West Melbourne Stadium, last…

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Night Tennis Grafton City Club

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 1

Owing to unfavorable weather, no matches were played on the City Courts last week. Matches set down for that week will be played on a…

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Swimming Titles Women at Coogee Baths. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 1

Two State swimming titles were decided by women at the Coogee Aqarium Baths, on Saturday night, both being won by Empire Games…

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Lismore Races Anniversary Day Meeting

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 January 1938 · page 3

The Lismore Jockey Club will held its Anniversary Day meeting on Wednesday next. The fixture is one of the most important in the facing calendar…

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