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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1940

1,198 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 26 of 60

Maclean Bowls

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 1

In a match played on the Maclean green on Saturday a team, captained by W. Cliff, defeated by 24 to 22 a team skipped by M. Stewart…

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Lower Clarence Tennis

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 3

In the Want's versus Tyndale match played at Maclean on Saturday last, Want's, with 10 sets, 60 games, defeated Tyndale no sets, 31 games…

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BOXING McNAMEE Depeats Zorrita. Newcastle

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 1

Jack McMarnee, 11.0, was given a points decision over Leon Zorrita, 10.7 colored American, at the Stadium last night…

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Grafton Bowls Comments on Saturday's Pennant Play

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 1

The games at the Grafton green for the fast matches in the first round proved most interesting. Grafton No. 2 team met Yamba and…

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Junior Football Wanderers Win Challenge Cup

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 1

The South Grafton Wanderers, after a hard fought game, won the Upper Rugby League Challenge Cup by defeating the Grafton All Blacks at Ellis…

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S. Grafton Races Nominations Due To-day

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 6

A final reminder to owners and gainers that entries for the South Grafton Jockey Club races at Grafton next Saturday will be received to-day…

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BOWLS Clarence River Pennant Marrow Margins at Grafton South Win Easily

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 1

The first round of the Clarence River District Bowling Association's pennant competition was completed on Saturday and three teams,…

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Flying Fists Rough Finale To Football Match Wanderers Defeat Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 1

At Ellis Park, South Grafton, yesterday, South Grafton Wanderers delighted a crowd of well over 500 with a brilliant display of football when they…

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L.c. Golf Win for A. V. Day and Mrs. N. Kibble

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 3

A Sta[?] par was the order of the day with the members of the Lower Clarence Golf Club on Saturday afternoon. In perfect autumn weather…

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GOLF Grafton Club Roy Clark Wins Bisque Handicap Ted Schaeffer and Jack O'brien Again Win Four-ball

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 May 1940 · page 3

In contrast to the drought-stricken fairways of the metropolis, the verdant beauty of the Grafton fairways Inspired Sydeman Roy Clark to noble…

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Coffs Golf Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 3

On Sunday fourteeu members of Coffs Golf Club formed a working bee aiid did excellent work on the newlinks. They picked up many sticks…

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Coefs Needs Bowls and Croquet

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 2

A Schoolboy, writes:— This letter is not an attempt to enter the Held for the cause Mr. Barnaby Rudge has so well…

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Trotting Races Postponed Owning to Rain. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 6

Owing to wet weather the trotting races which were to have been run at Harold Park to-day were postponed until to-morrow. Should to-morrow be…

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L.c. Golf C. W. King and Mrs. C. W. King

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 6

Over the week-end the schedule stroke competition was held by the Lower Clarence Golf Club in conjunction with the first "monthly mug"…

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S. Grafton Races Entries For Saturday Forty-eight Nominations

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 May 1940 · page 6

Forty-eight nominations were received yesterday for the South Grafton J. C. races at Grafton on Saturday next Horses from costal centres from…

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Racing Pigeon

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 4

Our Nymboida correspondent writes:- A racing pigeon landed at the power station and is being looked after by Mr. N. Clark. The…

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Sunday Football

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 1

Sir, The majority of the aldermen of the South Grafton Council are to be congratulated on the democratic view they took in allowing a referendum to…

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Boxing Unpopular Verdict. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 3

After three drawn contests, Ern Clingham, 11.10, was awarded an unpopular verdict over Joe Delaney, 11.3, of Newcastle in a twelve-rounds…

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Greyhound Racing Grafton Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 3

The usual weekly trials will be conducted by the Graf top Greyhound Racing Club to-night when nominations will be accepted for the meeting next…

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Cricket Club Social

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 May 1940 · page 4

At a social conducted by the Waratab Women's Cricket Club at Alumny Creek last week, Mr. P. Gray won an open order, and Miss D. Sehonbein a…

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