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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1940

1,198 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 60

Ladies at Bowls Kyogle Team At Yamba Visitors Win Keen Game. Yamba

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 2

A team representing the Kyogle Ladies Bowling Club visited Yamba yesterday and after a tense struggle defeated the Yamba ladies by 97…

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BOWLS Grafton Bowling Club District Pairs

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

Playing in the district pairs championship on the Grafton bowling green on Saturday, J. Wilson and T., Bullough (capt), after a keenly contested game,…

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Boxing Kimber Knocks Out Negus. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 3

Al Kimber, 9.12½. of Sydney, knocked out Wyn Negus, 10.2½, in the eighth round of a twelve-round bout at Melbourne Stadium last night. It was the…

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Yamba Bowls Clarence River Pennant. Yamba

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

Yamba again successfully withstood a challenge from the Maclean Club today for the possession of the Clarence River pennant. The Maclean Club…

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TENNIS Grafton City Club Opening Day of Season

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

Saturday last was the opening day for the 1940 tennis season at the Grafton City Club, when an invitation was extended to all players to atend the…

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V. McGRATH Three Tennis Titles. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

V. McGrath won three tennis championships at Killara yesterday, singles, doubles with D. Thompson, and mixed doubles with Miss Hartigan…

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Women's" Cricket Ulmarra Beat Waratah E. Legge's Half-century

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 1

Ulmarra defeated Waratahs by 60 runs in the Women's Cricket Association's competition on Saturday. The outstanding batswoman was E. Legge,…

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L.C. CRICKET First Grade YAMBA v. Chatsworth. Yamba

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 6

The match between Yamba and Chatsworth, who are the leading teams in the Lower Llarence first grade competition, caused considerable interest…

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75 M.P.H. Blow Cyclone in North Towns Racing Disaster Flood Rains Falling Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 5

A cyclone of terrific force struck the coastline between Cairns and Townsville early this morning. Card well apparently was the centre of…

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Athletics World Record by Walker. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 February 1940 · page 3

Athol Stubbs broke his own world record by 24-5secs., in winning the State mile walk championship at. the Sports Ground this afternoon, in…

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Bright Cricket Woolgoolga v. Jetty

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 3

Bright cricket was witnessed at Woolgoolga on Saturday in the competition match between Woolgoolga and Jetty. During the afternoon just…

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Swimming Baths River Or Pool? Council Discussion Last Night's Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 3

Referring to the report of the consulting engineer dealt with with at the meeting of the Grafton City Council on the matter of swimming…

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English Bride Learns Chinese Famous Tennis Plater's Romance. London, January 20

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 3

Miss Jan Katherine Gordon baltour, of Bayswater, London, who this week married Mr. Kho Sin Kie, the famous Chinese lawn tennis star, who played…

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CRICKET N.S.W. Versus The Rest Match From March 8 TO 12. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 5

A match between New South Wales, winners of the Sheffield Shield, and the rest of the States will be played at Sydney Cricket Ground from March [?]…

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Regatta Committee Weekly Meeting Arrangements for Coming Regatta

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 6

A meeting of the Grafton and South Grafton Regatta Committee was held at the club shed last night. Mr. E. Ellem occupied the chair in the…

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Tennis St. Andrew's Presbyterian ' Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 6

The opening day of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Tennis Club this year will be on Saturday next, February 24. The courts are in excellent condition…

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Maclean Bowls Singles Championship

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 6

The members of the Maclean Bowling Club played a round of the singles championship over the week-end, resulting in wins for F. Phillips, who…

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Maclean Regatta Race For Ex-Students Rowing Club Meets. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 6

The programme for the Easter regatta was presented to meeting of the Maclean Rowing Club Committee presided over by Mr. J. Kelly…

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Dorrigo Cricket Maynard's Plain Defeated Bostobrick and North Draw

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 6

Although Maynard's Plain was defeated on the first innings by Dorrigo, on Saturday last, it retained its lead in the points score from its nearest…

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Swimming Club To-night's Racing

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 6

The Grafton swimming club has quite a big programme set down for decision to-night. In addition to the ordinary handicaps and diving…

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