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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1941

899 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 45

Rugby League Waratahs to Play Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

Football for the coming season has bright prospects. Although Waratahs have lost a number of their best players through enlistments, they will be…

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TENNIS Edwards And Kirkby Young Stars for Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

Billy Edwards and Noel Kirkby, of Sydney, will be the star players of the North Coast tennis championships, which will be conducted by the…

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V.P. Races Postponed Until Monday. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

Victoria Park race meeting, which was to have been held to-day, has been postponed until next Monday. Heavy rain which fell throughout the night…

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Football

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 5

The Main Roads team played a return match against Dorrigo on Sunday last, but were no match for the locals who ran out winners to the…

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Near Tragedy at Dorrigo Golf Links

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 2

There was some excitement at the local golf course on Sunday when Messrs. H. Bailey, V. Chevalley and D. Wilson were playing the 8th, and…

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Visiting Dogs For Grafton Greyhound Races Fields for To-morrow Night

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

Ten races containing good, even fields, and including a top-class event, will comprise the programme of the Grafton Greyhound Racing for…

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Grafton Golf Club Year's Surplus To Patriotic Funds North Coast Championships Here in June

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

The Grafton Golf Club's announcement that any surplus for this year's activities is to be donated to the C.R. Patriotic Fund is a very fine gesture, and one that will be…

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Golf Grafton Associates

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

On Wednesday the Grafton associates held an 18 holes stroke competition. This was won by Mrs. R. A. Dougherty with a 71 nett Mrs. S. Hoffman was runner-up with 76 nett…

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Bowls South Grafton Handicap

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

Members of the South Grafton Bowling Club are reminded that nominations for the Wilding Consistency Handicap should be handed to the secretary not later than…

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Football Wanderers V. Maclean

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

The match, Wanderers v. Maclean, to be played at Maclean this afternoon should be worth going a long way to see. Maclean met Wanderers at South Grafton and…

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Champions Clash To-night's Greyhound Racing Grafton Meeting

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

With champions again clashing in the First Division of the Grafton hound Racing. Club's weekly meeting to-night, it is anticipated that last…

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C.r.j.c. Races Entries Due on

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

The Clarence River Jockey Club will hold its first patriotic race meeting on Saturday May 24. and entries for all events will be received at the club's office up to 5 p.m. on…

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Casino Races Horses From Grafton? Richmond Stood Out of Feeding Scheme

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

The suggestion from Casino that horses which are under the feeding subsidy scheme at Grafton will be permitted to leave Grafton and race at Casino in June is…

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Belisha Best for Grafton First Of Season's Fixtures South Grafton J.C. Races Today

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 3

From now until the end of July there will be fourteen days' racing on Grafton track. The curtain will be raised this afternoon by the South Grafton Jockey…

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Boxing Young Beats Fields. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 3

Kid Young (9.5) beat Harry Fields (9.2) on points, over 12 rounds last night. NEWCASTLE BOUT. NEWCASTLE, Sunday…

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Rugby League Grafton Impressive 14--11 Win Over Dorrigo Colored Centre's Success

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 2

Defeating Dorrigo 14-11 after the visitors led 11-6 to within 10 minutes of full-time, Grafton retained the Pier Hotel Cup at Ellis Park, South…

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L.c. Golf Club Monthly Mug to L. H. Frewin

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, when the weather was perfect, the Lower Clarence. Golf Club tabled their second Monthly Mug Stroke competition for the season, and a large…

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C.r.j.c. Races Nominations Due To-day

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 2

The Clarence River Jockey Club will hold a patriotic race meeting on Saturday next, entries tor which should be made with the secretary, Miss O'Mara…

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Yamba Bowls

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 3

The following rink games were played during the week-end:- Saturday-- Thompson and Lewis (capt.) beat Wingfield and Shawman (capt.). 22-- 16…

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Rugby League Junior Games Reviewed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 3

Before a large crowd at Fisher Park on Saturday fine football was played in the junior competition, and it was pleasing that each match started punctually. In the first…

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