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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1944

440 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 22

FOOTBALL. South Grafton Plays Casino To-morrow

Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 April 1944 · page 6

The South Grafton Wanderers team will play Casino team at Casino, to-morrow afternoon. in a Rugby League match…

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Boxing Narvo Outpoints Stanton

Daily Examiner · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--The Australian heavy weight champion, Herb Narvo, 13.12, beat Alec Stanton, 14.2, on points, at Sydney Stadium last night…

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Football Wanderers v. CASINO

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 25 April 1944 · page 4

South Grafton Wanderers journeyed to Casino at the week-end and played the local team who won by 21 to 16. At half-time Casino was leading 13 to nil…

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Greyhound Club To Include Hurdle Racing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 6

At the half-yearly meeting of the Grafton Greyhound Racing Club held in the Historical Society's Rooms at the Town Hall,…

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Football Training

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 1

All members of the Waratah Football Club are requested to attend for training at Fisher Park at 7.30 o'clock tonight. The team to play Wanderers at…

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Tax Bombshell For Coursing Club

Daily Examiner · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 2

LITHGOW, Wed.-- A bombshell has been dropped in Lithgow Hospital's greyhound racing by the Deputy Federal…

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Bowls

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 2

The scores of the games played on April 16th and 23rd are as follows: S. Doust, Hourigan, Summerhayes v. Hobbs, Feros, Summerhayes, senr.,…

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CRICKET—COUNTRY v. TOWN

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 2

A team of Country players has challenged a Town XI.,, match to take place on the Rec., on Sunday next. Town—R. Beavan, B. Beavan, E…

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Football Wanderers Team

Daily Examiner · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 2

The following Wanderers team will play Grafton at the week-end. V. J. Schuhmacher, D. Orr, V. Foxover. L. Boyd, A. Moran, G. Felsch, J. Blount,…

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Tax Slug on Coursing Clubs Is Heavy

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--Many country greyhound racing clubs have received heavy tax bills, although they race for charity, and…

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Memorial Baths Fund Modern Swimming Pool Further Sums Received

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 2

The Memorial Baths Fund, which has for its objective the construction of a modern summing pool as a memorial…

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Local A.T.C. Squadron Commences Football Season

Daily Examiner · Monday 1 May 1944 · page 1

The first match to be played between two teams from the local Squadron of the R.A.A.F. Air Training Corps, was played at Fisher Park, on Saturday…

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Football Coff's v. R.A.A.F.

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 2 May 1944 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOR, Mon.--The football season was opened in Coff's Harbor on Sunday last, when Coff's defeated a R.A.A.F. team by 17 to 9. Although the…

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Lawrence Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 1

At a meeting held in the school it was decided to form a tennis club. The following officials were elected:--President, Mr. L. Johnson: vice-presidents,…

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Golf L.c. Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 3 May 1944 · page 3

There was a fair roll-up of members and associates of the Lower Clarence Golf Club at the links on Woodford Islands, on Sunday last…

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Yamba Bowls

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

The lady bowlers had the use of the greens on Thursday afternoon last, when games were: Mesdames P. Farlow and Brown defeated Mesdames N…

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Bowls Grafton Bowling Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 4

A competition for the Selectors' Trophy (Mr. L. A. Cameron, Rev. A. J. Bingley, and Mr. P. C. Sanders), will be played on Saturday afternoon…

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Boxing Fletcher K.O's WILKES

Daily Examiner · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.--Bill Fletcher, 9.7. knocked out Stan Wilkes, 10.0, in the 11th round of a 12 rounds bout, at Leichhardt Stadium to-night…

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Cricket Town v. TYRINGHAM

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 3

The following team has been selected to represent Dorrigo v. Tyring[?]am, on the Rec, on Sunday next—B. Beavan, R. Beavan, E. MeFadyen,…

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Football Casino v. South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 6

The match to be played at South Grafton at the week-end looks like being a ding-dong tussle. South Grafton are fielding a very…

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