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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1945

623 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 15 of 32

What's on in Racing? July Fixtures

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 June 1945 · page 6

The Grafton Diggers' J.C. and the C.R.J.C. will race again on July 14 and 21. These will be the final meetings of the current…

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Big Crowd At Coff's Football

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 June 1945 · page 6

KEMPSEY, Wed.--Displaying fast open football, Macleay beat Coff's Harbour, at Kempsey, after an excellent game by 21 to 11…

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Bowls

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 2

Sunday, June 24th, ten players on a newly top-dressed green, which played perfectly tried out a new idea which proved both novel and…

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Tennis Working Bee; Night Tennis

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 3

At the last committee meeting it was decided to conduct the championships over two consecutive week-ends, commencing on Saturday, July…

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Rugby League Formed At Dorrigo

Daily Examiner · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 6

At an enthusiastic meeting of club delegates and supporters it was decided to re-form the Dorrigo District Rugby League…

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Football Dorrigo Retains Vincent Cup Brilliant Football

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 2

In the most spectacular and co-op-erative game yet this season, Dorrigo retained the Vincent Cup on Sunday last, when they defeated Bowraville…

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Football Woolgoolga Defeats Bowraville

Daily Examiner · Monday 2 July 1945 · page 6

Woolgoolga Rugby League reserve grade football club playing its second game this season after being in recess since 1940. defeated Bowraville All…

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Cricket Match in t ENGLAND

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 3 July 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Mon.--The Australian Services match against Oxford district was drawn. Australians declared with the score…

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Services Tennis

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Tues.--United Stales Services lawn tennis team defeated the Australian Air Force at Leeds, 3 rubbers to 1…

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Army Tennis

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.--The Davis Cup star, Lieut. Adrian Quist, easily won in the first round of the New South Wales army tennis…

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Nominations for Melbourne Races

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.--Despite restrictions many nominations have been for the Melbourne, Caulfield and…

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What's on in Racing? July Meetings

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 6

The Diggers' Jockey Club will race again on July 14. This fixture will be followed by the C.R.J.C. meriting on July 21…

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Football Coff's Harbour Defeats All Blacks

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 6

In one of the most spectacular matches of the season at Coff's Harbour Jetty Oval, Coff's Harbour defeated Coff's Harbour All…

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Tennis Balls Helped To Defeat German Magnetic Mine

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 July 1945 · page 5

A total cf 23,000,000 tennis balls, the entire wartime output of the United Kingdom, were used by British scientists…

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Tennis Tourney at Nana Glen

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 July 1945 · page 6

Nana Glen Tennis Club visited Cameron Club, and although Nana Glen held the lead in sets, at the close of the play Camerons had…

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Tennis Night Competition

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 3

So much interest has been aroused in night tennis that in order to satisfy a popular request the committee is about to arrange a night…

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Football by 23 Points to 10 "Rest" Down Ex-services

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 3

Sunday last two local teams consisting of Ex-Service personnel and the Rest came to loggerheads on the local Recreation ground. The game…

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Greyhound Racing Some Good Fields

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 July 1945 · page 5

Although many favorites failed to return punters a winning dividend at last Saturday's meeting of the Grafton Greyhound Club, the day was voted a great success. Large fields lined up and some excellent racing was witnessed. Following on the…

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Mixture Of Races Not Beneficial

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.-- Relaxation of the White Australia policy advocated at the week-end by Mr. E. S. Spooner, ex-M.H.R. does not…

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Football Maclean Defeats Harwood

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 July 1945 · page 4

Maclean defeated Harwood at Maclean by 11 points to 8. The game was dull in the first half, but brightened up considerably in…

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