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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1946

1,186 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 17 of 60

Grafton Bowls A. Smith Wins Easter Monday Competition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 2

On the Boulevard green yesterday. R. Dickson, G. Everingham. S. Walsham and Alan Smith won the Easter Monday progressive rink competition by…

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TENNIS J. Rodgers Beaten In Singles Semi-Final At Lismore

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 2

J. Rodgers, of Grafton, was defeated by the Brisbane player. C. Shaw, in the semi-final of the Northern Rivers tennis title…

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Golf At Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tues.—With visibility limited during the playing of the last three holes to 50 yards by a heavy hailstorm, D. W. Bachli (Vic.), to-day won…

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[?]per's sensational Tennis

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

Jack Harper, the Victorian tennis player, who won the men's singles title and the men's doubles in the Surrey Hardcourt…

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Country Week Tennis Carnival

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—The Country Week tennis carnival may not be revived until 1948. The secretary of the N.S.W…

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FOOTBALL Orara Defeats Coramba

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

The first football matches for years at Coramba were played on Sunday, when Orara soundly trounced the local team to the tune of 30 points to 9…

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Great Cricket Season Forecast

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 6

LONDON, Wed.—England is on the threshold of a great cricket season, says the "Daily Telegraph's" cricket writer. The game is being resumed on…

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Rugby League Stern Test To-day for Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 6

The undefeated Grafton Rugby League side will undergo its most severe test of the pre-competition trials, at Fisher Park this afternoon,…

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Football

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 1

The match between Bellingen and Dorrigo at Dorrigo on Sunday should prove a very exciting and fast game. Last Sunday Dorrigo were defeated…

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Tennis Easter Tournaments Concluded

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 1

Both tournaments were successfully concluded over the Easter week-end, despite the unpromising weather…

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Rugby League Glenreagh Too Strong for Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 5

In a match which, at times, reached the heights of Rugby League attraction, Glenreagh defeated Grafton 21-13, at Fisher Park yesterday…

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Football at Harwood Island

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 5

Ideal weather for the beginning of the football season is prevailing at Harwood Island, and as footballs are again procurable, the game has taken…

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Australian Tennis Player In England

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 5

LONDON, Thurs.—The Australian, Jack Harper, is seeded No. 1 in the British hardcourt tennis championships, which are…

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Two Players Injured In Football Match

Daily Examiner · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

Two players were injured during a football match at Fisher Park, Grafton, yesterday. Cliff Lowien, of 140 Villiers…

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Sunday Football

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 3

Sitting in committee, Murwillumbah Municipal Council this week granted Tweed District Rugby League the use of Knox…

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Rugby League Clubs Lament Paucity Of New Jerseys

Daily Examiner · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 4

Secretaries of the three Grafton Rugby League teams are greatly concerned about the lack of club jerseys for this…

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GOLF Grafton Associates

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 5

Mixed foursomes will be played on Saturday, and Associates who wish to take part and have not arranged for partners, are asked to hand their names…

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Country Football Teams Impressive

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 May 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—The Country first and second Rugby League teams had a thorough work-out at the Sydney Cricket Ground,…

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Regatta Committee Postpones June Fixture

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 2

The Grafton and South Grafton Regatta Committee last night decided to postpone the regatta set down for June 10, as that day had…

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GOLF South Grafton Club

Daily Examiner · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 5

Men are preparing the South Grafton Golf Clubs links for the forthcoming season. Members hope that the work will be…

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