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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1946

1,186 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 60

Night Tennis Draw For This Week

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

In the night competition on the Grafton City Courts, Spitfires (H. Mansfield, L. Clark, Mrs. Ramm, Mrs. Boddington)…

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Cricket. No Play in Interstate Fixture

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.—Rain prevented play in the interstate fatch between New South Wales and Victoria at the Sydney Cricket…

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ROWING. Brigade Races Recommenced

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 5

The Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade has recently welcomed back to its ranks several members who have been absent on…

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Bowls Clarence River Association

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

The following is the draw for the Clarence River District Bowling Association's championships' Upper River section, play to be held on Saturday…

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Stir Caused In Rugby League Circles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—Rugby League circles have never been so stirreu as when they read this morning that Mr. H. R. Miller had been dismissed from his…

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Tennis Grafton City Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

Spitfires had a good win over Liberators in the night competition at the City Courts by defeating them 6 sets 43 games to 2…

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Seven Races at Rosehill

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—At Rosehill next Saturday and on the following Saturday there will be only seven races, the chairman of the…

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Cricket Draw for

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

The Clarence River Cricket Association fixtures for next Saturday will of the same as for last Saturday, when rain prevented play in any of the…

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Cricket Match Washed Out

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—The N.S.W.-Victoria cricket match was literally washed out, and finished in drawn game, without a ball…

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Ban on Bookmakers Racing Horses

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.—The V.R.C. committee on Friday will consider the question of the ban on bookmakers racing horses. The V.R.C. is the only…

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Tamworth Boxing

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

Sgt. J. E. Dawson, of the Grafton Police Station, has a large number of pamphlets giving details of the Tamworth Police and…

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Bowls Grafton Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

Kemp Street Section will conduct a competition to-morrow providing there is a sufficient number of players. On the…

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South Grafton Football Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 4

The annual meeting of the South Grafton Football Club was held in the South Grafton School of Arts. There was an excellent attendance…

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Ebor Day's Races Total £275

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 3

The races, sports and ball held at Ebor on New Year's Day in aid of the Ebor B.N.A., were most successful. Receipts, including generous cash…

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Dorrigo Tennis Club Successful Year—£63 Credit

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 February 1946 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Dorrigo Tennis Club was held recently. Although only thirteen members were present, many…

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Mid-week Racing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.—Mid-week racing in Sydney twice a month will be recommended by the Caucus Committee investigating the…

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Fine Cricket Feat

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 4

Theo Smith, of Upper Coldstream, a First Year student at Grafton High School, put up a good performance at cricket on Wednesday…

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Lack Of Interest Alleged In Swimming Club

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1946 · page 2

"It seems peculiar that a town which professes to be strongly in favour of the immediate erection of modern swimming baths should…

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Boxing Kirkham Wins Championship

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.—Jack Kirkham, 10.12, Victoria, claimed the Australian middleweight championship after knocking out the title…

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TENNIS. Railway Institute Club

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 5

"It is our intention to give tennis a boost in South Grafton," said the president of the South Grafton Railway Institute Tennis…

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