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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1947

1,670 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 84

Favourites Fail At Grafton Dog Races

Daily Examiner · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 5

THE large crowd which attended the Grafton Gray hound Racing Club's fixture, on Saturday night, witnessed the failure of a succession of well backed favorites. The rankest outsider to succeed was M. Bellamy's, Little Marshall, which was quoted on…

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Grafton School Swimming Team

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 2

A Grafton School swimming team, comprising 12 girls and eight boys, took part in the Far North Coast Primary and Central…

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BOAMBEE Tennis

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 2

Recently at a airly representative meeting of the Tennis Club, the following offliqeirs were elected:— President, Mr. R. W. Thompson;…

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Rugby League. Orara League Annual Meeting

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 5

CORAMBA, Sun.—The annual meeting of Orara District Rugby Football League was held on Wednesday night, Mr. George Haydon…

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TENNIS Jetty Club Activities

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 8

Every effort is being made by the Jetty Tennis Club to have a good start made for the coming season. Each week working bees are putting things…

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Sporting Spotlight BOWLS Touring Team's Visit

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 8

The touring bowlers from the NSW Bowling Association, led by Vice-president Ernie Packer, spent a very pleasant week-end at Coffs Harbour…

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Coffs Golf Club Opening of Season

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 8

Next Sunday, the official season of the club begins. Already many members are in good form, if any notice can be taken of those whispered 72's,…

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Hammond Retires From Big Cricket

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Walter Hammond, England's cricket captain since 1938, has announced his retirement, owing…

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BOWLS. N.S.W. Association Team Plays To-day

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 2

The following members of Grafton Bowling Club, Kemp street section, will meet the N.S.W.B A. representative team,…

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CRICKET State Team Coming to Central Coast

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 8

Mr. H. I. Lovett, Secretary of the Central Coast Cricket Council, received word last week that the NSW Cricket Association had decided to…

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Football League. To Conduct Reserve And Junior Grade Competitions

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 5

The Upper Clarence Rugby Football League will conduct reserve grade and junior (under 18 years) competitions this…

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TENNIS. City Club's Teams' Competition

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 5

Matches played on Monday night in the Grafton City Club's teams' competition resulted:— Ramblers 5 sets 38 games v…

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CRICKET Coff's Jetty Winners Of A. Grade

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Tues.—By defeating Coff's Harbour on the Showground on Saturday afternoon, Coff's Jetty became the first…

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Cricket Assn. N.s.w. to Play North Coast

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 5

The secretary, Mr. F. Abrahams, reported to a meeting of the Clarence River Cricket Association that a N.S.W. Association…

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BOWLS. Setback For Bellingen Club

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 5

BELLINGEN, Wed.—Continued dry weather of past weeks has rather upset the calculations of the Bellingen Bowling Club Committee. It was hoped to…

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BOWLS. Touring Team At S. Grafton

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 3

South Grafton Bowling Club, defeated the touring New South Wales Bowling Association teams by 22 points…

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Coramba Cricket Club Dance

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 2

CORAMBA, Wed.—Coramba Cricket Club staged a successful dance, and euchre evening at which a large crowd enjoyed a…

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TENNIS. New Rules For Inter-District Play

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 March 1947 · page 5

BELLINGEN, Wed.—A meeting of delegated from the Bellinger River, Dorrigo Coff's Harbour and Nambucca District Tennis Association will be held…

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Football Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 8

To-morrow (Saturday) is the big day for Coffs Harbour and the footballers, for, that. is the, day the coach arrives. He is being met by…

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TENNIS Coffs v. Grafton

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 8

A feature of tlie play between Coffs Harbour and Grafton City tenuis, team at Coffs last Sunday was the defeat of Grafton's leading women's…

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