Water Brigade Suggests Easter Regatta
The Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade last night decided to hold a special general meeting on Wednesday night next, to…
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Sport, 1947
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Richmond Racing Changes
R. Watterson, Richmond jockey, left earlier in the week for Toowoomba, where he will reside. He has been on the Richmond only a short time, and…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—When wouldbe bandits tried to rob Harry ("Hop") Stone at his service station to-day they were glad to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →To Assist Coff's Football Club
COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.— The committee which raised over £400 in support of the candidature of Mrs. Dot Ryan, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket Rest Period In Tasmania Suggested By Yardley
LAUNCESTON, Wed.—A rest period in Tasmania for future M.C.C. teams was to-day suggested by the M.C.C. vice…
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On Monday flight the tint meeting of the footballers to form a social committee was held. This committee will carry on till the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →BOWLS Mid-Week Play
Derrett. Hadley, Williams, Dawson 34 v. Wakeiy, C. Williams, T. Gleeson, Sutherland 20. Rigney, Simmon, Rippon 21 v…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bowls South Grafton Club
The committee desire to advise members that the green will be reopened for play this week-end, when social games will be played…
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The Grafton Greyhound Club will stage its first meeting of 1947 on Saturday night. A programme of 10 events is set down…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket Dorrigo Topples North
Mainly due to a fine first-wicket partnership of Mills and Anscombe, Dorrigo ran out winners by four wickets and 3 runs in a match v…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tennis Summer Play Popular Anniversary Tournaments
On Sunday last thirty players participated in the handicap tournaments which indicates that with organised events the game can…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SWIMMING. Records Smashed
KEMPSEY, Fri.—Two backstroke records were broken at the Kempsey baths on Wednesday night…
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At the Kemp street green this afternoon, G. Walsham and C. A. Howard will meet S. Walsham and L. A. Cameron in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Criticism Of Cricket Council
Attacks on the administration of the North Coast Cricket Council, headquarters of which are at Lismore, were made at the…
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MELBOURNE, Sun.—Sel Hamilton, 10.2, easily defeated Al Moran, 10.9, at the Melbourne Stadium last night. Hamilton's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Champion Filly Ends Racing Career
SYDNEY, Sun.—Champion filly Chaperone, will never race again. This was the opinion to-day, of the Bondi Junction veterinary…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →America's Tennis Ranking Hotly Debated
NEW YORK, Sun.—American Lawn Tennis Association officials, seated around the gleaming Davis Cup, yesterday hotly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Greyhounds 1947 Racing Season Opens at Grafton
WITH no racing since December 21, enthusiasts flocked to the Grafton Greyhound Racing Club's course on Saturday night to witness a 10-event programme, in which the favourites proved outstandingly successful…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →TENNIS Keen Interest In Visit Of Internationals
Tennis players and enthusiasts in the Clarence district are displaying keen interest in the visit of Tom Brown, U.S.A. Davis Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cricket Grafton's Collapse Gives Outright Win To St. Mary's
GAINING outright wins on Saturday, St. Mary's and South Graf ton have set up a big lead in the Clarence River Association first grade competition, St. Mary's being two points in front of South Grafton…
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