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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1947

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Water Brigade Suggests Easter Regatta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 2

The Grafton Volunteer Water Brigade last night decided to hold a special general meeting on Wednesday night next, to…

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Richmond Racing Changes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 4

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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Thugs Try To Rob Former Boxing Champion

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—When wouldbe bandits tried to rob Harry ("Hop") Stone at his service station to-day they were glad to…

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To Assist Coff's Football Club

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.— The committee which raised over £400 in support of the candidature of Mrs. Dot Ryan, the…

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Cricket Rest Period In Tasmania Suggested By Yardley

Daily Examiner · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

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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Football Club

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 6

On Monday flight the tint meeting of the footballers to form a social committee was held. This committee will carry on till the…

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BOWLS Mid-Week Play

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 6

Derrett. Hadley, Williams, Dawson 34 v. Wakeiy, C. Williams, T. Gleeson, Sutherland 20. Rigney, Simmon, Rippon 21 v…

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Bowls South Grafton Club

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

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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Greyhound Racing Fields For

Daily Examiner · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

The Grafton Greyhound Club will stage its first meeting of 1947 on Saturday night. A programme of 10 events is set down…

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Cricket Dorrigo Topples North

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

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…

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Tennis Summer Play Popular Anniversary Tournaments

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1

On Sunday last thirty players participated in the handicap tournaments which indicates that with organised events the game can…

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SWIMMING. Records Smashed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 4

KEMPSEY, Fri.—Two backstroke records were broken at the Kempsey baths on Wednesday night…

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Bowls Grafton Club

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 4

At the Kemp street green this afternoon, G. Walsham and C. A. Howard will meet S. Walsham and L. A. Cameron in the…

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Criticism Of Cricket Council

Daily Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

Attacks on the administration of the North Coast Cricket Council, headquarters of which are at Lismore, were made at the…

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Boxing Win for Hamilton

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sun.—Sel Hamilton, 10.2, easily defeated Al Moran, 10.9, at the Melbourne Stadium last night. Hamilton's…

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Champion Filly Ends Racing Career

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.—Champion filly Chaperone, will never race again. This was the opinion to-day, of the Bondi Junction veterinary…

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America's Tennis Ranking Hotly Debated

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sun.—American Lawn Tennis Association officials, seated around the gleaming Davis Cup, yesterday hotly…

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Greyhounds 1947 Racing Season Opens at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 6

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…

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TENNIS Keen Interest In Visit Of Internationals

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 4

Tennis players and enthusiasts in the Clarence district are displaying keen interest in the visit of Tom Brown, U.S.A. Davis Cup…

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Cricket Grafton's Collapse Gives Outright Win To St. Mary's

Daily Examiner · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 5

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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