Racing Again At Grafton Next Month
When racing begins on the Grafton course on March 22, after a break of more than four months, horse owners will not…
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Sport, 1947
1,670 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 84
Freer May Play League Cricket
ADELAIDE, Mon.—Australian Test player, Fred Freer, will decide soon whether he will accept an offer to play with…
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Cricket balls are so scarce in the Clarence River district that some country clubs are using hockey balls in their matches…
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ADELAIDE, Tues.—Although play occasionally entered the doldrums, batting on the fourth day of the Fourth Test at Adelaide Oval to-day produced some of the brightest cricket in this series. At stumps a total of 290 runs had been scored—194…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TENNIS Brown v. Brown Game Likely At Exhibition
The tentative programme for Thursday night's tennis exhibition at the Grafton City Courts by star visiting players includes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CRICKET. Bellinger Defeats Dorrigo In Hillier Cup
Bellinger River Cricket Association had another inter-district win on Saturday when Dorrigo was defeated in a Hillier Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Middleweight Boxing Boom Forecast
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The biggest boom for the middleweight boxing division since Henneberry and Richards retired is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CRICKET Second Grade Match To Be Played On Turf
A second grade match will be played on the turf wicket at Fisher Park on Saturday. It will be between St. Mary's…
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Owing to unforseen difficulties having arisen, the boxing matches scheduled to take place at the School of Arts, South Grafton,…
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W. Si[?]on won Coffs Club's singles championship on Wednesday afternoon, beating C. K. Martyn by 31 to 28. The game went to…
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The C. B. Bailey Commemorative Fours, postponed on two occasions owing to rain, will be played off to-morrow at the…
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This week I have good news for everyone. Some time this week the coach will be picked. I believe they have seven applications, so you can…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Night Tennis Competition Commences
Coffs Harbour Tennis Club's night tennis competition commenced on Monday. In A grade Backhanders defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Boxing Champion Has Quiet Wedding
Brilce Woodcock, Britain's heavyweight champion, was married at Doncaster, Yorkshire, Register Office to Miss Nora Speight, aged 23. Bruce, Whose home is at Doncaster, described himself as a railway fitter, aged 26. Only a few people saw them off on their honeymoon, but despite attempts to keen the wedding a secret more than a hundred of Woodcock's fans gathered outside the Register…
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A first-class programme of 11 events will occupy the attention of greyhound followers at the meeting of the Grafton…
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ONE thousand tennis enthusiasts of the Grafton district attended the tennis exhibition by top-ranking players at the Grafton City Courts last night. The players were Geoff Brown, Tom Brown (United States), W. Sidwell and Bob McCarthy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jetty Tennis Club The Annual Meeting
Court Improvements and night tennis were the main items at the annual meeting of Jetty tennis club, apart from the election of officers,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News In Brief Native Races' Commission
CANBERRA, Thurs.—An agreement establishing the South Pacific Commission to bring a new deal to native peoples was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drawn Match Prevented MCC From Squaring Cricket Rubber
ADELAIDE, Thurs.—Although failing by 99 runs to win the fourth Test at Adelaide Oval to-day, Australia, with only one wicket down for 215, in answer to England's second innings score of 8/340 declared, forced a draw, thus not only retaining the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tennis All-time Membership Record Tournament to Be Continued This Week-end
The Don Dorrigo Tennis Club will hold its annual meeting in the Memorial Hall at 8 p.m., on Thursday, 13th February…
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