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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1948

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Swimming Carnival At South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

About 60 swimmers will compete in the championship swimming carnival at the South Grafton baths to-night. Entries have been received from Grafton…

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National Bowls Title To J. Gordon

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

Jack Gordon, Queensland bowler, won the final of the Australian bowling singles championship at Hobart yesterday, defeating M. Parrish (S.A), 31-13,…

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CRICKET Tallawudjah v. Coramba

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

Tallawudjah batted first Earl Shipman played a lone hand making 16 not out. George Sloggett was the only other to score double figures…

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Visiting Horses Here For Races

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

Two last start winners at Lismore, Boliitree Rose and Spear Amber, have arrived at Grafton for the C.R.J.C races to-morrow…

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GOLF. Long Grass On Links Delays Play

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

The new season will be Recommencing shortly. At present the newly repaired mowers are hard at work on the fairways. During the recess the grass has…

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Cricket Juniors Do Well at School

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 3

Harvey Wilson, of Coffs, and Charlie Gleeson, of Lower Bucca, the two district boys who attended the recent NSW Cricket Association Coaching…

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Cricket Bellingen Defeats Dorrigo in Hillier Cup Game

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

last week-end two teams came from Bellingen Assn. to meet the Dorrigo Assn. in a Hillier cup and 2nd grade game. The Hillier cup…

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CRICKET Keen Interest In Match Between Banks, Ex-G.P.S

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 5

Strong teams have been chosen for the match between Banks and G.P.S Old Boys, at Fisher park, Grafton, on Sunday. The match has aroused keen…

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Evenly Matched Fields For Greyhound Races

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 5

THE Grafton Greyhound Racing Club will present a 10-race programme at its enclosure to-night. Fields in most races appear to be evenly matched, and races should be keenly contested. All dogs are required in the kennels' by 7.15 p.m., and the…

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Sneed Leading in U.s. Golf

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 4

SAN ANTONIO (Texas) Sun (A.A.P.)--Sam Speed With six under par, 65, which made his 36-holes total 31, seized the lead…

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Herb McKenley Races In Boston

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 1

BOSTON, Sun. (A.A.P.).--The Jamaican runner, Herb McKenley, who recently visited Australia, ran last in a five-man indoor race…

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Grafton Races Owner's £ 100 Offer After Swab Incident

Daily Examiner · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 3

CRAFTON owner, Mr. George Weiley, on Saturday offered to give £100 to any charitable institution named by the C.R.J.C. Committee if a swab taken of his horse, Park View, shows anything but negative…

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Bowls Tie By Country Week Fours

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

A four from the Ballina Bowling Club, on its way to Sydney for the Country Week carnival, played Alan Smith's Grafton Bowling Club four, also…

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Lower Clarence Cricket Association'

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

MACLEAN.--A meeting of the Lower Clarence Cricket Association was held recently, with Mr. H. Watson, president, in the chair. Others present were Messrs…

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Umpires For Sunday's Cricket

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 8

For the inter-district cricket matches between Coffs District Cricket Association and the Upper Clarence Association, at Grafton on…

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Tennis Record Year for Grafton City Club

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 4

IN His report to the annual meeting of the Grafton city Tennis Club, the president (Mr. Hugh Carson) said that, the club had made rapid improvement and progress during the year. The report states that after con-…

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Early Football On The Clarence

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 5

THIS is the first of a series of weekly articles, appearing each Wednesday, which will deal with the history of Rugby football on the Clarence from the early days. The first instalment gives details of teams and the methods…

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Probable Cricket Team for England

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.--An announcement of the Australian team for England is expected Within the next 24 hours…

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Programme for Easter Regatta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 2

THE programme of events for the Easter Regatta at Grafton was decided upon at the meeting of the Grafton and South Grafton Regatta Committee last night. The programme as…

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Cricket Changes in C.r.c.a. Side

Daily Examiner · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 5

Three players have had to withdraw from the Clarence River Association side to meet Coff's Harbour Association at McKittrick Park next Sunday…

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