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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1949

1,616 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 81

Swimming Titles In Queensland

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sat.—Fourteen-years-old Barry Kellaway, of Palm Beach, to-night won the junior 400 metres free-style…

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Fishermen Sink at Bowls

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 3

MACLEAN, Sat.—Last Saturday Clarence Bowling Club members played a cricket match with Fishermen, at Maclean. To-day…

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Callaghan Wins Golf Competition

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 3

A Callaghan won Saturday's 18-hole Stableford competition on the Grafton golf course on a count back from R. Bennett…

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Sailing Club Abandons Races

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 6

No races were staged by the Clarence River Sailing Club yesterday. Because of lack of breeze, the club's sailing…

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Greyhound Racing Favourites Succeed At Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 5

With four outright and three equal favourites winning at Grafton Greyhound Racing Club's meeting on Saturday night bookmakers generally had a losing run…

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Position Open In Women's Cricket

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.—The third Test Match between Australian and English women's cricket teams was in an open position when…

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GOLF. Coff's Season To Open On Improved Course

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOURS—The Coff's Harbour Golf Club will open its 1949 season on March 12 and 13, with increased…

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Cricket High Scoring Despite Heatwave Conditions

Daily Examiner · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 5

Despite the great heat on Saturday several of C.R.C.A. matches realised high scoring Grafton scored 242 for the loss of only three wickets against Colts…

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Country Bowls Carnival

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Over 600 players began play in the fours championship of the Country Week Bowls Carnival, which…

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Coffs Week-end Bowls

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

After a forced adjournment to the clubhouse during Saturday afternoon's storm. Coffs bowlers were able to resume…

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Cathedral Tennis Club Opened

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 5

Over 40 players took part in the draw for partners tournament at the Cathedral tennis courts, when it was opened…

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TENNIS. Coff's Night Teams Competition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Mon.— The secretary of the Coff's Harbour District Tennis Association. Mr. Bruce Waghorn, stated this…

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Sunday Cricket Hours Unchanged

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

The Grafton City Council last night refused an application by the Clarence River Cricket Association that it be…

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Jockey Asked To Withdraw From Races

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.—A leading Melbourne jockey revealed to-day that he had been approached by a trainer not to ride at…

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Instruction In Swimming

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 2

More then 100 pupils received swimming instruction yesterday morning from Messrs. M. Pozniak and B. Towers, members of the…

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Women's Cricket

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—England 172 and 4/205, drew with Australia in the third test of the women's cricket at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day…

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Heroic Sovereign Resumes Racing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.—Heroic Sovereign, who will resume racing next Saturday, ran an attractive trial at Victoria Park this morning, covering four furlongs in…

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Cycling Races To-night

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 3

The weekly races will be conducted at. McKittrick Park to-night. Good racing seems assured, as the track will be in good order…

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TENNIS. Teams Competition For Season

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 5

The Grafton and District Tennis Association's meeting of club delegates on Monday night decided to conduct teams competitions in A, A reserve and B…

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Racing Experimental Stage Over For Coff's Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 February 1949 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR.—Responding to a vote of thanks to the outgoing committee at the annual meeting of the Coff's Harbour Jockey Club, Mr. R. J. Garrett said that the club had passed through the experimental stage in which many lessons had been…

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