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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1949

1,616 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 16 of 81

CRICKET. Zone Secretaries Nominated

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 5

Zone secretaries for the six zones in the Clarence River Cricket Association were last night nominated by a meeting of delegates to the…

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Coffs Harbour Wins Cricket Championship

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 8

At Coffs Harbour Show-ground on Saturday the final match for the Towells Shield was won by Coffs Harbour…

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Comic Court Held For Big Races

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Mon.—The V.R.C St. Leger winner, Comic Court, will not race in Melbourne again before being sent to Sydney for the A.J.C. St…

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Good Country Representation In School Swimming

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.—At North Sydney Olympic Swimming Pool to-day 15 of the 26 schools taking part in the 34th annual swimming…

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Rugby League. Competitions in Group 2

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 5

BELLINGEN.—At a meeting of the Committee of Management of the Coff's Harbour, Dorrigo and Bellinger River Leagues at Bellingen, competition…

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SWIMMING South Grafton Children At Kyogle Carnival

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 2

Two young South Graf ton primary school children, George Gillett and Marie Provost, performed creditably at the recent…

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Bowls. Maclean Club to Buy Roller

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 5

MACLEAN.—At a meeting of the Maclean Bowling Club Committee, it was resolved to purchase a suitable bowing green roller. The council's…

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Cricket. Low Scoring at Bellingen

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 5

BELLINGEN.—In the filial of the Bellinger cricket competition played at Fernmount on Saturday. Bellinger H. defeated Ballard's Boy's, minor…

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All-River Football Competition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 5

Representatives of the Lower and Upper Clarence Rugby Leagues discussed last night the establishment of an all-river competition for the 1949…

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Cricket Coff's Mas Long Competition Lead

Daily Examiner · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR.—With only one series of matches to play, Coff's Harbour has a long lead in the Coff's Harbour District Cricket Association's A…

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Jetty Wolf Cubs Swimming Test

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 3

Nine members of the Jetty Wolf Cubs successfully passed their swimming test last Saturday. Thev were trained by…

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Football: Training Begins

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

Football training began on Tuesday night when players were given conditioning exercises by the coach, Lance…

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Need For Swimming Pool At Coff's

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 4

COFF'S HARBOUR.—The complete inadequacy of the Coff's Creek swimming pool and the deplorable conditions under which children were expected to learn to swim were discussed by spectators and teachers at the annual Swimming carnival…

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Golf Fixtures for Week-end

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 7

On Saturday afternoon the Grafton Golf Club will conduct an 18-hole Stableford handicap, play to commence at 12.45 p.m…

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TENNIS. Bellinger River District Association

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 7

BELLINGEN Thurs.—The Bellinger River District Tennis Association has decided to participate in the Jansen and Dyer inter-district cup competition…

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Cricket Examiners to Visit Coffs

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 8

A meeting of Coffs Harbour and District Cricketers endrosed the action of the President, Mr. H. I. Lovett, in…

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American Newspaper On Empire Cricket

Daily Examiner · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Thurs. (A.A.P.).—"British Empire cricket is much more a truly paramount national game than is baseball in the…

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Coffs Football Team May Be Too Strong

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 7

The feeling was expressed by Bellingen and Dorrigo delegates that Coffs Harbour, with only one A Grade team in the…

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Greyhound Racing Balanced Fields Promise Keen Racing

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 5

ALTHOUGH only nine races arc scheduled for decision at to- night's Grafton Greyhound Racing Club's meeting the fields are particularly evenly graded and keen and close racing should result…

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Coff's Primary School Swimming Carnival

Daily Examiner · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 6

COFF'S HARBOUR.—The Pensor Cup, presented by the sports-master (Mr. W. J. Benson) for competition each year at the Coff's Harbour Primary School annual swimming carnival, was won by Flinders House…

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