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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1949

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Cricket Bellingen Games

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

BELLINGEN. — The Bellinger River district cricket competition will be resumed on Saturday, after the holiday break, when the second round will be…

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BOWLS Coff's Harbour Ladies' Club Birthday

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Wed.—A large birthday cake, made by the President (Mrs. W. T. J. Buckler), was cut and distributed…

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TENNIS. South Grafton Club Fixes Subscriptions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

Annual subscriptions for members of the South Grafton Tennis Club were fixed at a meeting of the Club in the Council Chambers…

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Zoning Plan for Clarence Cricket

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

DIVISION of the Clarence River Cricket Association area into four sections, each section providing three grades of teams is recommended by the association's special committee appointed to investigate a zoning scheme…

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Tennis Night Tournaments Finalised

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 4

The men's doubles and mixed finals of the night tourney were played on Tuesday and Thursday nights of last week…

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Dorrigo Golf Club Course in Good Order Mowing Equipment Purchased

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 3

From this coming week-end the usual competitions will be held on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings…

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Sunday Swimming

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 2

Sir.—Your correspondents of January 11, provide letters of interest. Even if Mr. Jansson is annoyed we must seek to retain…

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GOLF Week-End Fixtures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 4

This week-end at Grafton Club's links the events will be:— Saturday Afternoon: 18-hole handicap v. par: Sunday morning, 18-hole…

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Cricket Copmanhurst Association

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 4

The second round of the Copmanhurst and District Cricket Association, competition commences on Sunday. Matches are: Baryulgil v. Mountain…

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Trophy Races Mark Sailing Resumption

Daily Examiner · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 4

The Clarence River Sailing Club will resume its 1948-49 season to-morrow with trophy races in the senior and junior…

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International Rugby League

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

PARIS, Sun. (A.A.P.).—Scotland defeated France eight to nil in the International Rugby match…

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British Rugby Union

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).—A record Rugby Union crowd of 51,000 saw Wales beat England nine points to three…

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ATHLETICS Carr Outpaces World Champion

Daily Examiner · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.—Jamaican runner Herb McKenley, world record holder, was beaten by Edwin Carr, of New South…

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Boxing— Moseley in Knock-out

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 6

Cliff Moseley, 9 stone, of Coffs Harbour, knocked out Tony Morillo, 8-10, of Lismore, in the third round of…

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Pennant Bowls at Week-end

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

Play in the Central Coast Bowling Association's pennants competition were resumed at the weekend. Coffs…

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Lecture on Cricket Umpiring

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 4

Mr. Fred Lyons, of the NSW Cricket Umpires' Association, and member of the State Examining Board,…

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Loss of £200 on Xmas Racing

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 5

In a tentative financial statement of the recent Xmas-New Year Racing Carnival at Coffs Harbour,…

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Sporting Spotlight Country Tennis Delegates' Conference

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 8

Coffs Harbour was specially represented at the Country Delegates' Conference held in Sydney recently, as a…

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Tfour Days' Racing Too Much As Yet

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 8

"We have learned that it is not possible to conduct a fourday race meeting here at the present time, and…

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Athletic Carnival Postponed

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—An athletic carnival set down for Hurstville Oval to-night was postponed until to-morrow night because of…

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