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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1949

1,616 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 21 of 81

TENNIS Anzac Week-End Teams Competition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 5

Graf ton City Club secretary (Mr. Clem Dawson), stated yesterday that already entries had been received from Tenterfield, Glen Innes and Coff's…

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Athletic Events At Grafton Show

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

The possibility of an annual athletic event being staged at the Grafton Show was mentioned at yesterday's meeting of…

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Athletic News

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 5

Interest is mounting daily in the Athletic Club's minor marathon next Friday night. Over 20 acceptances have now been received…

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Lower Bucca Tennis Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 5

LOWER BUCCA.—At the meeting, of the Tennis Club the following officers were elected: President Mr. E. Herd; vice-presidents, Messrs…

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Yarosz Beats Sands With Superb Boxing

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—America's Tommy Yarosz, boxing superbly, and with greater experience, outpointed the Australian middle light-heavy and heavyweight champion Dave Sands before a packed house of 10,000 at Harringay Arena last…

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Cricket Raymond Shield Competition

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 5

BELLINGEN.—N. Clifford's 64 for Bellingen [?]. was the dominating factor in the second day's play of the Harold Raymond Shield competition final at…

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Rugby League Decision On Competition Start Made To-night

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 5

Starting date, of the all-river. Rugby League competition on the Clarence this season will be decided at the first meeting of the Control Committee to-night…

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TENNIS Apex Club Challenges City Club

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 5

Grafton City Tennis Club has accented a challange from the Grafton Apex Club to, a re[?]ese[?]e te[?]s ma[?] This match will take place on City…

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Maclean Regatta

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 5

MACLEAN—T. Norton has stalled that he intends to defend his title of Gladstone ski[?] champion of N.S.W. at the Maclean Regatta…

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Mid-Week Bowls

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 5

A contingent of players from the Grafton Club assisted the South Grafton Bowling Club to stage a series of interesting matches yesterday. Results…

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Showground Rental Causes Concern In Rugby League

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

"If we have to continue to pay the C.P. and A. Society 20 per cent. of admission charges for the use of the showground…

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Cricket First Grade Matches Abandoned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 3

CLARENCE River Cricket Association last night decided to abandon the first grade competition for the season as from April 2, as recommended by the Board of Control. It was also decided in regard…

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Big Attendance At Lower River Tennis Meeting

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 5

MACLEAN—The annual meeting of the Lower Clarence Tennis Association, which was held at Maclean, was exceptionally well attended…

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Visiting Rowers For Regatta

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 2

Several entries from other' centres have already been received by the Graf ton Volunteer Water Brigade for its regatta on the…

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Golf

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

Dorrigo Golf Club officially opened the 1949 season last week-end, and despite cloudy conditions with some showers,…

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Bowls Competition

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 7

The North Coast Optometrists trophy competition will be staged div the Boulevard green on Saturday afternoon next…

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Coffs Football Doings

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 8

After several nights training the town has got a great number players conditioning for the events of the…

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Football Group Meeting

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 8

The management committee of the Southern zone of Group 2 held a meeting at Bellingen on Monday night, when final…

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CRICKET Page House Leads High School Cricket

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 6

By defeating Smith House on the first innings, Page House has taken the lead in the High School inter-House cricket competition…

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Jetty Tennis Club Activities

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 8

The succession of wet weekends has prevented the opening of the tennis season at the Jetty courts this year. It is…

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