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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1949

1,616 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 32 of 81

Next Sunday's Football

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 8

Next Sunday, at the Jetty Oval, football fans should see the match of the season, when Coffs Harbour play…

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Sawtell Tennis Club Entertainment

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

Sawtell Tennis Club conducted a[?] very successful evening in Bonville Reserve Hall on Friday night, combining euchre,…

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Tennis Dorrigo Defeats Tyrinigham

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Last Saturday Dorrigo met Tyringham at Dorrigo with teams of eight men. Dorrigo proved too strong,…

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BOWLS State Championships: Dorrigo Rink Beaten

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Playing at Waverley against the Lockhart team last Monday, Dorrigo's champion four were beaten in a photo…

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Orara's Double at Football

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 8

Upper Orara proved too good for Ulong in the opening matches of the 1949 season in the football competition. The…

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Rugby League. Referees' Complaint In All-River League

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

A complaint from the Referees' Association about players .and club officials attempting to tell referees what should be done, was discussed by the…

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Country Bowls Title. Fine Effort By Grafton Team

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thurs.--After being down 10-8 at the close of play yesterday afternoon, the National Park bowls team,…

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Football Dorrigo Defeated in Three Matches

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 1

Dorrigo football teams suffered defeats by Bellingen at Dorrigo on Sunday last…

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Dorrigo Golf Club Dorrigo and Coffs Play Draw in Shield Match

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

In the inter-club Shield match. Dorrigo v. Coffs last Sunday, the result was a draw, each team winning 3½ matches…

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South Grafton Bowls

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 5

Two championship games are set down to be played on South Grafton green this week-end. They are A. C. Jabour v. A. Treble, in the A grade…

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Rugby League Group Players Back in Club Sides

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 5

ALL teams in the All-River League competition will be at full strength to-morrow for the first time this season, and matches will give a truer indication of form than previously. South Grafton, which will…

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Greyhound Racing Championship Event Attracts Good Field

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 5

THE North Coast Championship, run over 520 yards, will be the main attraction at to-night's Grafton Greyhound Racing Club's meeting at which 10 events are scheduled for decision. The championship has brought…

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Athletic Club's Inter-Town Relay

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 5

Main events to be staged by the Grafton Athletic Club this afternoon, at the Showground, will be an inter-town relay race between South Grafton and…

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Newcastle Boxing

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 6

NEWCASTLE Sun.—"Chick" Weston (11.6) t[?]k o[?]d Billy McClean (11.4) in the ninth round of a 12 round bout at Newcastle…

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Rugby League South Grafton Only Unbeaten Side

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 5

SOUTH GRAFTON is the only unbeaten team in the all-river first grade competition as a result of yesterday's round. South Grafton beat Waratahs 33-9, All Blacks beat Maclean…

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Rugby League. Damage To New Fence At Ulmarra

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 6

ULMARRA—Damage to a new fence on the playing area was reported at a well attended meeting of the Ulmarra Ramblers Football Club, presided over…

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Greyhound Racing Greyhound Title Won By Best Sovereign

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 5

THE Casino greyhound, Best Sovereign, annexed the middle-distance North Coast Championship staged by the Grafton Greyhound Racing Club on Saturday night. In a thrilling finish Best…

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Grafton Races Bid for Fresco Jim After Handicap Win

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 5

NEGOTIATIONS for the purchase of Fresco Jim, aged Fresco gelding from the Wauchope district, were begun after Fresco Jim won the May Handicap at the South Grafton races on Saturday…

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TENNIS City Championships

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 5

The 1949 Grafton city tennis championships commenced during the weekend, in perfect tennis weather. Some really good tennis was displayed, and…

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Gosford Player Wins Bowls Singles Match

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon.--A. Froome, of Gosford, easily won the country singles bowls championship by defeating R. Wynter, of Byron Bay, 31-15, at…

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