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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1950

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Bowls Dorrigo Defeat Macksville in Pennants

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 3

Macksville Blue and Red Pennant teams visited Dorrigo on Sunday and suffered defeat in both the blues and reds…

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Saturday Football Commences Tomorrow

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 9

The Saturday afternoon football will commence tomorrow afternoon on the Recreation ground. It is anticipated that…

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Football Dorrigo's Decisive Victory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 8

The opening matches of the season were played on Sunday afternoon on the local Rec between two teams from Sawtell…

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District Teams Play Grafton Tennis

Daily Examiner · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 7

On Saturday night at the Grafton City Courts a Brushgrove team comprising H. Johnson, W. Hughes, L. Yager, Mrs. Yager and Miss Imeson, will play a…

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Golf Season Opens This Week-end

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 10

The Committee has everyin tip-top order for the club's official opening this week-end. Favoured by fine weather, an…

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Football Trial Matches at Week-end

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 10

Tried matches were played by Coffs Harbour and Coffs Harbour Diggers teams last week-end. Coffs Harbour…

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Cricket Dorrigo Defeats Megan in Close Finish

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 10

The final of the k.o. competition for the Davis Cup was played on Sunday last on the Maynards Plain oval between…

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Doubles Tennis Title

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 5

Alexandria, Fri. (AAP). -- Jan Drobny and Adrian Quist will meet Von Cramm and Australia's Jack Harper in the final of the Egyptian international doubles…

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Bowls Match Postponed; Port Celebrations

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 5

MACLEAN, Friday. -- The pennants match at Maclean to-morrow has been postponed because of the port celebrations…

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First League Trials To-morrow Rugby League

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 4

Teams chosen for the Upper Clarence League trials at the Grafton Showground to-morrow indicate that so far little…

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Monthly "Mug" At Grafton GOLF

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 5

The Grafton District Golf Club will conduct the monthly "mug" competition, an 18 holes stroke handicap, to-day. This is always a most popular event…

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Greyhound Racing Sprint Test For Mt. Neville

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 5

Mt. Neville, holder of two Grafton greyhound track records, is selected to win the President's Stake at the Grafton greyhound races to-night. IT will be the first top…

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Grafton Races Coronation Lad Has Strong Appeal

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 5

Coronation Lad, winner of the Casino Hibernian Cup last week, appeals strongly for the March Handicap, chief race at the South Grafton J.C.'s fixture to-day…

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Weather Problem For First Grade Final Cricket

Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 5

UNSETTLED weather last night cast doubts on the prospects of play being possible in at least one of the important C.R.C.A. competition fixtures to-day. This match is the virtual School juniors 534. in a PSAAA…

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No New Talent Appears Rugby League

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 7

No outstanding [?]ew talent was seen in the Upper Clarence League trials at the Grafton Showground yesterday…

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Teams Competition on Saturday Tennis

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 7

The Grafton and District Tennis Association's 1950 teams' competition will commence, on Saturday next, April 1…

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Easy Win for Wales in Rugby Union Match

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 8

LONDON. Sun. (AAP). -- Wales defeated France 21 points to nil in a Rugby Union International [?]layed at Cardiff…

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Mt. Neville's Run Queried Greyhound Racing

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 7

Mt. Neville's loss of form, illustrated by his display in the President's Stake at the Grafton greyhound races on Saturday night, was queried by the stipendiary steward, Mr. R. Dobbie…

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Wales Shield to Woolgoolga Cricket

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 7

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun. -- By dismissing Jetty in a little over two and a quarter hours. on Saturday afternoon,…

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Boston Plan Upset By Little Laddie Grafton Races

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 7

Little Laddie's all-the-way win in the March Handicap at the South Grafton J.C.'s races on Saturday upset calculations of some big backers who supported Boston, which is trained by S. Billin, son-in-law of…

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