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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1950

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Bowls Carnival At Bellingen

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 8

Bellingen Bowling Club had a very successful two days last Sunday and Monday for its annual bowling carnival. It was…

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Colts Cricket Team

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 9

Colts team for Sunday is N. Joubert, C. Coy, T. Baldwin, L. Sinclair, C. Feeney, F. Graham, N. and K. McKeiizie, C. Sumnierhayes, C…

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Cricket Team For

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 8

The following team has been selected to represent Coffs "B" grade in the match to be played against Moonee at Moonee…

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Football Important Meetings To-night

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 8

Two meetings, which will have a big bearing on Coffs Harbour League football this year, will be held tonight…

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Football Rev. Dacey Criticises Competitions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 8

Strong dissatisfaction with the method of comducting competition football last year was expressed by the retiring…

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Hails Football Tour

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 1

TOKIO, Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuter).--The Japanese Press yesterday hailed as cut and dried the Australian Rugby Union tour of Japan…

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Amended Golf Laws Next Month

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 6

Amended golf rules, which came into force in Britain on January 1, will take effect in Australia from March 1. Main change is that instead…

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Australians Down In Tennis Match

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Australia lost both rubbers and are down two sets to love in the third, at the White City to-day when Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor met Eric Sturgess and Jan Drobny in an international…

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BOWLS. Re-opening of South Grafton Green

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 5

South Grafton Bowling Club will resume play on its green this afternoon. The green has been closed for…

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Football Competition Farcical, Says Official

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOUR.--The retiring president of the Coff's Harbour Football Club (Mr. Kevin Dacey), in his report to the annual meeting of the club, held in the School of Arts, described the competition…

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Club Put Grafton On Tennis Map

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 5

"Our club with 121 members, including sub-juniors, has played an important part in putting Grafton on the tennis map," said the president of the Grafton City Tennis Club (Mr. H. Carson) last night…

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Greyhound Racing Sounds Alright For Top Race

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 5

Sounds Alright, winner of two races at his last three starts, is the form dog for the Fifth Division, chief race at the Grafton greyhound races to-night. His brilliant run a fortnight…

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Cricket Keenest First Grade Tussle For Years

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 5

Five of the six C.R.C.A. first grade teams are so close in the points table that the lead could Change after each series of matches; the ultimate winner of the premiership in this grade is most obscure…

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Commonwealth Cricket

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

BOMBAY, Sun. (AAP).--Alley and Place gave the Commonwealth team a good start, in the first day of a three-day match…

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Cricket Hospitality

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

Sir,--A couple of weeks ago a cricket match took place between upper and Lower River. The newspaper stated that the…

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Rugby League. New President Favours Central Control

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sat.--Mr. D. E. Pollard, newly elected president of the Coff's Harbour Football Club, told…

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Church Appeal for Migrants Golf

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

A Pastoral letter seeking nominations for migrants, was read by Monsigner J. Hennessy at St. Mary's. Church, Grafton, and by…

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Three Football Teams at Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

COFF'S HARBOUR, Sun.--Coff's Harbour will have three football clubs in the 1950 season…

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Greyhound Racing Dog Collapses After Courageous Win

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

Mr. Switch, after a courageous win in the Fifth Division at the Grafton greyhound races oh Saturday night, again broke down. AFTER each of his starts on…

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Neck Broken In Freak Cricket Accident

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

A Grafton man's neck was broken in a freak cricket accident at Corindi yesterday. THE man was Charles William Styles, 42, married, of 65…

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