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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1953

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Tennis Entries Re-seeded

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Wed.—Every one of the 15,000 spectators at the tennis to-day was pleased to see the…

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Tennis Stars Relax

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Twelve thousand attended the international tennis matches at Memorial Drive,…

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Status Risk If Wood Races Paddon

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Olympic sculler Merv Wood said to-day he did not want to risk losing his amateur…

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Keen Cricket Battle

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 5

The battle for supremacy by first grade sides in the Clarence River Cricket Association has reached an…

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Swimming Fields Reduced

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 3

Fields at the South Grafton Amateur Swimming Club's races last night were reduced to…

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Londoners See Real American Football

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 6

Many thousands of Londoners took advantage of the opportunity to see a real American football match when a team from Furstenfeldbruck, European champions, met a team from…

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Contracts Signed By Tennis Players

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 5

LOS ANGELES, Mon.--Frank Sedgman and Ken McGregor signed contracts here with Jack Kramer to-day to become professional tennis players…

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Races Postponed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.--Rain caused the Kembla Grange race meeting to be postponed to-day…

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Tennis Carnival Postponed

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.--Play in the N.S.W. country week tennis carnival was postponed after steady rain had…

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May Discuss Tennis "Opens"

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday--The question of open tennis championships may be raised by the President…

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Rain Stops Cricket

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

ORANGE, Tues.--The match between the visiting South African cricketers and Western Districts, due…

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Will Pay To See Good Tennis

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.--Western Suburbs Hardcourt Association secretary, Mr. Charlie Sam, claimed to-day that…

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Open Tennis Tournaments

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—Open tennis tournaments would be accepted eventually, the secretary of the N.S.W…

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U.S. Against "Open" Tennis Tournaments

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 7

NEW YORK, Wed.—The United States Lawn Tennis Association would continue to oppose any suggestion to…

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Resumption of Golf Competitions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 10

Tomorrow (Saturday) will see the resumption of competitive play at Coffs Harbour Golf Club. The match committee…

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Cricket Teams for

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

The following teams have been selected to represent Coffs Harbour and District Cricket Association in matches against…

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Cricket Resumption of Competition Sees Slow Scoring

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 10

Slow [?]ing by A [?] batsman was the [?] of the first grade matches when Coffs Harbour and District Cricket…

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Country Week Tennis May Not Be Held Next Year

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs. --The country week tennis carnival may not he held next year…

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Cricket.— Double Victory to the Bellinger Assn. in Matches Against Dorrigo

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 7

In the inter-district cricket matches played at Dorrigo recently, Bellinger Association was successful in defeating Dorrigo Association in both first and second grade games…

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Junior Tennis

Daily Examiner · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Linton Cup for junior boys' tennis was won by Victoria, and the Wilson Cup…

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