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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Sport

Sport, 1954

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Variety in Golf

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 5

BLOEMFONTEIN. --One of the attractions of golf is its variety. Mr. Jack Coetze was…

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Night Tennis Tourney Ends on

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 4

THE Grafton City Tennis Club's night teams' competition, in which 33 teams have been…

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Tennis Twins (19) Save Davis Cup Seixas Down in Thrilling Match

Daily Examiner · Friday 1 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.--Australia to-day retained the Davis Cup for 1954 after one of the most exciting Challenge Rounds in the history of the contest. To-day 19-year-old Ken Rosewall defeated American Vic…

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Coffs Cricket Next

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 5

COFFS HARBOUR, Sun. --The Coffs Harbour District Cricket Association's competition will be resumed…

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Cricket The "Blind" Way

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 5

FIFTEEN courageous blind men are visiting Grafton. They are members of the…

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Athletics Postponed In Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.--Athletes complained yesterday that officials had prematurely postponed the Dunn…

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Night Tennis Competition

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 3

The Grafton City Tennis Club's night competition, which has been running over the past three months,…

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Swimming Titles

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues. -- State swimming championship results included:110 yards open freestyle…

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Bowls Re-Play

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

The final of the C.R.D.B.A. pairs championship, which resulted in a draw, must be…

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Cricket Draw

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

The Clarence River Cricket Association competition fixtures Will be resumed on Saturday. The draw is:…

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Woolgoolga Tennis Championships

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

Heavy rain on Saturday night washed out play in the Woolgoolga Association's Men's and women's…

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Tennis Upset, Frazer Beaten

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.--Seventeen-year-old Neil Gibson caused an upset in beating Davis Cup squad member,…

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Greyhound Races At Lismore

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 5

Lismore greyhound races on Monday night, resulted: New Year Gift Handicap, 495. Heat 1: My Possession (6yds.) 1…

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Young Tennis Player Poses

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 7

Handsome young tennis player Jean Grinda poses for a profile shot by Miss Marie Crowe, between…

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Grafton District Tennis Review

Daily Examiner · Thursday 7 January 1954 · page 6

The high standard of tennis in the Grafton district and the popularity of the sport are shown in this review of the 1953 season, contributed by the "Examiner's"…

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Rain Stops Bowls

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 3

Rain halted games conducted by the Grafton Women's Bowling Club yesterday afternoon…

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Keen Interest In Bowls Final

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 3

Much interest is being shown in the outcome of the re-play of the final of the C.R.D.B.A. pairs match on…

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BOWLS: Final Scores in Pennant Comps

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 3

The Blue and Red Pennant Competitions were finalised last Sunday, and it was of interest that the two competitions were…

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Cycle Races To-night

Daily Examiner · Friday 8 January 1954 · page 4

Grafton District Cycling Club will conduct its weekly carnival at McKittrick Park, South Grafton,…

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Forbes Memorial Cup Races

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1954 · page 4

Clarence River Sailing members will to-day compete for the Sam Forbes Memorial Cups in the V.J. and V. S. divisions with a flying…

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