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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1909

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Lawn Tennis

Macleay Argus · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 12

ON Saturday last teams representing Turner's Flat arid Kempsey met on the local court, the home team being victorious by 14 games. The scores were as…

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Football

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 11

Yesterday the Ponsonby (New Zealand) club defeated South Sydney by 25 points to 6…

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Cricket

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 11

Australia commenced a match against Lancashire to day. The visitors in their first innings made 87 (Armstrong 43 not out). Dean…

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Lawn Tennis

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 5

The Turner's Flat and Bellbrook Lawn Tennis clubs played a friendly match on the courts of the former, the result being a win for Turner's Flat by 10 seta 65 games…

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Football

Nambucca News · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 5

Bowra and Macksville met on the local ground on Saturday in the presence of a big crowd of spectators. But although there was keen rivalry amongst the players…

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Fierce Light of Golf

Nambucca News · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 8

Golf is the great test of character. I have seen men married--condemned to death by the stethoscope--returned at the top of the poll for the county…

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Boxing Championship

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 11

Jeffries and Johnson have signed articles to fight for the championship of the world…

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Rowdy Football

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 11

At Brisbane yesterday the Maori team beat Queensland by 36 points to 25. After the match the crowd rushed the ground and booted the…

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Late Cricket

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 4

LONDON, TUESDAY.— The Australian played a match last week against West of England at Exeter. Scores :West of England 567 runs…

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Football

Nambucca News · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 4

The Nambucca final has passed over the track where the lost seasons go, and the mountain will once more echo with shouts from the Bowra brigade journeying to…

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Lawn Tennis

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 7

A pleasant game of tennis was played on Saturday last between Dungog and Stroud, on the Dungog court. This was the return match, and again…

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Boxing Fatality at Wingham. Burrows Committed for Trial

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 13

The district received a painful shock on Sunday morning last when it became known that one of the contestants in a boxing bout at the Wingham…

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Cricket

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 5

LONDON, TUESDAY.— The Australian cricketers defeated Sussex by one wicket, the finish being very exciting Scores: Sussex, 96 and 158;…

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Cricket

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 8

For the benefit of my new readers I may repeat that I take no stock of the absurd and meaningless "Averages for All Matches," hitherto accepted as…

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Football Sensation

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 8

The Sydney managements of the two Rugbies, Union and League, have been busy declaring their official ignorance of certain well-advanced negotiations…

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Cricket

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 11

The Australians commenced a match against Essex at Leyton today, The weather is fine and wicket easy. Essex went in first and five…

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Cricket

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 11

On Monday a match was Commenced against M.C.C. at Lords, Scores to date: M.C.C., 188 (Hardstaff 34, Relf 33). Australia made…

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Football Final. Bellinger v. MANNING

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 14

A BIG crowd assembled on the Kempsey ground on Saturday last to witness the match between the Bellinger and Manning teams to…

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Football

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 September 1909 · page 8

The Rugby League has to pay £196 2s 6d with costs, or over £300, on an Equity Court verdict over proceedings by a supplanted promoter of last season's frosty…

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Ladies at Swimming Galas. Corporation Discuss

Nambucca News · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 8

At a meeting of the Public Health Committee of the Cork Corporation on 1st May a discussion took place with reference to the admission of…

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