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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1917

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Bowraville Jockey Club Races

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 5

The annual reunion of the Bowraville Jockey Club, originally set down for Friday and Saturday last, was postponed until Saturday and Monday owing to the…

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Tennis

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1917 · page 3

There is no doubt that the tennis season in Gloucester District is in full swing and that tennis devotees are once again…

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Tennis

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1917 · page 3

The Presbyterian and Gloucester School Association Tem[?] Clubs met on Saturday afternoon on the School court and had…

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Golf

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1917 · page 5

THE competition for the championship of the Port Macquarie Golf Club was played on the club's links during the past month, and was won by Mr. G. W. Wilshire…

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Football

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 2

The following team will represent Cundle against Taree High School in a football match to-day (Wednesday) at the park. Taree.—R…

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Football Match

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 20 July 1917 · page 5

A football match will be played on the Wingham Park on Saturday, 28th July, between teams representing the Upper Manning A. and H…

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The Football Carnival

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 3

The much talked of football match between Taree and Wingham Old Boys took place on Wingham park on Saturday last, and proved a big…

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Tennis

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1917 · page 2

A tennis team chosen by Mr R. M. Easton visited the school court and met the School Associa-tion Club on Saturday and…

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Boxing. Kay Beats Holland

The Northern Champion · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 1

At the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night Fred Kay (10.9) beat Fritz Holland (11.6) after a 20-rounds contest. Kay won on points. Holland…

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Boxing. Kay Beats Holland

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 1

At the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night Fred Kay (10.9) beat Fritz Holland (11.6) after a 20-rounds contest. Kay won on points. Holland…

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After the Football Match

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 2

At the Police Court on Wednesday, before Mr. H. H. McDougall, P.M., Sydney Arthur Stuart Willis, Andrew Samuel McNeill, Arthur…

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Tennis Match

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 5

A NUMBER of members of the Port Macquarie Tennis Club visited Rawdon Island on Monday last to play a return match. At the previous encounter, on the home…

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Boxing. Kay Beats Holland

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 August 1917 · page 1

At the Sydney Stadium on Saturday night Fred Kay (10.9) beat Fritz Holland (11.6) after a 20-rounds contest. Kay won on points. Holland…

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The Football Match. Agricultural Association V. Race Club

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 2

TEAMS representing the Agricultural Association and the Jockey Club met on Wingham Park on Saturday after noon last, to decide which side could…

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Tennis

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 3

Gloucester School Association met the Barrington Club at Barrington on Saturday and had a well contested game. The day…

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Old-time Racing

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 8

The first races held in the colonies took place at Parramatta on April 30, 1810, and the first race was between a horse called Parramatta and another…

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Ball and Races

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

Tho good People of Wherrol Flat are always to the fore in any matter that tends to assist in ameliorating the sufferings caused by the war, and…

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Tennis

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 3

Semi-final and final of the Manning River District Championship will take place on the Wingham Courts on Saturday next, 1st September, when A…

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Tennis Championship

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

Considerable interest was in the contest for the Gents Double Championship on Saturday last. From the hour at which the contest…

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"Traitors." Scenes on the Cricket Ground

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 3

From the Sydney Cricket Ground, where the "loyal labour" camp of country volunteers is situated, the Government is speaking nigthay to the people…

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