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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1928

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Tennis

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 2

Australia failed badly when the first test match with the French tennis team was continued at Melbourne on Friday. The visitors won three…

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Taree Races

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 4

The attendance at the Taree meeting of the Oxley Race Club on Saturday was not large. The sultry afternoon probably had an adverse effect…

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Coursing. Good Meeting on Taree Racecourse

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 2

The mechanical hare coursing at the Taree Racecourse on Saturday drew the largest crowd to date. There was good racing. Every event…

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Proposed Swimming Baths at Macquarie Street

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. Andre Majerszky informs us that he is working up a scheme to have swimming baths constructed alongside the atone wharf at the foot…

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Cricket. Interesting Comment on English Team

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 2

"After making all possible allowances, the fact remains that English cricket has failed." Thus does the "Daily Mail"…

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Swimming. Mr. Majersky's Swim. 65 Minutes Clipped From Previous Time. a Weird Experience

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. Andre Majersky (M. Andre) a few minutes after completing his weird swim of 14 miles, from Wingham to Taree, at 6.58 o'clock on…

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Tennis

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 5

Attention is drawn to a notice appearing in another column re. the meeting to be held in connection with the formation of a Tennis…

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Bretti Races

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

Bretti races, which were to have been held on 18th inst., have been postponed on account of the high state of the rivers, and will now be…

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Cricket Team

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 2

The following players will represent Gloucester and Gloucester River combined, in the match against Craven, to be played on the Park…

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Cricket

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 2

The following team will represent Wingham D against Tinonce at Wingham on Saturday next: R. M. Easton, A. G. Bond, A. Witchard, L. F. Hunt,…

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Mechanical Hare Coursing

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 2

Despite the threatening weather some 300 people attended the tin hare races on the Taree show ground on Saturday last. The racing was of a…

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Sporting. Mechanical Hare Coursing

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 5

About 300 people turned up to see the mechanical hare coursing oil Taree showground on Saturday afternoon last. The racing was high class…

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Cricket

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 2

Dyer's Crossing defeated Nabiac with a surplus of 32 runs and five wickets at Nabiac on Saturday last. For the visitors H. Croker compiled…

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Proposed Swimming Baths. the Public Meeting

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. Andre Majersky .(Mf Andre) in forms us that the interest taken in his effort to have modern swimming baths erected At die foot of…

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Taree's Need of Swimming Baths. (To the Editor)

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 3

Sir,—It is gratifying to learn that there is an energetic soul in the town who is doing something definite in the matter of swimming baths, and if the…

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Cricket

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

The following team will represent Wingham C against Tinonee at Wingham on Saturday next: R. M. Easton, A. G. Bond, A. Witcuard, L. F. Hunt,…

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Tennis. Association Formed

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

The meeting held in the School of Arts on Tuesday night last in connection with the formation of a Tennis Association was largely attended,…

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The Veteran's Cricket Match

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4

Well, matey, the long-looked for game of cricket between a team of Buffers from Newcastle and our own Old Buffers was played at Copeland on…

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Regatta Meeting

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 5

A MEETING of the committee of the port Macquarie Regatta Club was held on the 13th inst., the President (Mr. A. A. Cumming) in the chair…

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Cricket

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 7

Dyer's Crossing defeated Nabiac with a surplus of 32 runs and five wickets, at Nabiac, on Saturday last For the visitors, H. Croker compiled…

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