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Mid North Coast · Sport

Sport, 1939

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Grasshoppers Help Golf Links. £100 in Wages Saved

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

A plague of grasshoppers has saved the Bathurst Golf Club £100. Undergrowth appears in the greens as the result of the accumulation of…

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Athletic Club Forme at Wingham. Enthusiastic Meeting Decides to Promote All Types of Sport

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 3

A very enthusiastic meeting was held at Mr. R. Walcott's Hairdressing Saloon. Bent Street, Wingham, on Tuesday night last, February 7, to…

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Boxing

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 4

The next monthly boxing tournament, organised by the Port Macquarie sub-branch of the R.S. & S.I.L.A., will be held in Keena's Hall…

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Bowls

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 5

Port Macquarie was defeated by Kempsey, on the latter's green, in the pennant games last Saturday by 84—59…

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Port Macquarie Regatta Club

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 4

The annual meeting of members of the above club was held in the Masonic Hall on Wednesday, 8th inst., there being present—Dr. N. E…

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Golf

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6
Also in The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate

With the fairways mown good cards were handed in for last Saturday's par competition on, Taree links. The following were the best: M. V. Williams…

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Tennis. Goodwill Night Tennis Association

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 5

Owing to the death of Mr. Jack Street, who was captain of the Cundle team, there will be no A grade tennis on Monday night…

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Greyhound Racing

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 3

Appended are the results of the greyhound races held at Kempsey on Friday last— President's Stakes, 7th divison.—…

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Cricket

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 6

Stan McCabe may be lost to New I South Wales cricket. His contract with the firm employing him expires shortly, and he is understood to be…

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The Turf. Old Time Racing

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 3

Sydney "Newsletter" gives prominence to the following letter received by Mr. R. Wootton: "Dear Dick,--No doubt you will get a shock in getting…

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Cundle Tragedy Mr. Jack Street Drowned When Swimming From Submerged Punt

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 4

A tragedy that cast a gloam over the whole of the Lower Manning occurred on Thursday night when Mr. Jack Lewis Street, of Cundletown, collapsed…

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Cricket Tour of Tasmania by Country Cricketers

The Northern Champion · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 2

Two teams of country cricketers, organised by Mr. F. Noonan, of Lansdowne, recently completed a month's tour of Tasmania and had a most…

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Agricultural Associations Meet at Cricket. Wallamba Scores Another Win

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 4

On Friday, 3rd February, 1939, Committeemen of the Upper Manning A. and H. Association met a cricket team representing the Committee of…

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Cricket TOUR or Tasmania by N.S.W. Country Cricketers

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 10

Two teams of country cricketers, organised by Mr. F. Noonan, of Lansdowne, recently completed a month s tour of Tasmania and had a most…

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Gladstone Regatta Dance

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

The attention of lovers of dancing is drawn to the grand regatta social to be held in the Gladstone School of Arts to-morrow (Wednesday) night…

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Bowls. Pennant Competition

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

In the Lower North Coast Bowling Association Pennant Competition on Saturday last Kempsey Section one defeated Nestanglo by 9 points, and…

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Cricket

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

Stan McCabe may be lost to new South Wales cricket. His contract with the firm employing him expires shortly, and he is understood to be…

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Cricket

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 2

Marlee first grade to play Burrell Creek at Burrell Ceek: T. Bailey, K. Meaker, G. Meaker, J. Reeves, R. Sky, J. Heagney, A. Cameron, C…

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Tennis Competitions

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 4

In this issue appears a notice calling a public meeting for the purpose of reviving the Macleay River District Tennis Association and the…

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