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Sport, 1948

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Gloucester Football Club Finishes Financial Year with Record Credit Balance of £123. Players to Commence Training Next Week

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

Local footballers will commence light training on the Gloucester Park next Tuesday night, February 10th, in preparation for the coming season,…

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Local Lad's Success In Australian Athletic Championships

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

Cliff Oates, son of Mr. and Mrs. Reg Oates, of West Port Macquarie, writes as follows to his parents regarding his recent outstanding…

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Bowls Grafton Bowlers Houour Former President

The Northern Champion · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

The memory of the late C. B. Bailey was honoured at the Kemp street bowling green at Grafton lust week when the C. B. Bailey commemorative…

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Bowls Most Strenuous Game. Lismore Doctor's Claim

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 8

A discussion on the degree of physical exertion required to play golf as compared with bowls, took place in the special Licensing Court in…

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Football Rugby League

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 8

Referring to the Central Kempsey Football Club's annual meeting, as reported in Friday's "Argus", the Secretary of the West…

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Rugby League Rules Questions and Answers

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 6

Question 18: A player standing with one foot in the field-of-play and the other on the goal-line catches the ball and touches…

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Bowls Popular New Clubs on Central Rivers. Kempsey Gathering

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 5

Keen interest is being evidenced in the development of the sport of bowling on the North Coast. Three new clubs are just now…

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Amateur Swimming Club

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 4

Kempsey Amateur Swimming Club presented a programme of competitive events at the Municipal Baths last Wednesday night, results being…

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BOWLS Taree Club

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 3

Tue Monthly meeting of the Taree Bowling Club was held on Monday, February 2. Arrangements were made to…

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Bowls Stewart Lloyd Cup

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 2

On Saturday last three Taree rinks defeated Wincham for the Stewart Lloyd cup by 78 games to 71 Scores: Diamond, Moore, Lumman, McCulloch…

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Bowls

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2
Also in Macleay Argus

Wingham bowlers turned out in pleasing numbers on Saturday last. Three teams visited Taree, and three teams played at Wingham…

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Golf

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 9

The golf links are in wonderful order at the present time, and are en outstanding credit to the club and its greenkeeper, Mr. Jack Hicks. The…

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Tennis

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 5

A most successful social was held in the new tennis club rooms on Thursday of last week, and proved a huge success. The room was large…

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Associate Golf

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 3

Last Wednesday's 18-hole competition was won by Mrs. Reid. Everyone is very pleased to see Mrs. Reid joining in the competitions again, and…

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Cricket

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2
Also in The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate

The following team has been selected to represent the Gloucester "Reds" v. Stroud at Stroud to-morrow. Transport leaves at 12.30 : K…

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Rugby League Rules Questions and Answers

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 7

Question 27: A player dribbles over an opponents' goal-line, and after the ball is over the line, he knocks the ball on, but…

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Football French Tour Cancelled

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 6

The proposed tour of Australia by a French Rugby Leaguer team. this winter has been cancelled. The Secretary of the Australian…

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Football Annual Meeting Mr. Cec. Lawrence New President

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 5

An appeal to clubs, officials and players, to instill greater interest in football by their own activities, to eradicate the present…

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