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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1937

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BOWLS Games at Tweed Heads Yesterday

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 2

Games played on Tweed Heads bowling green yesterday resulted:-- Aitken, Wilson, C. Moore, Morley 28 v Swain, Nicklin, Kingston,…

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CRICKET Brunswick Defeats Clunes

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 2

Taking 13 wickets for 76 and scoring 48 runs, A. ("Dibby") Wright, the Byron Bay all-rounder, was largely responsible for Brunswick's…

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Cricket. Inter-district Match

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

The following team has been chosen to represent the Mid Richmond v. Clunes, at Eltham, on January 16th: B. Anderson, W. Bugden, R. Davis, J…

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Re-commencement of Coursing in Murwillumbah Statement by Hospital Club President

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

In a statement in connection with the re-commencement of greyhound racing in Murwillumbah, the President of the…

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Boy Drowned in Dam Tragedy at Golf Links

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

MURGON, Thursday:--Allan Leslie Dilger (10) was drowned in the dam at Murgon golf links to-day. It appears the victim, with another boy,…

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Country Week Tennis Knockout Rounds Murwillumbah Defeated by Singleton

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday:-- The Country Week tennis carnival was continued to-day in fine, warm weather. The last of the preliminary rounds and…

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Cricket at Lords in 1892 (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

Sir,—The print, published from a photograph, in the "Northern Star" (January 7) which is supposed to represent the "Second Test Match"…

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East's Cricket Enthusiasm China May Yet Have Its Bradman

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 2

The popularity of cricket as a game to watch, as well as to play, has grown rapidly, and is still growing in the Federated Malay States and the East,…

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Cricket How Lismore Was Beaten Highlights Of Rep. Game

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

A few of the Kyogle players got to the Lismore Recreation ground early last Sunday, and got an idea of what the turf was…

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Perry Defeats Vines Three Sets To One Biggest Tennis "Gate" Ever

Tweed Daily · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday:-- Fred Perry surprisingly defeated Ellsworth Vines, 75, 36, 63, 64 at Madison Square Garden…

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Coursing Notes

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 7

A very "watertight" system in the kennels will be employed by the Murwillumbah Hospital Coursing Club at its meetings on the Murwillumbah…

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SWIMMING Mullumbimby Club's Carnival

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

Wednesday night, January 27, was fixed at a meeting of Mullumbimby Amateur Swimming Club as the date of its first carnival for the season…

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Country Tennis West Wyalong in Final

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday:--West Wyalong reached the final of the country teams championship at the White City courts this afternoon by defeating…

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TENNIS Return Match? New York

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

The promotors of the Perry-Vines match have announced that they are planning a return match here if a suitable date is available. Vines is reported…

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Cricket Dissension "Grotesque" LONDON

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 7

The morning newspaper messages from Melbourne describe as grotesque the London rumours of cricket dissension. The "Daily Mail's" story…

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CRICKET. Queensland Team BRISBANE

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

The team to represent Queensland against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield match commencing in Brisbane on Friday next was announced to-day, as…

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Open Column Ballina Turf Club Mechanical Coursing (To the Editor)

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 14

Sir,—My letter regarding the above club has brought forth two champions of the club, both of whom claim to be correspondents who know. I will…

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CRICKET Teams for the Week-end

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 6

Burringbar v Round Mountain, at Round Mountain, to-morrow: L. Pain, A. Pain, C. Chilcott, J. Chilcott, J. Buckley, T. Buckley, R. Howard, K…

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CRICKET Brunswick Competition to be Resumed To-day

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 2

The Brunswick Cricket Association's competition will be resumed to-day after two week's recess over the holidays The matches in progress will…

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Mechanical Coursing. Trials for Puppies

Northern Star · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 6

The Lismore Jockey Club will conduct trials at Coleman's Point to-night. The club's next meeting will be held next Saturday. An innovation at the trials will…

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