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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1938

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GOLF. Murwillumbah Club

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 2

The competition to be played to-day on the Murwillumbah Golf Club's links will be an 18-hole stroke (Skinner Lowes' Summer Cup and Summer…

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BOWLS. Twin Towns Green

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 2

Following are the results of games played on Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Bowling Club's green on Thursday,all games being unfinished on…

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CRICKET. Wanderers Beat Bentley

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 14

Wanderers defeated Bentley by 35 runs on the first innings in a match at Bentley last week-end. The highlight of the match was a chanceless…

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Mechanical Coursing Cintar's First for Special Stake Lismore Meeting

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Good class dogs have been nominated for the meeting at Coleman's Point, Lismore, to-night, when six divisional, two maiden, one club…

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Canterbury Fields. Reviewed. Eleven Races

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 2

Eleven . races at 'to- fday's Canterbury meeting must be a record for a Saturday fixture. Such a marathon programme brings back…

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Tennis Newcastle in Final Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

The Newcastle No. 1 team, after defeating Cessnock Rovers, last year's premiers, in the quarter finals of the men's teams matches, at the Country…

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Empire Games W.A. Man as Swimming Coach PERTH

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 2

Mr. J. P. Sheedy, of Western Australia, was elected by the executive of the Amateur Swimming Union of Australia as manager-coach of the…

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To=Night's Coursing. Hospital Club's Meeting. Review And Anticipations For To-night

Tweed Daily · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 3

Another excellent ten-event programme has been arranged by the Murwillumbah Hospital Coursing Club for to-night…

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Golf Course Proposed At Byron Bay Byron Bay

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 10

A move is on foot in Byron Bay to construct a golf course on the 100-acre area formerly used as a racecourse. Writing to the Byron Shire Council,…

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International Tennis. Bromwich-quist Beats Budge-mako at Doubles Adelaide

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Bright tennis thrilled the crowd at the Memorial Drive courts to-day when the international tennis match was…

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Shield Cricket Lee in Good Form Against Qld. Brisbane

Northern Star · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 8

Queensland won the toss against Victoria in the Sheffield Shield match, which began to-day, but as the wicket appeared to have little…

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Wales Wins Rugby Match

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

CARDIFF, Saturday:--In a Rugby Union match, Wales beat England 14-8 in terrific wind and rain. The attendance was 60,000…

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SWIMMING. Carnivals To Commence Shortly

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 11

Business to be considered at the next meeting of the Lismore Amateur Swimming Club, to be held in the soldiers' club rooms next…

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Mechanical Coursing. 10 Events at Ballina

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 8

A 10 event programme is listed for the Ballina meeting to-night and the principal event, the open 300 yards, may see the consistent…

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BOXING. Mickey Miller Beaten MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

Lew Farber outpointed Mickey Miller in a slow contest on Saturday night. Farber tried to claim throughout, while Miller was…

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Mechanical Coursing Ran True to Form Cintar's First

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

For the second time within four days, Cintar's First, one of Lismore's speediest greyhounds, has scored impressively in good…

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Bowls Murwillumbah Club Rinks Win Burleigh Heads

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 4

Seven rinks of Murwillumbah bowlers visited Burleigh Heads on Saturday, and defeated members of the Burleigh Heads club by 175 points to…

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Brunswick Cricket Saturday's Play Brunswick Heads Win

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

The clock turned what looked like certain defeat into victory for Brunswick Heads in the Brunswick Cricket Association's competition…

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Shield Cricket S. Australia Dismissed Cheaply Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

South Australia, after losing the opening batsmen, Whilington and Badcock, early had to struggle for runs against New South Wales in…

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Remarkable Bowling Averages Tweed Cricket Cudgera Batsman's Century

Tweed Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

The feature of Saturday's play in the Tweed District Cricket Association's competition was a neatly compiled century by Bob…

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