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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1941

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Coursing. Prospects for Tweed Heads Meeting To-night

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 4

Tweed Heads Coursing Club should continue its run of successful holiday meetings to-night when a high-class programme…

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Cricket Teams for

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

The following cricket teams have been chosen for matches next Saturday. ELTHAM v. NASHUA At Nashua, at 10 a.m. Eltham A…

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Mechanical Coursing the Hotontot and Tetrarch in Match Race

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

Principal attraction at the Ballina meeting to-night will be the special match race between The Hotontot and Tetrarch…

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Frank Ward Retires From Cricket

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Tuesday:—Frank Ward South Australian bowler, has announced his retirement from cricket He played his last match against…

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Bowls. Final To-day in Pairs Championship Twin Towns Play

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 4

Undefeated pairs skipped by H. J. Whalen W. Barrett and H. Hattersley (T.H. and C.), W. Patterson (Coorparoo) and T…

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Boxing Westbury Beaten on Points Newcastle

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 5

Ray McLaughlin defeated Alan Westbury on points over twelve rounds at Newcastle to-day. It was a hard battle throughout, with…

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CRICKET. Win For Nashua

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Nashua defeated Booyong, at Booyong, by 55 runs on the first innings. Scores:—Nashua, 1st. innings, 151. (J. Oliver…

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Bowls Sealed Handicap Competition Win For Burrows' Rink

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Eight rinks of three players took part in a sealed handicap competition on the Lismore green yesterday. Each rink played three games of ten ends…

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Golf. Atkinson and Hancock Win at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Members of the Coolangatta and Tweed Heads Golf Club yesterday played a four-ball-best-ball handicap against par, which was won…

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Cricket. Win for Third Grade Team

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 3

grade clubs of the Lismore association defeated a second grade team by eight runs on the first innings in a match on the recreation…

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Cricket Sparkling Innings by Barnes Melbourne

Northern Star · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

A sparkling innings by Barnes for 137 stood out in the batting of McCabe's team when they commenced their patriotic match against a…

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Bowls. Twin Towns Pairs Championship Won by H. Hattersley and E. SILVERTON

Tweed Daily · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

E. Silverton and H. Hattersley (T.H. and C.) won the pairs' championship at Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Bowling Club's…

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Mechanical Coursing. Ballina Draw

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 7

Following is the draw for the Ballina meeting to-morrow night- Maiden Stake (300): Narviro, Michael Anthony, Cape Byron, Fawn Cash,…

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BOWLS Byron Bay Games

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

The following games were played on the Byron Bay green: Clarke, McKenzie, Brownell, 28, v. Hodge, Lindsay. Davidson, 21; Kruse, Lane, Harrison,…

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Bowls New Year's Day Games

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 6

A pairs competition on the Kyogle green on New Year's Day was won by A. Ford and W. White with an aggregate of 31 for two wins and a draw…

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CRICKET. Nashua Team

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 5

The following team will represent Nashua against Eltham, at Nashua, on Saturday: W. Draper, T. Wright, C. James, R. Gay, K. Pezzutti,…

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CRICKET S. AUSTRALIA v. VICTORIA

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

Victoria was defeated outright at Melbourne. Feature of the match was the failure of Bradman in both innings, who is described as being completely…

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Rain Stops Play in Big Cricket

Tweed Daily · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday: There was no play to-day in the cricket match between the two Australian elevens owing to rain…

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CRICKET. Rain Prevents Play MELBOURNE

Northern Star · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 7

Owing to heavy rain, no play was possible to-day in the patriotic cricket match between teams led by Bradman and McCabe…

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CRICKET. Booyong Team

Northern Star · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 10

The following team will represent Booyong against Eureka, at Eureka:—W. Johnston, T. Triggell, Senr., W. Raison, R. Triggell, Trimble (2), G. Pearson, T…

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