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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1941

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Bowls. Less Than 20 Teams in Ch'ship

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the conclusion to-day of section play in the fours competition of the Country bowls championship, the number of teams…

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Cricket. Outright Win for N.S.W.

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--In less than an hour and a half to-day New South Wales disposed of the remaining Victorian batsmen and…

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Bowls. Twin Towns Club May Have Single Club Club Games Selector

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

The Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Bowling Club Committee, at is February meeting, decided to recommend to the annual meeting, to be held this…

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Bowls. Bangalow Club

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 5

The following fours have been selected to represent Bangalow club in the N.R.D.B.A.: M. Blanch, A. Peden, P. Samios and E. Hamer (skip.). The…

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Mechanical Coursing Owner Won Double

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 6

Bottle-reared greyhounds won a double at the Lismore Jockey Club's meeting last night for their owner, Mrs. A. G. Denison…

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Country Week Bowls Carnival

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 6

The country bowls tournament was continued to-day, when three rounds of the singles championship were played. A further three…

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BOXING Burns Accepts Challenge By Cubis

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 6

Tommy Burns, of Lismore, has accepted the challenge of Fred Cubis for a 10 two-minute round contest for a side wager of up to £50. Cubis issued…

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Bowls. Women's Competition Games at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 2

Tweed Heads and Coolangatta Ladies' Bowling Club competition games played on Tuesday on Tweed Heads green resulted:--…

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Tennis. Successful Year Lismore Club's Plan

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 2

Reports submitted to the an[?] meeting of Lismore Tennis Club night revealed that although a s[?] cessful year had been experien[?]…

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Teams Chosen District Cricket Matches

Northern Star · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 6

The following teams have been chosen for district cricket matches on Saturday: CLUNES ASSN. ELTHM V. BOOYONG…

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Cricket. Draw for One-day Match Play

Tweed Daily · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 2

The draw for the seven one-day matches to be played by seven teams participating in the Tweed Cricket Association's A and B grade…

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Swimming Treble for J. MOYLE Keen Racing In Point Score Kyogle Competition

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 6

Some of the best performances so far this season were witnessed at Kyogle Club's weekly point score competition on…

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Boxing Nimbin Tournament

Northern Star · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 4

The welterweight championship of the North Coast decided at Nimbin in a contest between Norman. Bailey (Nimbin) and Robin Day (Losmoie)…

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Bowls Country Carnival

Northern Star · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—When the Country Bowls Carnival was continued to-day, the N.S.W. bowls champion, D. Downie, of Lithgow,…

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Coursing Club's Contribution to Hospital

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 2

Directors of Tweed District Hospital Board, at their meeting last night, Expressed gratification at the donation of £13614 from…

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Bowls. Murwillumbah Club Play

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon at Murwillumbah Bowling Club's green members will play a fours competition, in three games, each of ten ends…

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Mechanical Coursing. Draw for Casino Meeting

Northern Star · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 8

The draw for the Casino meeting on Saturday night is as follows (all greyhounds which were omitted from the draw will receive preference if…

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Chinese Football Team

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 4

HONG KONG, Wednesday:--The Football Association this evening accepted the invitation to send a team to Australia. The team probably will…

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Coraki Golf Club Annual Meeting

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 5

Me. R. MeL. Marsh presided over about a dozen members, on Wednesday evening, at the annual meeting of the Coraki Golf Club…

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Coursing. To-morrow Night's Fields at Tweed Heads

Tweed Daily · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 4

The Tweed Heads Coursing Club will conduct a programme of 10 races to-morrow night. Following are the fields:—…

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