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Northern Rivers · Sport

Sport, 1949

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Swimming Team For Newcastle

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

Swimmers to represent Lismore Memorial Amateur Swimming Club at the New South Wales country championships at Newcastle at the…

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Seven Racing Appeals Lodged

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Seven individual appeals on behalf of racing men, and three, concerning horses, are now pending to the AJC Committee as a result ol the recent stewards' inquiries in Sydney…

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Von Nida to Rest From Golf

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 8

MANILA, Tuesday (AAP). — Australian golfer Norman von Nida. who failed in the Philippines Open Oharrmionship on Saturday, will not…

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Cricket Lismore Teams To Play Tweed Next Week-end

Northern Star · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 8

Teams selected to represent Lismore against Tweed in the interdistrict competition on Anniversary Day week-end were announced by…

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Coursing Ballina Owners Discuss Race Improvements

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 7

BALLINA, Wednesday.—At Ballina sub-branch of Greyhound Owners', Trainers' and Breeders' Association questions, which, in the…

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Trophies for Night Tennis Winners

Northern Star · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 7

Winning teams in the Casino summer night tennis competition will be presented with the trophy and six miniatures before the…

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Cricket Quiz

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

Questions on the rules of cricket, as asked to Mr. Fred Lyons, secretary and member of the Examining Board of the…

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Bowls Title Games at Mullumbimby

Northern Star · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

The semi-finals ana nuals in the northern section of the N.R.D.B.A. singles championship will be played at Mullumbimby on Saturday…

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Tennis Tournament At Easter

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 7

Kyogle Tennis Club has been granted permission to conduct its annual Upper Richmond tennis championships during…

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State Control of Football Pools?

Tweed Daily · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday : The Prime Minister, Mr Attlee, announced In the House of Commons, that a Royal Commission would…

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Big Task for Swimming Club to Win Third Successive Premiership

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 6

Kyogle Amateur Swimming Club's team of 13 swimmers faces a big task to win the New South Wales Country premiership for the third successive year. The championship carnival will be held in the Newcastle Ocean baths to-morrow afternoon and night, and…

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Bowls Two Finals Today

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 7

Two N.R.D.B.A. championship finals will be played in two sections today. At Nimbin in the Southern…

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N.z. Rugby League Invitation

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Friday: An invitation for an Australian Rugby League team to tour New Zealand late in August and September has…

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Fatally Injured in Boxing Contest

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 5

MOBERLY (Missouri), Friday: Charles Byas, 20-year-old negro student, died here last night shortly after he had been knocked…

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Golf Competitions for Lismore

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 7

Lismore Golf Club members will choose their own partners in four ball competitions to be conducted to-day, tomorrow and on Monday…

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Tennis Sedgman Annihilates Sidwell

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday: Playing the best tennis of his career, Frank Sedgman (Victoria) reached the final of the national…

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Boxing Hassen May Meet Ken Bailey

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: The Queensland lightweight, Jack Hassen, would be ready to meet Ken Bailey a fortnight after he had fought…

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Harry Lambert Bowls Well Against NSW

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: The 30-year-old Victorian fast medium left-hander, Harry Lambert, who took 5 for 64, was mainly responsible for the poor showing on the first day of the New South…

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Boxing Toomey Beats Jack Daniels on Points

Tweed Daily · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Friday: -- The Queenlsand welterweight, Jack Toomey (10.11[?]) convincingly outpointed the Victorian…

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Replacements in Lismore Cricket Teams

Northern Star · Saturday 29 January 1949 · page 7

Replacements in Lismore cricket teams to play Tweed Association on Monday are: No. 2 team, L. Hatt, F. Harmon, K. Smith; No. 3 team,…

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