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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1877

172 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 9

Cricket. Albion C.c. V. Morpeth C.c

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1877 · page 6

The newly formed club of Morpeth play[?]d a friendly game of cricket with the first eleven of the Albions, last Saturday, on the Albion Ground. As it was only a half day match, the…

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Sporting. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Hay Annual Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 March 1877 · page 2

The following are the results of the racing, which took place to-day:—Maiden Place: Satanella 1. Prince of Wales Stakes; Bezique, 1. Club Handicap; Coquette 1, U[?]cas 2,…

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Cricket. Brookfield v. Clarence Town

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1877 · page 7

On Saturday, March 10th, a cricket match was played here between eleven Brookfield cricketers and a similar number of our local players. The latter team obtained an easy victory over their…

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Cricket. Dungog v. THALABA. (From a Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1877 · page 5

A match between the above clubs was commenced on Saturday, 17th, on the Dungog oriokot ground. Thalaba won the toss and sent their mon into the field; J. Parnell and…

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Cricket. Second Eleven Albions V. Maitland Amateurs

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1877 · page 7

[?] cricket match between the above clubs played on the Albion Ground, Weat Mait and, on Saturday afternoon, at the same time as the sports were going on. The weather was…

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Murrurundi Races. (From our Reporter.)

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1877 · page 1

The annual race meeting held on Wednesday and Thursday last in this town, was a questionable success. Fortunately the weather was more then favourable to the…

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Sporting. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Kyneton Races, Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1877 · page 6

The Kyneton races took place to-day. There was a large attendance of people. Hurdle Raoe,-Quioksilvor won easily; Gaffer Grey 2, Alioe 3…

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Tumut Turf Club Races. Tumut, Wednesd[?]y

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 10

The weather was fine to-day, and there was a good attendance at the races. There were no accidents, and no disputes occurred. The following are the events:…

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Sporting. (By Telegraph [?] the Herald.) Grenfe[?] Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 10

At the races to-day the [?]ttendance was very poor. The following events were[?]un:- Maiden Plate.—Boomer[?]ng 1, Aunt Sally 2, Kangaroo 3…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Murrurundi. Murrurundi Races.—second Day

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1877 · page 7

The second day's races came off on the 15th. The day was exceedingly hot, and at times cloudy; at one time a likelihood of a storm appeared, but it held off until about nine o'clock,…

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Tumut Turf Club Races. Second Day

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1877 · page 6

The attendance was large, the sport was excellent, and there were no disputes. The following is the result of the racing:- St Leger Stakes, 30 sovereigns; 1½ mile.—…

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Sporting. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Grenfell Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1877 · page 6

Flying Handicap—Camilla, 1; Blondin, 2; Boomerang, 3 Squatters' Stakes.—Pearl, 1; Kinglight, 2; Weed, 3. A protest was enteted against the…

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Singleton Grammer School Athletic Club

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1877 · page 2

PRESIDENT Mr. George Loder. Indges: Messrs D. G. Ager and W. Pearsec Stewards: MES[?]S. D. G. Ager. J. A. W. Ha[?] W. Boyd. H. Turnball. J…

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Sporting. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Forbes Races. Forbes

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1877 · page 4

The races to-day were fairly attended. Maiden Plate.—Queen Bee 1, Hermit 2. Sires' Produce Stakes.—Lottie, by Lottery 1, Minerva, by Newmarket 2. This was a magnificent…

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Morpeth Regatta

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1877 · page 3

A meeting of the persons who were desirous of organizing a regatta on Morpeth for Queen's Birthday, 24th May next, was held at Mrs. C. Wilson's Royal Hotel, on Thursday evening. The attendance…

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Extraordinary. Mixture of Races in Turkey

The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1877 · page 4

THE Turkish Ministry of Finance issued, in 1867, a statistical notice, in which the population of Turkey' 'is placed at 18,500,000 for Europe ;…

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Cricket. Albions v. BELVIDERE

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1877 · page 5

On Easter Monday a crioket match was played on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, between an eleven of the Belvidere Club, from Sydney, and a like number of the Albion…

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Cricket Match.—singleton V. Belvidere Club (Sydney)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1877 · page 6

A match was played on Saturday, the 31st March, on the Singloton Cricket Ground, between the above clubs. The Singleton team was a comparatively weak one, as four of their…

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Sporting. [By Telegraph to the Herald.) Forbes Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1877 · page 6

The second day's races were well attended. The weather was fine, and the oourse was in excellent order. The following are events that wore run:—…

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Singleton Athletic Sports. (From our own Reporter.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1877 · page 5

Easter Monday (yesterday) was celebrated in Singleton, by a very long programme of Athletic sports being carried out on the Show Ground of the Northern Agricultural Association. The sports were…

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