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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1888

319 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 16

Cricket. Stringybark V. Greenhide

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1888 · page 3

On Saturday last a cricket match was played at Canningalla between the above two clubs, and resulted after a most exciting game in a win for the Greenhide C.C. by three runs, and which proved…

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Coursing Match

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 3

The match between Mr J. Maguire's Darkey and Mr Oliver's Jonny Lind, for £5 aside, came off on Saturday last at Mr J. Wilcher's, Darlington, and resulted in an…

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Sporting News. Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 June 1888 · page 3

Following are the names of the Halfholiday eighteen selected to play against the Carltons on Howe Park to-morrow:— J. Atkin, H. Geary, Parish, W. Ramsay, H…

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Football. ROVERS N. CARLTON

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 June 1888 · page 4

The above teams met lost Saturday afternoon on Maitland Park. Both these teams have only recently been formed, and are playing under the Australian Association rules. As this match is the…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 3

The Carltons are engaged this afternoon in a match against Maitland on Howe Park. The following will represent the Carltons :— W.Maguire, Gray, M'Millan, Roberts,…

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Sporting News. Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 June 1888 · page 3

Wooden has the best batting average in the Newcastle City club for the past season, with 3[?] runs per innings, while Bode was very close with 34-50. Tubb, Bewick,…

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Sporting News. Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 13 June 1888 · page 3

The Carltons. met the Maitland juniors on Howe Park on Saturday last, winning after a good struggle by 12 points to nil. The came was by no means be one-sided as it…

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Moonan Brook. Denison Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1888 · page 6

The Denison Jockey Club June meeting was concluded on Saturday in very pleasant circumstances, except that a slight accident happened to Mr. W. Bristow while riding in a match for £20 between…

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Sporting News. Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 June 1888 · page 4

The match that was to have taken plain here to-day between the Carltons and Newcastle Juniors, is off, the latter club not being able to get a team. A scratch match will,…

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Horse Taming in Rugby

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 3

Mr. Galvayne, the well-known Australian expert in the art of taming vicious and refractory horses, was provided at Rugby with an animal that wonld teat the nerve and ability of anyone who undertook…

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Football. MAITLAND v. Advance (Newcastle) Football Club

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 7

The Albion Ground was on Saturday last the scone of a friendly game between the above clubs. A large number of people had assembled to witness the match, which proved to be of an interesting…

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Football. Association Matches

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1888 · page 4

The Northumberland Clnb sent a team to Wallsend on Saturday to do battle against the redoubtable players of the mining township, and they got a severe drubbing, the local men knocking…

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Sporting News. Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 June 1888 · page 3

The Carltons play a match To-day on Howe Park against the Unions (of Newcastle). Following is the local team:—T Maguire, W. Maguire, Gray, Collett, Cusick,…

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Coursing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 June 1888 · page 3

A coursing match is to take place on Saturday next on Howe Park, for £10 aside, between G, Maguire's dog Darkle and W. Watt's dog Warkworth. The conditions are…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 27 June 1888 · page 3

A football match at Sydney on Saturday between Melbourne and Sydney teams under the Australian rules resulted in a win for the foimer by two goals 11 behieds to ono…

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Centennial Hotel Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 4

The following entries have been received for the Newcastle races in commemoration of the opening of the Centennial Hotel, to be held on the 14th July…

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Sporting News. Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 2

The special correspondent of the Melbourne Argus has the following re our two crack trundlers in the Surrey match:- On Tuesday Turner and Ferris accomplished their…

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Coursing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1888 · page 3

The match arranged to take place on Saturday last between Maguire's dog Darkey and Watts' dog Warkworth did not come off, the latter having been taken to Muswellbrook…

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Muswellbrook Notes. (From Our Correspondent.) Coursing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 4 July 1888 · page 2

ON Saturday last a day's coursing was held on the Recreation Reserve, and was a complete success, The entries were numerous, many of the dogs competing being…

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Maitland Picnic Amateur Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 July 1888 · page 3

Following are the acceptances for the above (races, to take place on Rutherford course to-morrow Friday) afternoon, July 6th. It will be noted [?]ith pleasure by sportsmen that the success of this…

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