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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1891

304 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 16

Cricket

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 4

Ferris and Dr. Pope ( both of Sydney) have been playing with an eleven of W. G. Grace's against Glesgow. Dr. Pope scored 39 and Ferris 2 but the latter got…

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Football

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 5

On Saturday the West Maitland team journeyed to Newcastle, and although they were not at all well represented they defeated the Carltons by 10 to 6. During the first-half no points were scored…

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Canterbury Park Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 5

The weights for the above meeting will not be published until the conclusion of the Rosehill gathering to-day…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 3

The match yesterday afternoon on victoria Square between the Singleton Club and the Maitland Half-Holiday Club resulted in a win for the letter by 5 points (one goal) to…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 4 July 1891 · page 3

Some extraordinary cricket was witnessed at Darlington (England) in the Durham and Lincolnshire match recently. On the first day Durham made 328, and their opponents…

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Rugby Rules

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 4

In a match between the West Maitland Rugby and Newcastle Union Clubs, played on the Albion Ground, West Maitland, the former won by six points to nil…

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Football. HALF-HOLIDAY v. SINGLETON

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 6

The Half-Holiday footballers journeyed to Singleton on Friday last by the 1 o'clock train, and there met the local club. After wending their way to the ground a start was not made until about…

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Football. Australian Rules. Norths v. HAMILTON

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1891 · page 4

The few barrackers who followed the blue and whites to Hamilton on Saturday were rewarded by seeing one of the most exciting Club matches played this season. The Norths did not have a…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 3

A sratch match will be played on Victoria Square tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon at 3o'clock sharp. A match took place at Hamilton on…

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A Boxing Match Declined

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 8 July 1891 · page 3

Corbett, the pugilist of San Francisco, has declined the offer of the Melbourne Athletic Club, who undertook to provide a purse of 2000 [?] for a boxing…

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Football

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1891 · page 3

The spectators who attended the Albion Ground last Saturday, in the anticipation of a good afternoon's sport, were not disappointed, for they had tbe satisfaction of seeing our two local Rugby teams…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 July 1891 · page 4

THE London Standard is not too complimentary to colonial cricket in its editorial reference to Lord Sheffield's proposed combination. Alluding to the defection of the…

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Newcastle Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 7

The weather on Saturday for the July meeting of the Newcastle Jockey Club was fine, but a bitterly cold breeze blew across the course with such force as to make visions of coal fires, and…

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Extraordinary Cricket. M.C.C. and Ground v. NOTTS

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 2

An extraordinary performance with the ball was witnessed by those who were present at the opening of this match, at Lord's, on June 1, Ferris and Rawlin dismissing the Notts Eleven in an hour and…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1891 · page 4

Slavin declines to fight Peter jackson until it has been decided whether Jackson or Carbett Is the better man. The Commercial Club at pittshurg offers a…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1891 · page 4

Club rivalry on the football field-in Victoria was shown rather strongly on Saturday, during the match between the Carlton and South Molbourneteams, played at Melbourne…

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Coursing Match at Muswellbrook

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1891 · page 4

A successful coursing match took place on the Muswellbrook recreation reserve on Saturday last, in the presence of a fair number of spectators. It passed off most…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 15 July 1891 · page 4

In a match between teams representing [?] and Sussex the representatives of the Iatter county made 246 in the first innings. Bord scored 115. not out. The…

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Football

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1891 · page 4

The East Maitland and Union (Newcastle) football clubs met on the former's ground last Saturday. On account of the Unions not arriving till the four o'clock train, the game had to be played…

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Timing Races

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 July 1891 · page 4

Races of the future, if not perhaps the very immediate future (says the London Evening Standard) will be timed, no doubt, by an electrical machine lately invented, which is said to be far more…

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