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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1897

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A Veterans' Cricket Match. Maitland v. Singleton

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 March 1897 · page 4

ON Saturday last a band of a dozen veteran wielders of the willow left Singleton by the 7.10 o'clock train to try conclusions with a team of…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1897 · page 6

April 19—Wallsend; entries, April 8. May 4, 6—Tamworth ; entries, April 21. June 19, 21—Northern Jockey Club, CYCLING…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 2

Following are the names of the New South Wales, team who will represent the colony in the match at Brisbane during the ensuing Easter holidays:—T. W…

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Northern District Rugby Union

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 11

The annual meeting of the Northern District Rugby Union was held on Saturday evening, when there was a good attendance. The report, which was of a very satisfactory character, showed that…

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Echoes Op Spout, the Calendar. House Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 6

April 10—Wallsend ; entries, April 8. May 4, 6—Tomworth; outries, April 21. June 19, 21—Northern Jockey Club. CYCLING…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1897 · page 4

SOUTH [?] GLENDON.—South Singleton journeyed to Glendon on Saturday afternoon, the game resulting in a draw, Glendon compiled 139 (H. Horadam 50, W. York 82, D. Shearer 13), and…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar, Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 April 1897 · page 6

April 19—Wallsend; entries, April 8. May 4,6—Tamworth; entries, April 21. June 19,21—Northern Jockey Club. CYCLING…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 6

April 19—Wallsend; entries, April 8. April 19—Dan O'Connell Course, Branxton. May 4,6—Tamworth; entries, April 21. June 19, 21—Northern Jockey Club; entries, Cup,…

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East Maitland Athletic Club. Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 April 1897 · page 4

The annual meeting of members of the East Maitland Athletic Club was held in the Mechanics' Institute, East Maitland, last evening. The Presi-dent (Mr. W. Aird) occupied the chair, and the…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 3

A match will be played at Maitland on Saturday next between the Albions and Singleton C.C. The following will represent the local team:—Mather, Robinson…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 6

April 19—Wallsend; entries, to-morrow. April 19—Dan O'Connell Course, Branxton. May 4,6—Tamworth; entries, April 21. June 19,21—Northern Jockey Club; entries, Cup,…

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To-day's Sporting News Moonan Brook Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1897 · page 5

The following nominations have been received for the Easter Monday meeting, which promises to be a great success:—Opening Handicap—The Hall, Sir Charles, Peveril, Erin, Jerry, Patty Brown, Lita, Intruder…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 4

April 19— Wallsend. April 19—Moonan Brook. April 19—Dan O'Conuell Course, Branxton. May 4,6—Tamworth; entries, April 21,…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 4

April 19—Wallsend. April 19—Moonan Brook. April 19—Dan O'Connell Course, Branxton. May 4,6—Tamworth; entries, April 21…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 2

Files from Johannesburg bring reports of cricket there in which W. Brockwell, of Surrey, lately figured. For Pretoria, against Albert Goldman's team, Brockwell…

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Cricket Match at Baroona

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 2

Mr A. A. Dangar, of Baroona, has written to us stating that a cricket match is to be played to-day at Baroona between a team from the head office of the…

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A Funny Cricket Match

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 12

A unique match took place ia the Friendly Societies' Park Warrnambool (Victoria) in the presence of about one thousand spectators. It rose out of a challenge on the part of the veteran…

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Cricket. Albions v. SINGLETON

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 3

The match arranged to come off on the Albion Ground to-day between the Albion and Singleton clubs was cried off yesterday by the Albions; but later in the day a wire came from Singleton stating…

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Sporting News. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 April 1897 · page 15

April 19—Wallsend. April 19—Moonan Brook. April 19—Dan O'Connell Course, Branxton. May 4, 6—Tamworth; entries, April 21…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 April 1897 · page 4

In Sydney on Saturday the Randwick team beat [?] by 14 points to 5. It is possible that a good team will be secured to play against the Maitland Uniteds as a benefit to…

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