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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1900

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 2

The Muswellbrook Club has lodged a protest against the match last Saturday being awarded to Scone, but on what grounds we have not heard. A meeting of the…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing June 9.-Newcast Cup meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 June 1900 · page 2

J. E. Brewer is expected back in Melbourne shortly to get another issue of horses together for England. The wily James evidently believes that an Australian can make the game pay in the old…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 4

AT a meeting of the New South Wales Rugby Football Union, held in Sydney on Wednesday night last, it was resolved " that the English interpretation…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 3

Mr.A. E. Stoddart stored 221 in a bonefit cricket match between Middlesex and Somerset shire. It will come as welcome news to the…

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Newcastle Races

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 5

Rein fell heavily in Newcastle Wednesday evening, and the downfall continued till six o'clock next morning, when apparently the taps ran dry. However, the weather remained dull and threatening,…

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Muswellbrook Football Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

A WELL attended meeting of members of the abovenamed Club was held at the School of Arts on Wednesday night. Mr. J. Lang was voted to the…

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Sporting News. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 15

June 9—Newcastle Cup Meeting…

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Racing Reminiscences of the Old Days

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 7

Someone who has been pouring over old records writes: "In 1858 the West Maitland race were one of the leading features, and at the annual meeting on the 28th and 29th July, the Club gave…

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Local and General News. Athletic Sports

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 9 June 1900 · page 2

We would direct attention to the programme of athletic sports to be held under the auspices of the newly-formed Murrurundi Athletic Cklub on Saturday, 23rd…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 June 1900 · page 3

Singleton did not put in an appearance on Saturday to meet Morpeth, on the Albion Ground. The weather was almont too wet even for football; but the Morpeth players went on to the ground, and…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury, Singleton Argus

IT does seem remarkable in Rugby football, where the try is the all-important aim, that a goal dropped, or from a place if taker from a mack, should count four…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 5

The London Sportsman, in an article on the suggested alteration in the method of scoring, says:-"Judging from the first experience, we do not think for a moment that the…

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Football. Aberdeen v. Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

OWING to the arrangements for the trophy fixtures not having been completed, there were no trophy matches on Saturday last, but late on Friday…

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Sporting. Newcastle Jockey Club Races

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 1

THE Newcastle Jockey Club concluded its winter meeting on Saturday after noon in dismal aircumstances, for the weather all up the northern line was…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 14 June 1900 · page 3

The Armidale District footballers played Tarserth District on the Oval yesterday, for the [?] of selection a [?] England Helen against the [?]…

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Coursing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 3

The Secretory (Mr. D. Lewis} of the Scone Coursing Club informs us that he has been fortunate in obtaining a plentiful supply of good, strong hares for the sweepstakes to be…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 3

A short time ago the newly-formed Hunter District branch of the Rugby Union applied for affiliation with the parent body-the New South Wales Rugby Football Union. The application…

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Football. Association Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 2

A SPECIAL general meeting of the R.E.F. Association was held at Peachey's Hotel, Aberdeen, on Wednesday night last, the various clubs being…

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