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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1901

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Singleton v. District Cricket Match

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2

The following players are being communicated with by the selection committee of Glendon C.C., with a view to representing the District in a watch against…

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Our Singleton Letter. Singleton Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 4

The members of the above met on Saturday night, Mr. Alex. Morrison presiding over a large attendance. The Scone Football Club wrote accepting an engagement for May 24th, if that day was…

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Coursing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the tame Coursing Club was held at the Railway Hotel last night. Among other business, it was decided to…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 3

The match for the Association Cup, under association rules, was replayed on Saturday at Bolton. The contesting clubs were Sheffield United and Tottenham Hotspur. The game was won by the…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 5
Also in Singleton Argus

A Sydney writer remarks;—First-class football thin year will be the usual matches with Queensland, the proposed dates for which are July 6 and 13 in Sydney, and the return…

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Cricket. Hints on Bowling

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 5

One of the best of old slow round-arm bowlers, the late David Buchanan, had a remarkable bowling career, for he played eighteen years as a fast bowler and fifteen as…

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Robertson Football Association. Annual Meeting

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 2

THE annual district meeting of clubs affiliated to the Robertson Electorate Football Association was held at Mr. Hardcastle's Railway Hotel on…

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Football Contest. The Association Cup

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 3

THE Tottenham Hotspurs and the Sheffield Unietd Clubs played the final football match for the Association Cup on Saturday…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 4

May 3—Dungog. May 4—Newcastle Jockey Club May 6—Newcastle Tattersall's Club. May 15, 16—Scone [?] entries, May 4…

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Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 2

A MATCH was played on the Show Ground, on Saturday afternoon, between Muswellbrook G Team and Denman Club, and resulted in a win for the…

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Muswellbrook Football Club

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 3

THE annual meeting of the Muswellbrook Football Club was held in the School of Arts, on Monday night, 22nd inst. There was a good…

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Maitland Golf Club. Second Annual Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 5

The second annual meeting of the Maitland Golf Club-at institution which is now in a flourishing condition, and which promises to become the leading country club in the State…

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Robertson Football Association. Annual Meeting

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 3

THE annual district meeting of clubs affiliated to the Robertson Electorate Football Association was held at Mr. Hardcastle's Railway Hotel, Scone,…

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Canterbury Park Races. [Press Telegraph Association.] Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 May 1901 · page 3

Heavy showers fell this morning, and as the weather showed no signs of clearing up, Canterbury Park races were again postponed. No date for the meeting has yet been fixed…

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Cricket Rules

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 3

Lord Hawke, Lucas, Mason, and Owen, Warner, and Jephson have issued a manifesto declaring that adopting the proposed leg-before-wicket rule would encourage blind slogging, and ruin local club cricket…

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Canterbury Park Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 3

The Canterbury Park races have been fixed for the 8th instant…

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Late Sporting News. Canterbury Park Races. [By Telegraph]. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 3

OWING to the heavy rain the Canterbury Park races have been further postponed…

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Sporting Notes. Racing Fixtures

The Scone Advocate · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 3

May 15th and 16th.—Scone Jockey Club Meeting; entries, 4th May; general entries, 14th May. May 25th.—Aberdeen Jockey Club Meeting…

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Late News by Cable. London, May 2. CRICKET

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 3

In the absence of a two-thirds majority, the Marylebone Club has rejected the amendment of the leg before wicket rule. Two hundred and fifty-nine supported the proposed change, and 188 opposed it…

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