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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1901

1,098 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 55

Athletics

The Scone Advocate · Friday 30 August 1901 · page 3

Another 75 Yards Handicap, promoted by Mr. A. T. Fox, was run off on the local Park on Saturday afternoon, last. On account of the damp weather, the…

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Football

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 2

The final match in connection with the Robertson Electorate Football Association trophy was played on the local Show Ground on Saturday last, in the presence…

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Sporting news. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 15

Sept. 4—Northern Jockey Club. Sept. 21—Wallsend Jockey Club; entries, Sept. 16; weights, Sept. 18. ATHLETIC SPORTS…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 8

The following nominations have been received for the approaching meeting of the Northern Jockey Club, which takes place at Rutherford on Wednesday next, September 4:—…

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The Very Latest. London, Friday. English Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 3

Playing against Kent, Fry made 140. It was his fifth consecutive century, and it completed his 3000 runs. Abel made his 3000 almost simultaneously…

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Football. East End C. v. West End B.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 August 1901 · page 3

These teams played for the fourth time, this afternoon, on the Albion Ground, to decide who should stand out of the Hunter junior competition. A few minutes after the game started, Peterson secured the…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1901 · page 2

Glen Innes cricketers are moving in the matter of getting the English team to visit that town. Other country towns are taking ain[?]lar action; but so far nothing has been done in Maitland. In this…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1901 · page 3

C. B. Fry, of Sussex and Oxford University, and R. E. Foster, of Worecester and Oxford University, have decided not to accompany the team which A. C. MacLaren is bringing to Australia…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1901 · page 3

Sept. 4-Northern Jockey Club. Sept. 21-Wallsend Jockey Club; entries, Sept. 16 weights, Sept. 18. Oct. 9, 10-Tamworth Jockey Club; entries, Oct. 1…

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Football. Morpeth v. East End B.

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 September 1901 · page 2

These teams met on the Albion Ground on Saturday, in a semi-final match of the Hunter junior competition. The result was an easy win for Morpeth by 222 points to nil. The Morpeth men, playing the…

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Tennis

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1901 · page 2

All lines Tennis Materials, cheapest and best. M. ANDERSON, Bourke-street.*…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1901 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus

The return match, New South Wales against Queensland, was played at Brisbane on Saturday, rain falling all the afternoon. The result was a win for…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1901 · page 2

A cablegram received on Saturday states that C. B. Fry. by making 140 for Sussex against kent at Brighton, got his fifth consecutive contury in first-class cricket…

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The Coming Cricket Team. Two Good Men Decline

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 3 September 1901 · page 2

MR C. B. FRY (Sussex) and Mr R. E. Foster. (Worcestershire) have decided not to accompany Mr A. C. M'Laren's team of English cricketers to…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 2

THE final match in the Robertson Electorate trophy competition was played at Murrurundi on the 24th August, between Aberdeen and…

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Football. Hunter Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 2

The executive of the Hunter Union held a meeting at Cridge's rooms, last night. East End C forwarded a protest against West End B being given last Saturday's match, the…

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The Decadence of Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 5

The student of history is apt, correctly or not, to draw certain broad morals from what he reads, and many a time has the story of the decadence of the Roman Empire been…

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Northern Jockey Club Races. Wednesday, Sept. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1901 · page 3

Officials:—Stewards-Messrs. O. K. Young (chairman), J. W. Birkenhead, B. B. Buffier, J. Wolstenholme, A. A. Worden, F. A. S. Bowden, H. J. Adams, A. K. Lee, C. Park, W. C…

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Tennis

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 September 1901 · page 2

All lines Tennis Materials, chepeast and best. M. ANDERSON, Bourke-street.*…

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