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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1903

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 2

Despite a disposition on the part of Sydney writers to regard all their geese as swans, the contests during the recent "country" week were sufficient to prove that metropolitan…

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Scone Hospital Races

The Scone Advocate · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 2

PRESIDENT, Mr. Phos. Cook; Vice-Presidents, Dr. H. J. H. Scott, Messrs. H. L. White and J. A. K. Shaw ; Judge, Mr. R. H. E…

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Golf

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 2

The [?] members of the local Golf Club have been selected to represent [?] a match against [?] be played at [?] to-day (Saturday):—Messrs…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 4
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Following will represent Singleton Juniors versus Rosedale (Nowcastle) Juniors at the Showground this afternoon: H. Buxton, J. Papworth, W. Mallyon, R…

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The Cricket Team for Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 5

Hayward, Dowson, Lilley, and Fry have been invited to join the team of cricketers coming to Australia…

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To-day's Football. New Zealand v. New South Wales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 5

The football match, New South Wales verses New Zealand, was played on the Cricket Ground to-day. The weather was splendid, and there was an enormous attendance, estimated at 30,000, all sides…

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Cricket in England

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1903 · page 3

G. H. Hirst (Yorkshire), W. Rhodes (Yorkshire), T. Hayward (Surrey), and Strudwick (Surrey) have obtained leave from their counties to accompany the English cricket team to…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 3

Dr. W. G. Graco, the G.O.M. of cricket was 55 years of age last Saturday. He still plays cricket latterly scoring, in an in[?]ings, 150,…

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Rosehill Races

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 3

The meeting at Rosehill on Saturday resulted as follows :— Applentices' Handicap, six furlongs.—Ramsay, by Light Artillery—Bernice, 7st…

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Sporting News. Football

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 3

Newcastle Rosedales defeated a local combination at the Showground on Saturday afternoon by 25 points to nil. The visitors gave a good exhibition of Rugby…

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English Cricket Notes

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 4

MAJOR WARDILL has been informed that the English team will leave for Australia by the R.M.S. Orontes on September 25. It is probable the…

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Football. Southern v. NORTHERN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 6

Southern and Northern divisions met on the Albion Ground on Saturday afternoon to try conclusions. The game resulted in a win for the former by 7 points to 3. although matters were of a rather…

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Lawn Tennis. "Hillsrorough" v, "ARDROSSAN."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 4

A return match was played between the above clubs on Friday afternoon on the "Ardrossan" court, resulting in a win for the home team by 31 games. Total—"Hillsborough," 19 games; "Ardrossan," 50…

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The English Cricket Team

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 3

The "Sportsman" says that while he has not definitely declined the invitation of the Marylebone Cricket Club to accompany the English cricket team to Australia, MacLaren…

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Echoes of Spout. the Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 4

July 29—Newcastle Aug. 25, 26—Quirindi Jockey Club; entries, Aug. 10. ATHLETIC SPORTS. Nov. 9.—Morpeth…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 2
Also in The Maitland Daily Mercury

THE visitors to the big football match in Sydney on Saturday were treated to some unexpected developments. In one instance, a New Zealand player…

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Football

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 2

New South Wales will need to rally for the defence of the prestige of the parent State. The team which has come over from New…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 4

The New South Wales Cricket Association has received a communication from the Victorian Cricketers Association, unclosing a letter from Phillips, the umpire, expressing an unfavourable…

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