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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1903

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 8
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

At a meeting of the Hunter Union executive last evening the following fixtures were arranged for Saturday next: Seniors-Northern v. Western, Albion Ground, 3.30 p.m. R. Norman umpire;…

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The Next English Cricket Team

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 3

The Marylebone Cricket Club has issued the following official statement regarding the team which is to visit Australia:—The club selected Mr…

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The Cricket Team for Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 5

Mr. W. J. Ford, in a letter to "The Times, declares that the procedure of Mr. Maclaren is unpatriotic, and that his excuse on the ground of etiquette is a poor one. He opines that it…

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To-day's Football. New Zealand v. Metropolitan Fifteen. Sydney, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 5

The football match New Zealand versus Metropolitan Fifteen was played on the University oval this afternoon. The weather was fine, and there were 12.000 spectators of the game. Sydney won the toss,…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 2

Mr. John Brown, of West Maitland, will be manager of the Northern District team to meet the New Zealanders in Maitland on August 12. On Wednesday night the New Zealand footballers…

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Cricket Matters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 3

Yorkshire disposed of Gloucestershire at sheffield for 65 and 36 runs. Hirst took 10 wickets for 36, Rhodes 7 for 39. J. Murdoch, assistant secretary of the…

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Sporting News. Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 3

At the University Oval yesterday New Zealand defeated Sydney by 33 points to 3. The Queensland team to meet New…

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Tennis and Tennis

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 31 July 1903 · page 5

The carefully clothed young man moved here and there about the court, seeking wherever possible the shade cast by the neighbouring clubhouse, for the…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 31 July 1903 · page 3
Also in The Scone Advocate

Northern B v. Morpeth, Albion Ground, 2 p.m. :— Duggan (2), Redding (2), Hardy (2), Ferris, Binns, V. Hoban, Coward, Jennings, Lethbridge, Richards, Morris, Kessey, Mullard, O'Rourke…

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The English Cricket Team

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 5

E. Arnold, of Worcestershire, has accepted the invitation of the Marylebone Cricket Club to be one of the English cricket team to tour Australia…

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English Cricket. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 3

THE match between Yorkshire and Gloucestershire, which commenced at Sheffield on Monday, resulted in an easy victory for the former, the…

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Local and General News. Football

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 2

It is announced in another column that the local senior Football Club will play the Aberdeen Club in the Robertson Electorate Competition on the local Show Ground this…

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English Cricket Team for Australia. London. July 25

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 2

The newspapers regret Mr. Maclaren's action in refusing to join Mr. Warner's team, and publish a statement to the effect that Mr. Warner was willing to go underen chosen captain he was hound to retain the…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Friday afternoon. English County Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 5

Yorkshire in the county match made 253 against Surrey's 84 und 73. Hirst took 10 wickets for 67, Rhodes 10 for 81. Lancashire scored 368 in the first innings…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1903 · page 3

In the Hunter senior competition on Saturday, Southern Division defeated Miller's Forest, at the Forest, by the substantial margin of 13 points to nil. W. Ward scored two tries and Donaldson one; and…

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Disaster at a Cricket Match

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1903 · page 3

A terrible disaster occurred at a cricket match at Perth yesterday, played between Perthshire and Forfarshire. Ten thousand people were present. A stand collapsed, and…

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Rosehill Races. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1903 · page 3

THE racing at Rosehill to-day resulted a follows:— Hurdle Race, 2 miles.—Mr J. Hull's [?], 10s 6lb, 1; Dunmore, 9st…

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Association Football. Geelong Defeats Carlton. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1903 · page 3

A MATCH was played to-day under Australian rules between Geelong and Carlton. The former won by 5 goals and 7 behindes to 6 goals and 9 behinds…

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