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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1903

939 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 47

Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1903 · page 3

At Brisbane on Saturday the fifty-fifth match between New South Wales and Queensland will be decided. The representative of this State won the two contests played in…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1903 · page 5

A meeting of players and supporters of the game of cricket will be held at Messrs, ,J. N. Brunker and Son'a office, High-street, on Friday night, at 8 p.m. The object of the meeting is to strengthen the…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1903 · page 3

So far, 16 players have been mentioned in the cable news as coming to Australia with P. F. Warner's next English team. ThosE WHo have accepted the invitation to come…

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The Fatal Boxing Contest. Accused Committed Fob Trial

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1903 · page 4

The trial of William Morgan (Paddy King), charged with causing the death of Charles Best (Charles Young), who died in the Sydney Hospital on August 25, as a result of a fight at the Gaiety…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Tuesday afternoon. the Australian Cricket Team

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 September 1903 · page 5

Spooner, of Lancashire, Las been invited to complete the team of cricketers for Australia. He is a brilliant field. His average for the season was 30; and he made 247 against…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 September 1903 · page 4

King's School won the Grout Public Schools' pramiership, defeating Sydney Grammar School by 5 points to all after a hard game Newcastle District will play Sydney on Saturday,…

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English Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 September 1903 · page 3

Playing against Hampshire Braund made 134 runs…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 3

A. E. Knight, the Leicestershire professional (a member of the cricket team for Australia), who made 144 at Kennington Oval in the first innings of the match Leicestershire against Surrey, in the second…

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English Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 3

Playing against Kent, Fry made 138 and 101 in an unfinished match. Hayward has completed 2000 runs…

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Swimming the Channel. Another Unsuccessful Attempt. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 1

MONTAGUE HOLBEIN made another attempt to swim the English Channel from Dover to Calais yesterday, but was unsuccessful…

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Cricket. Western Division Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 5

A meeting of cricketers and supporters of the game was held last night in Messrs. J. N. Brunker and Son's rooms , High-street, in order to constitute the Western Division…

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The Fatal Boxing Contest. Accused Committed Fob Trial

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 5

The trial of William Morgan (Paddy King), charged with, causing the depth of Charles Best (Charles Young), who died in the Sydney Hospital on August 25, as a result of a fight at the Gaiety…

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English Cricket. London, August 30

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

The match for the cricket county championship of England was decided yesterday, when Middlesex defeated Surrey, and thus obtained the coveted honour. Trott, for Middlesex,…

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Local and General News. Blandford Cricket Club

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

A general meeting of the members of the Blandford Cricket club was held at the P[?]gh Inn, Blandiorl on Saturday evening last. when there represent…

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To-day's Football. Southern Division v. Western Division

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 4

This match was played this afternoon on the Albion. Play was uninteresting for a few minutes. Then Ward got hold and ran. He was bumped out at the 25. Sent across…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Friday afternoon. English Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 5

Sussex with 607 runs has been declared against Surrey. Ranji made 204…

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Football. Miller's Forest v. Northern Division

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 2

This game was played on the Albion Ground on Saturday. They had been in progress only a few minutes, when M. Lynch, of the Forest team, was hurt in the ankle and had to retire. Forest…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Sunday afternoon. English Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 7 September 1903 · page 3

The cricket championship goes to Middlesex, with 77 points. Sussex had 55, Yorkshire 44, Lancashire 33, Notts 20, Worcestershire 13, Warwickshire 11…

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Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 September 1903 · page 6

Miller's Forest B defeated Southern Division B on Saturday on the oval by 14 points to 9. for Forest Henry and Corbett se[?]ed tries, and E. Gallen kicked two field goals. F. Kennedy, Coombs, and…

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