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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1906

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Echoes of Sport. Calendar, Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 8

March 15—Muswellbrook Jockey Club. March 21—Wallsend Jockey Club. March 24—Maitland Races; entries, 19th March 31, April 2—Newcastle J.C. Cup Meeting…

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Echoes of Sport. Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 4

March 21—Wallsend Jockey Club. March 24—Maitland Races; entries, 19th March 31, April 2—Newcastle J.C. Cup Meeting. April 3, 4—Tamworth Licensed Victuallers Club…

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Athletics

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 March 1906 · page 4

George F. Bradley, of Pleasley, Derbyshire, a noted amateur runner, who has won many prizes, was recently sent to gaol for one month's hard…

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Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

The match, Hamilton v. Maitland, on the Maitland green, has been cancelled on account of Newcastle Show. The following players will play in the champion rink match…

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Western Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Western Division Football Club was held at the Angel Inn last evening. Mr. W. Holmen, jun., occupied the chair and there was also a good…

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Echoes of Sport. Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 4

March 21—Wallsend Jockey Club. March 24—Maitland Races; entries, 19th March 31, April 2—Newcastle J.C. Cup Meeting. April 3, 4—Tamworth Licensed Victuallers Club;…

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Mysteries Still Unsolved. Lost Countries and Lost Races

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 4

The public appetite craves nothing so much as a riddle a secret to guess, but nowadays every man is life so bare, and we live so much out…

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The Very Latest. London, Thursday afternoon. South African Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 3

South Africa won the second and third [?] matches against Warner's English team [?] wickets and 243 runs respectively…

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Racing with a Waterspout. Thrilling Experience on the Outer Reefs of Florida

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 3

I was going in from a day's fishing on the Florida reef, down on the outer keys, a famous place for waterspout , when several appeared in the…

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Rugby Football Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Hunter District Rugby Football Union is announced to be held in Winchester's Rooms on Tuesday evening next. The election of officers will take…

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Wallsend Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

Special trains are advertised to leave Newcastle for Wallsend races on Wednesday next, at 11.40 for horses, and at 12.55 p.m. for passengers. The passenger special will…

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The Tennis Season

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

Now that the heat of summer is being replaced by more equable autumnal weather the lovers of tennis are taking racquets in hand and sallying…

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A New Golf Story

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

A South African correspondent sends to "Golf Illustrated" the following stcry: —"At the South African Tournament, at Bloemfontein, in the Osange River…

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E. M. Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

The annual meeting of the East Maitland football club is announced to take place at Wilson's Hotel, East Maitland on Monday evening. Members and…

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Echoes of Sport. Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

March 21.—Wallsend Jockey Club. March 24.—Maitland Races; entries, 19th March 31, April 2—Newcastle J.C. Cup Meeting. April 4, 5—Tamworth Licensed Victuallers Club…

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International Cricket. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

South Africa won the second and third test matches against Warner's English cricket team, the former by nine wickets and the latter by 213…

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Echoes of Sport. Calendar. Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 8

March 21—Wallsend Jockey Club. March 24—Maitland Races; entries, to-night. March 31, April 2—Newcastle J.C. Cup Meeting; entries, March 27…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 4

A boxing match has been arranged to take place at Melbourne Exhibition Building at the end of April between Tim Murphy, who has just returned…

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Tennis

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last the Presbyterian Tennis Club opened their season under most auspicious circumstances. There was a good attendance…

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Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 3

The following will represent Sr. Johna at Morpeth, to-morrow:—Terry M'Lenn, Brainnigan, Cleary. Arthur, Dolabenty, Lawler, Johnson, A. Smith, Irwin, Chant, Bendeich…

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