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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1907

1,345 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 68

Broken Hill. a Boxing Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 3

Last night Hock Keys defeated Bob Green-shield for the lightweight championship of Austrialia and a purse of £125. the men ought the full 20 rounds, and the decision…

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Sporting News Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 4

Swannell, the International footballor, considers Bancroft, the Welsh fullback, the fiuest player in that position he has over seen, and says that Dix,…

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Maitland Races. Point Piper and Phil May

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 July 1907 · page 2

A race meeting was held yesterday. Results:— Flying Handicap, 6 furlongs.— Point Piper, 8st 101b-(M'Lachlan)…

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Rugby Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 2

The All Blacks woke up on Saturday and polished off all Australia without much difficulty. Still it wasn't a great deal to boast about…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 2
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

The Muswellbrook Club have decided to go no further in the local competition. At a meeting of the local Club on Wednesday night last, it was decided to take a…

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Boxing Versus Ju-jitsu

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 3

Mr. Eugen Sandow wrote to the Dany News" on May 31 :—The art of the boxing as an accomplishment among the men of this country is undoubtedly upon the wane. I…

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Cricket Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 5

Notts and Middlesex are undefeated for the head cricket championship. Worcestershire and Yorkshire lost two matches, Surrey and Lancashire 3, Essex 4, and Kent 6…

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Local and General. Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 4

Two senior matches will be played on the Albion Ground to-morrow afternoon—Cessnock v. East End and Singleton Centennials v. West End. The junior matches set down are Morpeth v. WEst, and…

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Shoes of Sport. the Calendar Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 7

[?] Heddon-Greta ; entries July 29. [?] allsend Jockey Club; entries, July [?] —Newcastle Jockey Club ; entries, [?] Newcastle Jockey Club…

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Rugby Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 5

It is practically certain that the Rugby Union will send a strong team to New Zealand in 1908,…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3

Hock Keys and Bob Greenshield fought at Broken Hill on Wednesday night, for the lightweight championship of Australia and a purse of 125…

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Football

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3
Also in Singleton Argus, The Maitland Daily Mercury

Won Lost Drawn Pts. Cessnock ... ... 2 ... 2 ... 3 ... 14 West End ... ... 3 ... 1 ... 3 ... 18 East End ... ... 2 ... 2 ... 2 ... 12…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 3

The London "Sportsman" of June 15 says:—"We are in a position offiicially to state that F. S. Jackson has finally declined the captaincy of the…

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Maitland Races

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 15

The race meeting at Rutherford last month was considerably interfered with by inclement weather, which necessitated a post-ponement from the original date, and it is a…

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"West End Football Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 4

A meeting of the western Division Football Club was held last evening at the Angel Inn, a very good attendance of members being present. It was decided to banquet the…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 8

August 3—Heddon-Greta; entries July 29. Aug. 7.—Wallsend Jockey Club; entries, July 30. Aug. 17, 21.—Newcastle Jockey Club; entries,…

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Bicycle Road Races Clashing with Shire By-Laws

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 July 1907 · page 1

The shire council has evidently Killed bicycle road racing in Cessnock. The president of the council drew the bicycle club secretary's attention to…

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