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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1908

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Schools' Football Competition. Complementary Social

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 7

The West Maitland Superior Public School has had a remarkably successful season in connection with the competitions arranged under the auspices of the Teachers' Association and Rugby…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 8

Oct. 10—Wallsend Jockey Club. Oct. 14.—Newcastle Jockey Club. entries, to-night. Oct. 21.—Maitland Jockey Club; entries,…

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Football in England. Two Victories for Australia. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 October 1908 · page 3

The Australian Rugby Union team Played Cornwall yesterday, securing three goals one try (18 points) to one goal (5 Points) by Cornwall. Twelve thousand…

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Football. Hunter District Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 5

A meeting of the executive of the Hunter District Rugby Football Union was held last evening, Mr. R. E. Norman being in the chair…

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ATHLETICS. Oct. 9.—Maitland High School Sports

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1908 · page 3

Jim Griffin and Joe Costa met in a boxing contest in Sydney on Tuesday night, the former knocking the latter out in the fifth round. This was the third…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

Preparations are being made at Fremantle to welcome back to Australia F. E. Beaurepaire, the 18-year-old champion middle-distance swimmer. Beaurepaire,…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

Bill Squires has announced at Auckland, N.Z., his intention of being present at the Burns-Johnson fight, and of challenging the winner. Squires says he…

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A Boxing Contest

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 3

Arthur Smith, champion heavy-weight of the South Coast, defeated J. Weiring, of Coledale, in the eighth round at Bulli last night…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

In Sydney first-grade cricket on Monday the winners were Glebe, Waverley. North Sydney, Central Cumberland, and University. Cotter, for Glebe, took six…

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Australian Rugby. Team Two More Men Selected

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 2

The casualty list is so heavy in tit Australian Rugby Union team no in England—two, Burse and Flanagan. have each broken a leg, and Murnia is…

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Motor Racing. Sixty-Three Miles an Hour

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 2

A motoring handicap for a 100 guinea trophy took place at Victoria Park racecourse, Sydney, on Tuesday. Two heats were run and the final will take place…

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Athletics

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

Oct. 9.—Maitland High School Sports. Dorando Pietro, the hero of the Marathon Race, recently had his right leg fractured by a from a bicycle…

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Boxing

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 2

Bill Squires has announced at Auckland, N.Z., his intention of being present at the Burns-Johnson fight, and of challenging the winner…

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Swimming Club Formed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 4

With the object of forming a swimming club in Maitland, a meeting, convened by Mr. L. Draw, was held at the Belmore Hotel last evening, when Mr. D. J. Ryan presided over a largo attendance. Mr…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 2

The Australian Rugby football team defeated Glamorgan on Wednesday by two goals and two tries to a penalty goal. The Australian League team scored 12…

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The Boxing Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 4

Looking the picture of health, but still bearing the marks on his face of a recent hunting accident, Tommy. Burns returned to Sydney on Thursday from Cooma. The…

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Boxing. World's Middleweight Champion

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 2

Files to hand by the R.M.S. Manuka contain the following account of a battle between the boxers Ketchell-who, it was said, at one time, would meet Burns—and Biily…

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"The Fate of Cricket."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 6

What should be an amusement has become a business. In other words, athletics have been overdone. It is the general custom of our time thus to spoil whatever is comedy…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 7

Oct. 10—Wallsend Jockey Club. Oct. 14.—Newcastle Jockey Club Oct. 21.—Maitland Jockey Club; entries, Oct. 15…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 6

During the progress of the annual sports at Cooma. Tommy Burns, world's champion boxer, was presented with an opossum skin rug by Mr Miller, M.L.A.,…

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