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Sport, 1909

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 8

Jan. 16-Heddon Jockey Club; entries, Jan.11. Jan 20,21-Manilla Jockey club; entries Jan 7…

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Boxing Championship. Jeffries Offered £15,000 to Meet Johnson

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 5

The Opera House, Melbourne, was thronged on Monday night the star turn was provied by Jack Johason. On he whole he was given a splendid reception…

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Racing Privileges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 5

Mr. J. H. Brunker will offer by auction at his rooms on Saturday morning next, the privileges in connection with the year's racing at Heddon and Rutherford…

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Cricket

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

W R Jones's North Sydney team. defeated Singleton C.C. on Saturday by 184 runs to 131. For the winners Minnett scored 100. For the losets…

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Randwick Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 8

At this time of year "doings" in the social world are somewhat slack, so the New Year's Day race meeting generally manages to show a full lawn, and nearly everyone who is not away…

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V.r.c. Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 6

Following are the entries for the V.R.C autumn meeting:— NEWMARKET HANDICAP; 6 furlongs. Curtain Lecture, Pretty Peg, Blue, Togo, Peepbo…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 9

Jan. 16.—Heddon Jockey Clutb; entries, Jan. 11. Jan. 20, 21.—Manilla Jockey Club; entries Jan. 7…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

Mr S. Allen, of Melbourne, has cabled to America offering £15,000 to Jeffries, for a match between him and Johnson to take place in Australia 12 months…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

Noble, Macartney, Hopkins. E. F. Waddy, E. L. Waddy, Bardsley, Cotter, Emery, Barnes, S. Gregory, Gorry, and Diamond (12) have been chosen to…

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League Football

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

The Australian Rugby League' team defeated Widness by two goals three tries (13 points) to one goal (2 points)…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. House Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

Jan 16—Hodden Jockey Club; entries Jan. 11. Jan 20.—Wallsend Jockey Club; entries Jan 12…

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Inter-state Cricket. South Australia v. VICTORIA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

At thw luncheon adjournment yesterday the South Australians in their match against Victoria on the Melbourne Cricket Ground hod lost three wickets for 132. The not-out…

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Interstate Cricket. Victoria v. South Australia. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2

The South Australian team resumed its second innings in the match against Victoria this morning. L. R. Hill made 26, C. Hill 12, Dolling 0, Claxton 35,…

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East Maitland Athletic Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the East Maitland Athletic Club was held in the Ambulance Hall last evening. Present:—Mr. G. T. Chambers (in this chair)…

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Athletics

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 4

R. E. Walker, of Durban, at Pretoria on Saturday, ran 100 metres (109,3 yards) in 10 2-5 seconds, thus beating the world's record…

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Cricket

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2

Scone and Muswellbrook meet on the latter ground to-morrow; Scone Juniors also play Bunnan Juniors on the local ground…

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Echoes of Sport. the Calendar. Horse Racing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

Jan. 16.—Heddon Jockey, Club; entries, Jan. 11. Jan. 20.—Wallsend Jockey Club; entries, Jan 12…

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Amateur Athleticism

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

The American athletes who wore suspended for professionalism, have been reinstated, as the charges made against them, were not sustained…

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The Boxing Contest

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 2

T. Burns cabled to the "Sporting Life" that Johnson's seconds influenced police intervention. He (Burns) was strong, and always had a chance, as Johnson was…

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Racing Privileges

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 4

At his rooms thin morning, Mr. Jas. H. Brunker disposed of the privileges for twelve months in connection with the Heddon-Greta and Mait-land Jockey Clubs, for each day's racing. Those…

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