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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1909

1,333 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 67

Boxing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 2

Our Friday's cables informed us that articles had been signed by Johnson and Jeffries to fight in eight months time. Jeffries now…

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Sporting. COURSING

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 2

The Tamworth Coursing Club is out with a good programme for tomorrow, when three events, all carrying good amounts, are down for…

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Football. ABERDEEN B. v. ROSEDALE

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 17 August 1909 · page 4

These teams met on Victoria Square on Saturday afternoon, and the Aber deen Club came off victorious by 8 points against 6. The visitors did not…

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The Coming Races

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 2

The Jockey Club meeting, arranged to take place on the Skellatar course on Wednesday and Thursday next, is being, looked forward to with interest by local sportsmen. A very fair…

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Football. High School v. KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 August 1909 · page 8

In the final of the Wednesday [?], played on the Albion Ground this afternoon between High School and Kurri, the former were leading by 3 to nil at half-time. Geddes kicked a…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 4

The Hunter River District Rugby Union sent a team to Tamworth last Saturday, when they defeated the Con tral Northern Union by 15 points to 8…

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Singleton Cricket Club

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 2

The annual meeting of members of the Singleton Cricket Club will be held on Wednesday evening next, when the report and balance-sheet for the past…

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Junior Cricket Association

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 2

The movement recently started having for its object the formation of a Junior Cricket Association, composed of clubs in Singleton and district, has been…

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Bardsley and County Cricket

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 3

Our cables to-day intimate that Warren Bardsley denies that he has been asked to qualify to play for Northamptonshire. It looked very mush yesterday as through our…

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Football. High School v. KURRI

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 19 August 1909 · page 4

The final of the Wednesday competition was played on the Albion Ground yesterday between the High School and Kurri Advance. The weather was fine and warm,…

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Cricket

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 2

Among the representatives chosen to play with the combined country in their cricket matches in Sydney against the first grade metropolitan…

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Lawn Tennis. East Maitland Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 8

A very large gathering of members of the above club, and their friends, assembled on the courts last Saturday afternoon, to witness the match between teams arranged by Messrs…

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Races and Rain. Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 August 1909 · page 5

The local jockey club's races which were to have been held on Wednesday and Thursday next, have been abandoned owing to insufficient entries…

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Boxing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 5
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The boxing match arranged between [?] and Kauffman is stated to be [?]."…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 6

A. E. Aulezark, of Bathurst, who re cently toured England with the Austra lian League football team, has decided to return to the old country, and take up…

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Cricket

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 6

The benefit match for C. T. B. Turner is to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 21, 22 24, and 25, between the Australian team and the…

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Unconventional Golf. Story of a "Foursome."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 4

There were four of us to arrive at Woodhall Spa without golfing appurtenances, and it seemed the most natural thing in the world that we should hit…

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Football. Cessnock v West End

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 4

There was a large attendance on the Albion Ground on Saturday to witness the match between Cessnock and West End, the two leading teams in the senior competition…

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Very Latest Cables. Motor Races and Records. Fatalities in America and on the Continent. London, Sunday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 3

Louis Strang, driving a Black car, at Indianapolis, U.S.A., won the hundred mile race in 1 hour 32 minutes 40 seconds, the world's previous record being 1 hour 44 minutes 10…

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