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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1910

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A Football Riot. Woman Leads the Way

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 3

A further disgraceful scene was witnessed at a football match at Port Melbourne on Saturday, between Essendon and Port Melbourne…

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Football. Visiting Teams

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 2

Teams from Maitland and Rix's Creek visited here last Friday night and were the guests of the local Football Club, At 2 p.m. on Saturday, in…

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Football. Hunter District Union

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 7

The weekly meeting of the executive committee of the Hunter District Rugby Union was held last evening. Mr. D. l. Ryan presided over a full attendance of…

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Boxing. a Big Purse Offered. London, July 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 5

On behalf of a man whose name has not been stated Mr. H. D. MTutosh, of Sydney, challenges Johnson, Kaufman , Langford, Ketchel, or others to box 20 rounds for the biggest purse…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 4

A cable from London on Tuesday states:—Mr Hugh M'Intosh, of Sydney, on behalf of a man unnamed, has challenged Johnson, Kaufman, Langford,…

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Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 8

The Balmain Bowling Club are sending five rinks to meet the players of the West Maitland Bowling Club on the Maitland Park on Monday 1 (bank holiday). The…

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Golf

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2

City sporting writers eulogise Miss Parbury's brilliant play in the State ladies golf championship, the blue ribbon of the game which…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

To-morrow, at Aberdeen, an important football match is to be played between a combined Maitland team and a team…

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Lawn Tennis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 5

At Nottingham Doust and Dixon won the doubles championship, defeating Gore and Hillyard by 6-2, 6-4, 6-2…

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Football. To-morrow's Matches

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 4

The Hunter and Liverpool Plains [?] will meet on the Albion Ground to-[?] afternoon in the inter-union co[?] Both unions are putting good teams [?]…

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Boxing

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 6

Bill Lang, the Australian heavyweight champion, and Stanley Ketchell, the middleweight champion of the world, have been matched for a light at the…

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Football

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 6

The English Northern Union footballers defeated a team of Maoris by 29 to nil at Auckland on Wednesday. The visitors played great football…

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Cessnock Races

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 2

If [?] weather holds up the Cessnock [?] on Wednesday next, should drawn large attendance Although the [?] have been extended to this…

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English Cricket

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 3

Jessop made 162 runs, including two sixes, but of a total score of 238, in two hours' play against Northamptonshire. In county' cricket, Kent defeated…

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BOXING. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 4

Mr H. D. M'Intosh says he feels assured that Jack Johnson, the champion pugilist, will accept his offer of £15,000 for three fights this winter, He declares…

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Luminous Golf. Novel Experiment

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 3

To the ordinary, uninitiated spectator, golf as it is played to-day is often funny enough. But there are untold possibilities (wired the Manchester…

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Football. British Football Team. Match at Auckland. Auckland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 5

The British football team, playing against Auckland, had scored 41 points to 2 at half-time…

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Boxing. a Big Purse Offered. London, July 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 2

On behalf of a man whose name has not been stated Mr. H. D. M"Intosh, of Sydney. challenges Johnson, Kaufman, Langford, Ketehel, or others to box 20 rounds for the biggest purse…

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Swimming Championship

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 25 July 1910 · page 3

A long distance swimming championship from Kew to Putney has been won by T. S. Battersby, of Southport, by 300 yds, in 63mins. 12 2-5sec.(record time); H. Taylor, Chaddeston, second ;…

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