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Hunter Valley · Sport

Sport, 1910

1,292 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 45 of 65

Australian swimming champion. LONDON, Friday night

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 5

[?] swimming [?] Stockhelm won the 100 metres race by six [?] by 70 yards in 27 mins. 36 secs., both in which are Swedish records…

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Branxton Cricket Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 6

£The annual meeting of the United Cricket Club i was held in the School of Arts on Thursday evening. Mr. L. Harrigan presided over a fair attendance…

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Football. Maitland Schoolboys Beaten. Sydney. Saturday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 5

Cleveland-street School defeated Maitland Combined Schools by 9 points to ail…

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South African Cricket Team. Expected Certainties. London, Thursday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 August 1910 · page 3

The Rand "Daily Mail" says that G. A. Faulk[?], A. E. Vogler. A. D Nourse, S. J. Snooke, I.W. Zulch, J. H. Sinclair, R. C. Schworz, T. [?] C. J. Pegler, and M. Commaille are…

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Bowls

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 4

The Maitland Club will conduct a pairs competition (Six heads) on the Park on Wednesday afternoon. The following pairs have been drawn :—Kerr and Armstrong;…

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Rugby in South Africa

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 August 1910 · page 3

Playing south Africa at Rugby football yesterday, the British team, now in the sub-continent, defeated a team representing South Africa by 8 points to 3…

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Swimming

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 4

Frank Beaurepaire, the Victorian swimmer, is winning contests in all the countries of Europe. Swimming at Stockholm last week, he won the 100…

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Boxing

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2
Also in Singleton Argus

At Brisbane, on Saturday night, Mike Williams, heavyweight champion of South Africa, and W. M'Call, ex-heavyweight champion of Australia, met in boxing…

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Golf

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

As briefly mentioned in our Friday's issue, Miss Parbury won the Australian ladies' golf championship. It was hardly expected of her, for in the early stages…

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Football

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

Up to the present, the date has not been definitely fixed for the deciding game between the Scone and Muswellbrook B teams. The lads resent the action of the…

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Pigeon Racing Extraordinary

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 5

Ten thousand pigeons have raced from Bournemouth to Birmingham…

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Sporting. CRICKET

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Upper Hunter Cricket Association is convened for Saturday afternoon next at Carberry's Hotel, Aberdeen…

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Death of International Rugby Player. (By Cable). London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 2

Captain Simson, of the Indian Medical Corps, a former Scotch International Rugby player, has died from cholera…

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Football. Western Division v. North Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 3

Western Division and North Newcastle, in the inter-union competition, provided a fast and keenly-contested game on the Albion Ground on Saturday. Western…

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Sad Death in Scotland. Body Found on Golf Course. London, Monday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 August 1910 · page 5

[?] a young lady has been found on a [?] course at Avianmore. Invernessshire. It believed to be that of the Hon. Marjory Ers[?] daughter of the Earl of Buchan, who has…

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A Football Player

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 5

The Coventry North Union Club has engaged L. OMalley…

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Gosforth Cricket Club

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 August 1910 · page 4

The second annual meeting of the Gosforth Cricket Club will be held at Mr. J. Vial's residence, Gosforth, on Tuesday evening next…

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Tennis Tournament

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 2

Tennis players will be interested to learn that a mixed handicap tournament for all comers will be played at Howo Park on saturday week, september 10th…

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Football. Schools' Competition

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 1 September 1910 · page 4

On the Albion Ground yesterday afternoon West Maitland Superor Public School defeated East Maitland School in the semifinal of the schools' competition (junior…

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